(May 2012) Comcast Newsmakers’ Jill Horner interviews John Donio, President of the Wildwood Business Improvement District. Mr. Donio discusses all the new activity in Downtown Wildwood, New Jersey including the introduction of Restaurant Row on Pacific Avenue.
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does positive discrimination enable improvement in women’s circumstances in business life?
NOTHING positive about any form of discrimination…people need to stop whining and start proving their value.
I was wondering how much setting a goal for yourself increases your productivity. (Ex. 20% over people who don’t goals) If you use a statistic please cite it, thanks!
It is an inspiration.
Getting antsy at the 9-5 job. I’d love to be able to start something small that I can grow. I’m educated and have 5 years of operations management experience (probably not enough to consult, but I’ll listen to suggestions) and only have around $5K for startup costs. Long story short, I’m a bit slim on business ideas and would love to hear from some folks who have "made" it. Thanks!
My company imports merchandise from china so if you are looking to start up an online store, I can definitely help you out on the supplier side. You can definitely make some money selling on eBay and then expanding into your own online store which has plenty of potential to grow. I’ve owned a few eBay stores in the past and its not hard to make money as long as you choose products to sell that are somewhat unique. When choosing products for resale in an online or retail store, there are a few things you need to keep in mind. Here are some tips I’ve picked up along the way.
1) Choose products that you know a lot about and become an expert on them. If you want customers to choose you over other resellers you need to know your products inside and out.
2) Choose a niche, or a specific product type that you can specialize in. Become successful in that niche, then expand.
3) Choose a product you are interested in, otherwise you will quickly loose motivation because you won’t enjoy what your doing.
If you are interested in starting an online store, I would be happy to talk to you more about it as I have been involved in several. You can email me at frank@nobissolutions.com.
I have an online store – I want to increase productivity of getting listings online – is there a photography system that I can have the camera linked to the computer, so I can create the listing as the item is photographed then move quickly to the next item? What are others using for this?
That’s a good question. Yes, you can shoot tethered to the computer, but as for software to interface an on-line listing I couldn’t help you and I doubt any of the photographers can. Doesn’t ebay have forums for it’s sellers? I’d try there and see how other large ebay stores are accomplishing their workflow. There are sellers who list thousands of items a day, there has to be something!
Rule #1: Search YA and Google FIRST before you post.
Rule #2: Specify the programming language in the title of your question.
Rule #3: Specify what you’re using to compile.
Rule #4: Post all relevant code, COMMENTED, on pastebin and link us to it.
Rule #5: Post your compiler error messages, if any, so we can know where to look for the problem.
Rule #6: If no compile errors, post the details of the strange behavior (what it should do and what it actually does).
Rule #7: If you have no code, don’t ask a question. We’re not homework fairies. Do your own school assignments or change your degree if you’re not cut out for it.
Rule #8: If you don’t know the answer to a question, don’t answer it.
Rule #9: If you need help with facebook, photoshop, tumblr, Windows, Mac, video editing, etc., post it in the appropriate section, not this one.
Rule #10: If you want advice on which education to pursue, ask it in education.
Now on to the most common questions in YA programming:
1. If you just started programming and your program flashes the console screen for a split second when you try to run it, it’s because your program displays "Hello World" and then immediately ends. You need to run it in debug mode or add a statement to halt the program before it ends.
2. Web development is not software development. HTML is a markup language, not a programming language. If you want to make web sites, you want to be a web developer, not a programmer.
3. C++ is the best programming language if you want to make games or any large-scale simulation software. It is not too hard to learn as a first language.
4. You do not need to learn C before you learn C++, and unless you plan on maintaining legacy C applications or embedded software or linux operating systems, you do not need to know C at all.
5. C++ is a programming language, not a graphics API. If you want your C++ program to have graphics, look into graphics APIs to use.
6. You do not need to learn 20 different programming languages. You should learn 1 or 2 useful ones, master software development with them, THEN if you need to ever write something in a different language, worry about learning the language.
7. If you want to make games, go to a trade school that specializes in Game Development, such as Full Sail or DigiPen. If you can’t afford that, then look for a degree in Software Development at your local university. If they don’t have that, you can settle on Computer Science.
8. You will not be a professional software developer unless you go to school and earn the credentials you need to gain employment. If you just want to do little dorky projects as a hobby, not as a career, then pick up an ActionScript book and settle for making flash games.
9. Programmer salaries typically range from $40,000 – $120,000, depending on a variety of factors.
10. Yes, you need to possess a strong foundation in math to be a good programmer. A minimum of college algebra level skills will be necessary for anything you work on. Business productivity software can require Trigonometry and Calculus. Game and simulation software can require higher Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Physics. You don’t have to be good at math, but you have to be capable of learning and using it.
@Azure: Nobody is limiting anything. I’m providing some guidelines for how to get faster and more accurate answers to your programming questions. By following a few simple common sense guidelines, askers can get the help they want and answerers can find the questions they have the answers to faster. If my rules are not to your liking, then you are under no obligation to follow them or respond to my posts either.
If people followed Rule #1, there wouldn’t be ANY questions!!
http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2012/01/31/windows-programs-for-professionals/ – If you are using Windows, you’ve got a lot of programs from which to choose for pretty much any purpose under the sun (unless you never leave your home office, in which case you might not even remember what the sun looks like). If you can narrow these down to just business and professional purposes, you’ll still have a lot of potential programs to wade through before you find exactly what you need. Here, we go over28 great Windows programs and apps for professionals so you don’t have to!
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I plan on starting a small business with selling some items. Im looking for a software that could keep track of customers, invoices, financial, inventory all in one. I’m trying to find a free software to start off. I keep trying to download the ones on the internet but they are crap or a trial version. Do you now of any that I could use? Thank you
You could do all of that with Microsoft office as you can build databases. Store records and make spreadsheets. For the free version you can get it from Openoffice.org or there are some linux programs for the things you wish to do. I am not familiar with linux, but do know a lot of small and big businesses use them for the freeware factors. good luck and hope this helps. However if you want security that is good you would be better getting a paid version, if that is not an issue then your good to go.
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