http://someventure.com/2006/09/15/imaginary-business-cards/ Join me in real-time as I attempt to step outside the cube and build a web business. Should be good! Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:15:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://someventure.com/2006/09/15/imaginary-business-cards/#comment-47 Something Ventured » Business Lessons at a Fair Price Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:29:09 +0000 http://someventure.com/2006/09/15/imaginary-business-cards/#comment-47 [...] Well, I survived the Oregon Small Business Fair and now it’s time to share what I learned with you good people. First of all, if you have one of these in your area I would highly recommend going. Surprisingly, I learned quite a bit. As I’ve mentioned, the main reason I attended was to network and promote; learning was secondary. It turned out to be the reverse, I only handed out maybe 5 business cards because I quickly realized that these were high quality workshops. They were much more than consultants trying to get clients. So I attended as many of them as humanly possible, leaving little time for networking in between. It was my intention to make up for that at the end, but unfortunately, everyone scattered after the last workshop. A mad rush to the parking garage ensued and escaping was nothing short of pure, grade-A, insanity! [...] […] Well, I survived the Oregon Small Business Fair and now it’s time to share what I learned with you good people. First of all, if you have one of these in your area I would highly recommend going. Surprisingly, I learned quite a bit. As I’ve mentioned, the main reason I attended was to network and promote; learning was secondary. It turned out to be the reverse, I only handed out maybe 5 business cards because I quickly realized that these were high quality workshops. They were much more than consultants trying to get clients. So I attended as many of them as humanly possible, leaving little time for networking in between. It was my intention to make up for that at the end, but unfortunately, everyone scattered after the last workshop. A mad rush to the parking garage ensued and escaping was nothing short of pure, grade-A, insanity! […]

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