Apple has been granted a new patent for it’s iWork Numbers application. You might want to take a look at it.
It relates to when you want to copy data into a new chart that the new data is associated with the old data into a new data set.
That’s business.
As an startup entrepreneur you always look to keep low or no costs to prolong using your capital. During a recent teleseminar I was introduced to Camtasia software. It is billed as the one stop shop for screen capturing and recording your audio all in the same application. But as I said above, entrepreneurs are always looking to save money, and time, and if you can, both money and time. So what is an entrepreneur to do without spending any money?
Well, here’s my answer.
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Attention Grad Students, University Students and High School Students!
If you are using a Mac, business classes, entrepreneur courses and business accounting just got easier. Our Back to School Special offers students the opportunity to purchase our Advanced Business Planning system for just $25 when you enter the Student Discount Code.
ION FreshStart’s Advanced Business Planning uses iWork – Pages, Numbers, Keynote. We have a series of business plan templates and workshops that allow you to create your professional and sophisticated business plan.
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As with any new Mac owner who is a startup entrepreneur, learning how Macs do things differently than Windows can be a rough row to hoe. But once you get the hang of it, you’ll be like grease lightening getting stuff done. Here is a list of questions a startup entrepreneur sent me who had figured it out, but had difficulty with transitioning to the Mac from Windows.
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What every startup entrepreneur thinks about is how to increase their income, but have you thought about sharing your skills, and getting paid for it? For instance, if you learn how to program in HTML, you could teach someone else to do the same. If you found a great fishing hole to catch some of the biggest fish, could you not be a fishing guide and get paid for it? How about learning to eat healthier, or learn to make a movie. There are tons of skills that people want to learn and are willing to pay for, even if it’s for an hour.
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The one thing that most Mac users are not aware of about Apple’s MobileMe (formerly .Mac services) is some of the capabilities to connect with others, such as using iChat to do Instant Messaging (IM), and audio and video chatting and recording. The technology was better than all others because it uses Apple’s technology. But as with anything, people are not aware of it’s capability and how it mostly works with Macs.
Apple has announced that it is improving things from MobileMe to iCloud. As Apple transitions from MobileMe to the iCloud you’ll see differences with your various Mac, iPhone, and iPad workflows as they are defined by Apple. There are NO indications about using iChat services in the iCloud, But in the mean time, you still have work to do and you can’t stop because of Apple’s changes, right?
So, what’s a Mac user to do when connecting with Windows users?
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One of the things startup entrepreneurs do is work to be productive with their Mac and iPhone as a team of tools, a team of tools in your entrepreneur toolbox. In a recent blog post, Business use of iPhone Voice Memo about taking notes using the iPhone’s Voice Memo, I outlined a simple way of recording things while you are on the road. Years ago bosses use to say to their secretary, or maybe to today’s administrative or virtual assistant, “Take a Memo!”
Not any more, it’s more likely the bosses taking their own memos.
You can still use the iPhone’s Voice Memo to record your thoughts as you have them, if you have an idea for another book or blog post. But what if you want to communicate with others.
Now there’s a new solution in town: Dragon Dictation by Nuance Communications.
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