We're in Atlanta; Just Around the Corner!

Posted under: Events
How did the time fly so quickly!? Here we are, having a great time at the fantastically attended San Francisco and LA meetups and with just a blink of the eyes, Atlanta is upon and we’ve neglected to share the details. Here’s the lowdown: This coming Tuesday, July 28th, at 8:00 pm we’ll be at the ...

Managing Financial Transactions, Bookkeeping Basics, and Small Business Tax Tips

The San Francisco meetup of Unintentional Entrepreneurs was a great evening and we’re glad so many could join us. Leading the discussion was Kevin Reeth, founder of Outright.com, with a review critical, financial fundamentals of starting your own business. As a “Business Owner” you must… Generate your own income, fund your expenses, contribute to Social ...

Unintentional Entrepreneur, Unintentional Bookkeeper?

Hopefully in the years to come, we will be able to look back on the current recession and say in our best Dickensian voices: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….” The reasons for why it is the worst of times are obvious: massive lay-offs, skyrocketing unemployment rates, lost retirement nest ...

Whats the difference ? Intentional and Intentional Entrepreneur

I started my online marketing business in 2003 when Hurricane Isabel hit the East Coast. Hurricane Isabel was the costliest and deadliest hurricane in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. I had lunch with a friend who told me about Google Adwords and now instead of going out and buying toilet paper and milk in preparation ...

Bob London to Speak at Unintentional Entrepreneur DC August 5th

Bob is a great guy and has a lot of good will in the DC area. if you meet him you at once know he is going to do his best to make you successful. It was a no brainer when the mantle of the Unintentional Entrepreneur DC event fell on me to ask Bob ...

Do you know your customers’ elevator rant?

By Bob London, President & Founder of London, Ink (www.londonink.com) Almost everyone in the business world has heard of the “elevator pitch.” For the uninitiated, an elevator pitch has nothing to do with selling elevators, nor is it a contest between behemoths trying to see how far they can toss your standard issue 8-person elevator. An “elevator ...

Was Your Layoff a “Blessing in Disguise”?

Posted under: Research & Insights
If you are one of the millions of Americans who experienced a layoff in the past few years but now see that unkind cut as a “blessing in disguise,” then congratulations! You are in good company. According to a recent survey conducted by SnagAJob.com, 4 out of 10 laid off Americans feel that their layoff ...

Patrick Ford Joins the Cast for the Los Angeles Event

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Next Thursday, July 23, at 6:00 pm, Patrick Ford, a pioneer of the interactive entertainment industry, joins the Unintentional Entrepreneur meetup at BLANKSPACES. Ford, founder of one of the earliest multimedia companies, Level Four Interactive, in San Francisco in 1983 led the development of the first interactive videodisc controller for the Macintosh; as well as the ...

Lorna Li joins Bay Area Unintentional Entrepreneurs

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Lorna Li joins us, and fellow new business owners, next Wednesday, July 15th, for the first in our series of meetups for Unintentional Entrepreneurs. Lorna Li is an online marketer with expertise in social media, search engine marketing (SEO and SEM), and online reputation management. In particular, she specializes in Social Media SEO, the strategies and ...

Unintentional Misunderstanding

Our logo contest for the Unintentional Entrepreneur Workshop got a little attention in Twitter today, but for all the wrong reasons. We are holding a contest to design the logo for this event blog. This blog was created to support a series of events for self-employed professionals, side business owners, recently laid-off employees and freelancers who ...