Ivan Widjaya
Ivan Widjaya is the Owner/Editor of Noobpreneur.com, as well as several other blogs. He is a business blogger, web publisher and content marketer for SMEs.
Why Googol Rules
Googol, representing a numeric one with 100 number of zeros after it, rules in today’s Internet.
Googol? What’s Googol? Why is it significant?
The ‘ruler’ of Internet world – Google.… Read more »
Franchise agreement: From a Noobpreneur Point of View
Franchising is about getting the right business at the right location, right?
Wrong! It’s about the franchisee agreement and the ability to stick to it. Therefore, franchising is not for… Read more »
Managing Your Business Good Will
No, I’m not talking about good will in literal meaning.
It’s related to business valuation – Good will is the intangible value of a business, such as reputation, image and… Read more »
Resilient Entrepreneur – How to Become One
Resilience, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.
Resilient entrepreneur is those that own ‘super human’ will power to… Read more »
Franchisor Insider Story: Why Franchising is Difficult yet Necessary in Growing Your Business
I’ve post a few on franchising – mostly from the eye of a franchisee.
This time, I present you a story from the franchisor side.
A story from the CEO… Read more »
Purchase a Franchise or Starting Up Your Own Business?
Most people ask, “are buying a franchise unit will make you rich?”
My sole answer, “No – You WON’T.”
Why? Am I bitter toward franchising?
No – I am a… Read more »
How to Navigate Your Business in the Midst of Recession
To most small businesses, recession hits hard.
That includes my business.
What gives?
I can’t guess any culprits other than the soaring prices and the lower buying power of consumers.… Read more »
Intermediaries – Made Obsolete by the Internet?
Intermediaries is what middlemen do – You bridge between clients or consumers and providers or producers.
You make money by leveraging capital and margin – you buy a widget at… Read more »
Paranoia Marketing
Here I coined a new phrase for you – Paranoia Marketing :)
What is Paranoia Marketing?
Paranoia marketing simply means marketing to the paranoids.
Paranoid of what?
Many things that… Read more »
Young Entrepreneur – How Young is Too Young?
I am a firm believer that entrepreneurs can be taught, whether he/she is born with it or not.
I am my first and foremost case – I am born not… Read more »