Posts Tagged ‘holidays’

Gift Guide For Your Favorite Geek

Gifts for GeeksThe holiday season has arrived and it’s time to gift your favorite geek. If you’re an uber-geek without many friends, you can also gift yourself! Here is the annual Geek Gift Guide!

  1. iPad. Absolutely the most popular vendor booth giveaway of the 2010 events season. If you didn’t win one – it’s now time to “gift” an iPad to yourself and your loved ones.
  2. Windows 7 phone. You’ve come a long way baby! Stop by your local or online Microsoft Store and take a look. New and improved have never been more relevant.
  3. New Kindle or Nook Color. The new Kindle is about half the price of the original with much better “lighting” to increase readability. The Nook Color has a nifty screen resolution.  Yes, the screen has glare and can make your eyes tired after prolonged use, but then reading the National Geographic magazine in full color has wowed me.  Rumor has it that one of the boxes under the tree with my name on it contains an an e-reader.  Perhaps a new Kindle or a Nook Color?  I’m not picky and will take either one.

Valuable Gifts for New Entrepreneurs, Part 2

I posted Valuable Gifts For New Entrepreneurs just before the holidays last year.  Well, I’m posting a Part 2, just in case you’re already thinking of starting your holiday list early.   I know, we’re in the middle of summer and Christmas is not exactly what we think of especially if it’s 103 degrees outside.  But, hey, you don’t have to wait for the holidays to give someone special who just started his/her small biz.  Here are more ideas on what to give a new entrepreneur:

1. Pocket HD Camcorder

Pocket HD, USB-enabled video cameras are at the top of a lot of people’s lists. Some uses for them are video blogging, recording presentations or simply adding some personality to your website by addressing things on camera rather than text. Whatever it’s for, no entrepreneur should be without one to capture all of the fun, excitement and ideas that happen daily. There are a bunch of options these days.  Flip Video basically invented the under $200 video camera, and of the five versions now offered, the original Flip Ultra (affiliate link) is still my favorite, thanks to its low price, intuitive controls, and easy uploading.

2. Air Card

Not a must but still a fun gift. They work great and it’s not something a bootstrapping entrepreneur will probably invest in on their own so that makes it a really cool gift.

Valuable Gifts For New Entrepreneurs

EntrepreneurWell, folks, it’s time to finish up that holiday shopping and get those last minute gifts. If you have a new entrepreneur in your life the holidays are a great time to help them out and give them something that can help out their business or their lifestyle. Starting a business is a long road and can be full of ups and downs, but there are many things that can make the whole process that much easier.

Books

Any entrepreneur will always appreciate a good book. Check out Amazon’s small business section. Some recommendations are “Trust Agents” by Chris Brogan, “Duct Tape Marketing” by John Jantsch and “Crush It” by Gary Vaynerchuk.

Corporate ID or Logo Design

Branding is very crucial.  A well-designed logo is a good starting point to have a corporate identity.  Get them a professional and creative graphics designer who will create something to make their company standout!

Ticket to a Business Conference or Convention

Get them a pass to a conference or convention so they can network and update their skills and knowledge with others in their

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