congrats to your new magazine. i love reading it.your first issue and topic about sme’s was very informative. my husband has always dreamt of puting up a small business and its inspiring to read articles of successful businesses which started really small. i read your mag from cover to cover and i learned a lot. i particularly liked your article in finance where non accountants can at least understand the balance sheet and income statement. the entrepreviews’ article “should you get an mba” is a winner also.i like toolbox wherein there are articles on how to help better manage a business. it is really worth reading and worth buying.keep up the good work and more power to your mag.

Hello,

I’m a publisher based in San Francisco, California. I produce an online magazine called Innovation Pipeline (InPipeline.com). We cover startup companies in various fields of technology: biotech, nanotech, medical science, etc.

I have a large volume of work and, with the high rate of pay here in the U.S., I’m hoping to outsource some of the writing for our next issue. I’m wondering if any writers there would be interested.

What I need: short (250-word) profiles of startup companies here in the U.S.–what their innovation is, how much funding they have, who is their competition, etc. Most of this information can be found online, although an email to the company may be needed.

These profiles require some business and technology expertise. But once you get the hang of it, they’re not so difficult.

I’ll be in Manila from March 3 to March 17 and I’m hoping to meet then with any writers who are interested. We can discuss the fee, etc.

Thanks for your time.

Tim

You’re welcome, Joy! We’re glad to be of assistance. Perhaps it’s safe to say that you and your husband are indeed the kind of readers that we are targeting, namely those who are eager to learn about management and strategy. For you, we’ll try to keep the information coming.

Art Ilano
Editor-In-Chief
SME Insight

Its February now, but still I cant get hold of your January-February 2007 issue

I finally got my January-February 2007 issue just yesterday! Yipee! I admire the Toolbox section, so helpful.

Thanks Kenneth! Glad to be of service. And I’m relieved that the Jan/Feb is finally hitting the shelves. Boy you don’t know how much fingernails we’ve bitten waiting for it to come out!

Can you tell us a little something about yourself, Kenneth? We just want to know the profile of the kind of people who like reading the Toolbox section.

Art

To Tim

Hi Tim! Being in the magazine business ourselves, we understand where you’re coming from. Perhaps SME Insight can’t help, but I can course your request to writers who we know.

Art

Hello, this is my first time to write any kind of feedback to anything, magazine or otherwise. I just want to let you know that I really enjoy your magazine which I first chanced upon while passing by a magazine store. It was the first issue and while trying to find something to read, I looked at yours and it offered a more interesting alternative to Entrepreneur magazine, which I stopped reading years ago because they just featured the same things over and over again, it was getting boring. I truly enjoy your CEO Spotlight as well as Features section. May I suggest that you feature, aside from “success” stories, “failure” stories as well. It would be very informative to learn about why certain businesses fail or have failed. For instance, Ice Monster used to be really “hot” a few years ago, but they seem to be closing down stores now. Similarly, there was Zagu and maybe other services, products, etc. These stories are just as important because the success stories always make it sound so easy, when it probably isn’t. Also, I am a full-time mom and would be very interested in more in-depth articles about home-based businesses. More power to your magazine, don’t change! And to HIP publications, congratulations - my kids also love your Spark magazine. Great job!

Thanks Beth! We love hearing from our readers.

It’s funny that you should mention the need for failure stories, because that really is up our sleeves right now… seriously!

As for home-based businesses, that is also an interesting angle. Do note, however, that one of the things that makes us different from Entrepreneur mag (which officially we are not competing with ) is that we do not feature micro businesses such as halo-halo stands or “how to make buko pie.” Which means that if you want to build skill sets on doing specific crafts, we still encourage you to get Entrepreneur.

On the other hand, if you are interested in learning how to build a small business at home — organization-wise, logistics-wise — then that’s where we come in. We’ll definitely consider that!

Many thanks, and we do hope that you’d find our future issues as helpful!

Art Ilano