FREE HANDWRITING FONT CREATOR

http://www.fontcapture.com

FREE LOGO DESIGN

This very generous person offers a free logo design service!
http://www.freelogodesign.org

GOOGLE SEO STARTER GUIDE

Very good information from Google on Search Engine Optimization. An excellent briefing on how to gain more web traffic.

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35291

PERSONAL BRANDING

Boston University - Personal Branding Keynote - Round 2

START A HEALTHY FOOD SERVICES COMPANY TO SERVICE LOCAL SCHOOL CAFETERIAS

One of the biggest needs in US schools is better quality meals.

Check out www.revfoods.com as a case study. Within two years, this small start-up went from serving 500 lunches a day to 5,000 in 30 Bay Area Schools. They have raised two additional rounds of funding totaling $10 million. Good business.

HELP TO SECURE FEDERAL GRANT MONEY

Seliger + Associates provides comprehensive grant writing, grant source research and related services for public and nonprofit agencies, as well as selected businesses and individuals, throughout the United States. We have been in business since 1993 and have had over 600 clients in 43 states.

Seliger + Associates has written over $220,000,000 in funded grant applications. We differ from other grant writers in that we use a turn-key approach. Our clients only have to give us general direction and sign the completed grant applications. In most cases, we do all the rest, including the program design, needs assessment, narrative, budget and final submission package.

www.Seliger.com

GREAT FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Keith Reinhard Scholarship of Excellence: Berlin School of Creative Leadership at Steinbeis University

Through the Keith Reinhard Scholarship of Excellence, one multicultural advertising professional will receive full-tuition for the Executive MBA program (a $71,500 value.) The scholarship is named in honor of advertising legend Keith Reinhard, chairman emeritus of DDB Worldwide and class “godfather” at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership. Reinhard is one of several creative industry leaders who have donated their time and energy to this unique global program. www.berlin-school.com

To be eligible for scholarship consideration, an applicant must be:

• Asian/Asian American or Pacific Islander, Latino/Hispanic, Black/African American, American Indian/Native American, Multiracial or Multiethnic (e.g., Hispanic and Black)
• A mid- to senior-level advertising professional with at least eight years of experience
• An employee of a 4A’s member agency
• A bachelor’s degree recipient.

To apply for the scholarship, one must submit:

• The scholarship application form and essay
• The completed Executive MBA in Creative Leadership application form
• A current curriculum vitae
• A thesis proposal.

The scholarship recipient will be selected based on professional and academic achievements, career objectives and leadership potential in his or her company and industry.

The next Executive MBA in Creative Leadership program begins in February 2010. To apply for the full-tuition scholarship, application materials must be submitted by Thursday, December 24, 2009.

MASTER GOOGLE

Boost eLearning offers a comprehensive training suite on 15 virtually unknown techniques available within Google. These techniques enable knowledge workers to effectively find high value information, and provide immediate and significant value for everyone.

FIND FREE PDFs and eBOOKS FAST

PDFGeni is a dedicated pdf search engine for PDF ebooks, sheets, forms and documents.
Nice tool.

CREATE A DIGITAL IMAGE REPAIR / MANAGEMENT SERVICE

Increasingly, due to the proliferation of social networks, nasty rumors, often false, spread fast.

Create a web based service that can help people to repair a damaged reputation due to a false facebook rumor

This Wall Street Journal article outlines the growing problem.

DELL SOICAL INNOVATION COMPETITION

Interesting competition sponsored by Dell for college students interested in social entreprenuership and altruism.
http://www.dellsocialinnovationcompetition.com/DSICHomePage

FREE ONLINE WEB RESOURCES

Here are a range of very interesting, free web tools that could be useful for building your
online presence.
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/multimedia/free-online-learning-tools

TEMPLATES FOR MAPPING YOUR IDEAS

This is a great site provides a variety of design templates for mapping and charting your ideas.
Much cooler that the standard powerpoint templates.
http://www.exploratree.org.uk

$4 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO EARN AN ONLINE DEGREE

http://www.elearners.com/careerstimuluspackage
The Career Stimulus Package, presented by eLearners.com, is an educational campaign, created to support under-employed and under-educated Americans.

Founded along with major college and corporate sponsors from across the country, the campaign is awarding full tuition scholarships and job shadowing opportunities to more than 100 deserving adults.

Apply today! Don't delay.

GOOGLE PROJECT FOR GOOD

http://www.project10tothe100.com

Project 10¹⁰⁰ is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.

GOLDMAN SACHS ASSISTANCE WITH WORKPLACE RE-ENTRY

In the fall of 2008, the firm launched the Goldman Sachs Returnship Program. The first program of its kind aims to provide individuals re-entering the workforce with an opportunity to sharpen the skills essential for “on-ramping.” Based on the success of the pilot program, we are proud to continue this signature on-ramping initiative by hosting a 2009 Returnship Program.

Mission

The Returnship Program aims to prepare on-rampers for a return to the workforce. Throughout the eight week program, “returnees” are provided with an opportunity to:

• Explore a new career path or reacquaint themselves with new market trends.
• Gain work experience and strengthen technical skills.
• Assess the feasibility of career-life balance while returning to the workforce on a full-time basis

Program Dates and Location:
October 19, 2009 – December 18, 2009
Goldman Sachs Offices
New York, NY

http://www.gs.com/events/gsrp2009/attendee

For more information please contact:
Monica Marquez at 1-917-343-7204 or monica.marquez@gs.com

DELL SOCIAL INNOVATION COMPETITION

http://www.dellsocialinnovationcompetition.com/

FREE FRIEDMAN AUDIO BOOK FOR BLACKBERRY

Here is great resource, audio books for blackberry. Sign up and get a free download of Thomas Friedman's latest book, "Hot, Flat and Crowded"

BECOME A MEMBER OF A SUPER YACHT CREW

The American Yacht Institute's Yacht Services provides a five-day "Yacht Crew Training Course" for stewards, stewardesses, deckhands, and cooks for the privately owned super yachts. With the help of yacht employment agencies, the school assists students in seeking placement.

http://www.americanyachtinstitute.com

CREATE YOUR OWN MAGAZINE AND CONVERT YOUR DOCUMENTS INTO BEAUTIFUL PUBLICATIONS

Issuu (pronounced 'issue') is a dedicated team who strive for excellence in online publishing.
Its product and services are based on providing instant gratification for people, businesses,
and publishers. In essence, it reduces some of the frustration associated with publishing on
the Internet.

Issuu turns your documents into beautiful online publications. Publish to an audience of millions and get your message across to anyone, anywhere. It only takes a minute and it's free.

http://issuu.com

Go DADDY FOUNDER HAS SOME VERY SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE TIPS FOR ENTREPRENEURS

Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons has started 3 successful businesses, and his blog is very good at explaining the process starting a business.

http://www.bobparsons.me/index.php

CREATE A VENTURE THAT HARNESSES THE EXPERIENCE AND REACH OF RETIRED, BUT STILL ACTIVE SENIORS

HARVARD ADVANCED LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR SENIORS

Harvard is launching and directing the Advanced Leadership Initiative, a year-long pilot "third stage" educational program aimed at transforming experienced leaders into social entrepreneurs and philanthropists.
Harvard's pilot program is the latest step in the flowering of the new "third stage" of university education. It's a growing phenomenon that has been emerging for several years, as the roughly 75 million baby boomers have begun to hit their late fifties and early sixties. The venture takes into account the convergence of a new set of global challenges and the growing population of older energetic leaders who have met goals through a lifetime of work and now have a yearning to serve.

The goal of the Advanced Leadership Fellowship is to prepare experienced leaders to transition from their primary income-earning years to community and public service for their next years of life. The Fellowship is designed to enhance and leverage the skills of already-accomplished leaders for maximum impact on significant social problems, including those that affect health and welfare, children and the environment.

http://advancedleadership.harvard.edu/

CREATE A PREMIUM, "GIFTED YOUTH" PROGRAM

Since 1979, the Center for Talented Youth (CTY) at Johns Hopkins University has focused on the needs of students with exceptionally high academic abilities. The CTY community includes very bright, genius level students from all over the world whose talents place them well ahead of their agemates. These students need special attention: greater academic challenges, interaction with intellectual peers, and teaching strategies designed especially for the gifted. CTY offers gifted students, and their families and schools as well, a wide range of programs and services to nurture their intellectual abilities, enhance personal development, and foster better understanding of the needs of talented youth. This is a product that any parent with a bright child will find a way to finance.

http://cty.jhu.edu

OPEN AN ORGANIC - DESIGNER MOBILE FOOD CART BUSINESS

By simply using a more clean and modern vehicle, a food cart business will attract customers. When on tyhe run, which of these would you rather buy a smoothie or snack from?

http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/cdp/cdp_pan_green_carts.shtml

ANGEL INVESTOR CONFERENCES

Interesting article about angel investors...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/business/smallbusiness/20edge.html

DEVELOP A FOCUSED OUTPLACEMENT SERVICE

As demand rises in the $4 billion-a-year outplacement business, providers increasingly offer standardized services, which some workers say offer little value. Businesses anxious to shed former employees quickly and cheaply impose time limits that hamper effectiveness. Few employers track whether outplacement works. There is an opportunity to better serve laid
off workers.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125069793645343423.html

CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE A GROWTH SECTOR

Defying the Downturn, Charter School Construction Grows in New York
According to the city, 21 new charter schools will open in September, though only two of them will be in new buildings. The state has 141 charter schools in operation, and about 100 are in the city.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/education/19charter.html

COOL INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE MBA CONCEPT

Five premier universities representing four continents worked together to create OneMBA, the truly global executive MBA. You will learn from the faculty and students from all five partner schools.

Asia: Faculty of Business Administration at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Europe: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM)
North America: Tecnológico de Monterrey Graduate School of Business Administration and Leadership (EGADE)
North America: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School (UNC)
South America: Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP)

You will attend classes every four to six weeks at your home university. In addition, you will join OneMBA students from all the schools for four global residencies spread over the 21-month program. Each residency lasts seven or eight days.

http://onemba.org/

AMAZING GOLMAN SACHS BACKED INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO HELP ADVANCE WOMEN IN BUSINESS

In March 2008, Goldman Sachs announced a significant new initiative that has two goals: increasing the number of underserved women receiving a business and management education and improving the quality and capacity of business and management education around the world. Expanding the entrepreneurial talent and managerial pool in developing and emerging economies – especially among women – is one of the most important means to reducing inequality and ensuring more shared economic growth.

The initiative has six components:

10,000 Women Over Five Years Will Receive a Business and Management Education: Goldman Sachs is supporting partnerships with universities and development organizations that will lead to 10,000 Women receiving a business and management education over five years.

Build Quality and Capacity Through Global Business Sister School Partnerships: To strengthen the quality and capacity of business schools in developing nations, Goldman Sachs is supporting partnerships between business schools and universities in the United States and Europe and business schools in developing and emerging economies.

Establish Mentoring and Post-Graduation Support for Women Entrepreneurs: In addition to funding tuition for business and management education, 10,000 Women is establishing mentoring and networking channels for women.

Work with Leading Research and Women’s Development Organizations: 10,000 Women is working with these organizations to better understand the local challenges these girls and women must overcome so more of them can ultimately realize their potential through access to greater economic opportunity.

Develop Partnerships in the United States to Help Disadvantaged Women: As part of 10,000 Women, Goldman Sachs is establishing parallel programs and partnerships to provide disadvantaged women throughout the United States greater access to business and management education.

Commit the Time and Dedication of Goldman Sachs People: In addition to the firm’s financial commitment, Goldman Sachs is also contributing its most valuable asset – its people – to the success of 10,000 Women.

http://10000women.org

ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCE SITE

Innovation America (IA), isa national 501c3 not for profit, private/public partnership focused on accelerating the growth of the entrepreneurial innovation economy in America.

http://www.innovationamerica.us

ECONOMIST MAGAZINE COMPETITION

The Economist is holding two innovation competitions to find the most exciting, game-changing innovations that will have a marked impact in two key areas: new media and energy. Twelve finalists will be invited to present their innovations at Economist Events to an audience of top executives in the field, and will receive complimentary conference registrations (value at up to $2495). The winning presenter will receive exclusive bragging rights and a free subscription to The Economist in the format of his or her choosing. The deadline for entries is September 8, 2009 in YouTube video format.

http://mediaconvergence.economist.com

EFFICIENTLY BOOST TRAFFIC TO YOUR WEBSITE

This beta product automatically helps you optimize your website's positioning on search engines. A very powerful tool.

Traffic-Bug submits sites to 1,000+ directories, building backlinks while doing so

Traffic-Bug submits your site to over 138 different search engines getting you indexed even faster by Google!

Traffic-Bug submits your Blog Feed or RSS Feed to all the major RSS feed directories automatically.

Traffic-Bug submits bookmarks to 43 of the top Social Bookmarking sites

http://www.traffic-bug.com

CREATE A FREE FLASH WEBSITE

This is a terrific site where you can build a flash website for free.

www.wix.com

TAKE ONLINE BRANDS OFFLINE

Last week in New York City, eBay converted a brick and mortar space on 57th St. into a virtual gallery. The space showcased the broad range of stylish products available on the site. Press and trade only, but a constant stream of people were excited to see the brand in real space and wanted to enter. Many online brands could flourish when reimagined as real, 3D environments.
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CREATE A COSMETICS / WEB BASED BEAUTY CONSULTING FIRM

http://modiface.com/mfund/


ModiFace, the facial detection and modification company with the world's most advanced library of instant and fully automatic facial transformations and makeover options**, is announcing the launch of the ModiFace MFund program. Modiface will provide resources including up to $20,000 per submission in the form of application service credits, advertising credits, and performance-based cash.

"We are delighted to put our resources behind up to 50 teams of entrepreneurs who want to use our technology to build their own companies" remarked Parham Aarabi, Founder and CEO of ModiFace. "We will provide each team with full access to our technology, provide advertising and public relations support, and provide them site monetization guarantees to help them get their business off the ground, for a total value of $20,000 per team."

Modiface will provide all reasonable technical help during the planning and development phases of the project, including direct access to key Modiface executives and engineers. A maximum of 50 winning ideas will be selected. Only one submission per company or team is allowed.

START YOUR OWN FOUNDATION

The Association of Small Foundations (ASF) is a membership organization of over 3,000 foundations. Through our dedication to foundations, we have become the country's largest foundation-support organization.

At ASF small related to staff size, not to assets. The United States is home to over 60,000 small foundations - those led entirely by volunteer boards or operated by just a few staff. These small foundations account for half of the country's total foundation grant dollars, and provide essential financial support in communities across the country.

Vision
ASF enhances the power of small foundation giving by providing the donors, trustees, and staff of member foundations with peer learning opportunities, targeted tools and resources, and a collective voice in and beyond the philanthropic community.

Partner with your church, mosque or synagogue, and create your own foundation.

http://www.smallfoundations.org

TEACH OTHERS HOW TO BUILD PRODUCTS AND TOOLS THAT SERVE YOU

The iPhone Developer University Program is a free program designed for higher education institutions looking to introduce curriculum for developing iPhone or iPod touch applications. The University Program provides a wealth of development resources, sophisticated tools for testing and debugging, and the ability to share applications within the same development team. Institutions can also submit applications for distribution in the App Store.
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/university.html

OPEN A MOBILE FRESH BAKERY

I saw this terrific cupcake truck on 3rd Avenue, on the east side of Manhattan. A mobile bakery with fresh bread and other baked goods could be a nice venture.
http://www.business-opportunities.biz/2009/06/08/hot-dog-and-ice-cream-trucks-make-tempting-biz-ops-in-recession/
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INTERESTING ENTREPRENEUR CONFERENCE-PITCH RICHARD BRANSON

http://www.perfectbusiness.com/ThePerfectPitch/?usatoday=1

http://www.perfectbusiness.com

LEARN HOW TO MASTER THE BLACKBERRY, THEN SELL YOUR KNOWLEDGE

By design, some aspects of BlackBerry are intuitive; however, many valuable features are not obvious and require some means of training. BLACKBERRY TRAINING classes will ensure that you are utilizing all of the tremendous functionality the solution has to offer.

www.blackberrytraining.com

LEARN TO BECOME AN APPLE CERTFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL

During this 3-day Training Camp course for the Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) certification, students verify their understanding of Mac OS X 10.5 core functionality and their ability to configure key services, perform basic troubleshooting, and assist end users with essential Mac OS X capabilities. The Training Camp course is a highly interactive combination of lecture, lab, and exam-focused review sessions that merges accelerated learning principles with custom-developed courseware and instructors to deliver the highest examination passing rates in the industry.
http://www.trainingcamp.com/training/apple/acsp/overview.aspx

CREATE A CHARACTER BASED ICON OF YOURSELF

http://mywebface.mywebsearch.com/download/index.jhtml

REMARKABLE VIDEO ABOUT THE ACCELERTAING INFO CULTURE WE LIVE IN

TAKE 5 minutes to watch this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8

NEW STARTUP CAMP FOR EARLY STAGE ENTREPRENEURS

TheFunded Founder Institute is a new incubator that trains entrepreneurs on the best practices for building quality high-tech businesses. The Institute has recruited 25 renown start-up CEOs to mentor founders and lead weekly evening training sessions on critical company-building tasks. The Institute has also enlisted world-class partners, such as Microsoft BizSpark, to provide necessary company-building tools and services at below market rates. The inaugural, Summer 2009 semester will be held in Silicon Valley, and participating founders can access the sessions online as well.

http://www.founderinstitute.com

START YOUR OWN ONLINE SCHOOL

CafeCourses makes it easy to share your knowledge and expertise with a community focused on learning. The site is currently free to both take courses and create courses. Anyone can create a course on CafeCourses. Everyone is an expert in something; capture that information into a course so others can learn from you.

http://cafecourses.com

LEARN GRAPHIC DESIGN TO ENHANCED YOUR BUSINESS

This is a cool online design diploma course comprised of 12 modules. It provides valuable feedback is given by your tutor on assignments and grades. All software learning comes with step by step tutorial videos. There is no need for prior software knowledge, we educate from the ground up.
http://www.thegraphicdesignschool.com

INTERNAL TWITTER DOCUMENTS REVEAL INTERESTING STRATEGIC INSIGHTS

In Mid July 2009, a French hacker stole and sent to TechCrunch blog more than 300 confidential Twitter documents. Many of the documents can be found here.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/16/twitters-internal-strategy-laid-bare-to-be-the-pulse-of-the-planet/

LOW COST ACCOMADATION VENTURE

Terrific site that pairs up people who are looking for a low cost place to stay with people who have an apartment or home to rent. Global.
http://www.airbnb.com