Even for Google, the old “if you build it, they wlll come” adage, fails. It’s not a strategy. If you want to kill Facebook, you have to do far, far more than simply setup good technology and tell a few people about it. Google seems to think that’s the right approach, since it worked for [ Read More ]
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Categories: Web Business
So you have a few ideas for new businesses to start — good for you, the wheels are turning! How do you decide which one to pursue? Some pointers, key things to look for: -Make sure you’re passionate about the idea. It may be a good idea, and it may fill a niche, but launching [ Read More ]
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I’m not stupid, but I’m not Einstein either. My secret has been that I have good instincts on what to work on, I have a good work ethic, and I’ve been at it for years (15 years now). If I were to start a business from scratch though today, with no money or startup costs, [ Read More ]
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One of my biggest challenges that I deal with frequently is decision paralysis. Most of the time, I make small day to day decisions easily and without fear. But when the decision is big enough, the consequences of making a wrong decision large enough, and the number of different options I have is large, I [ Read More ]
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Photo: Charles Platiau/Reuter If you follow the Tour de France like I do, you’ll know that there is some team rivalry going on between Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador. Both have a chance at winning the Tour, and both are on the same team, Astana. Generally, a team designates a leader, then the whole team [ Read More ]
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Oh Tivo, how our love affair was so long and while it lasted it was pretty good. But guess what: while your hardware/software is nice, your corporation blows, and DirecTV HD DVR is, while not perfect, so much better than you. I bought a Tivo HD for a family member in December. She didn’t like [ Read More ]
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I get this question from time to time, usually from other adults who aren’t Internet savvy and have absolutely no idea how it is that I earn a living from “some websites”. “So you make websites for people?”… is usually the question I hear. Kids are even more dumbfounded and think that what I do [ Read More ]
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Recently I’ve been noticing some changes in basic email etiquette that I thought were interesting. I’m a grandpa when it comes to the Internet, since I was launching sites in 1994 when the Internet was still very new. Back then, most emails began with “Hi Dave,”, and ended with “Thanks, Scott”. Since then, I’ve been [ Read More ]
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There are two groups in the h1n1 swine flu issue. Group A is panicking, flooding the ER’s, thinking they have the swine flu, fearing death, or avoiding all human contact. Group B says the media is overhyping this, they are citing the 50M killed in 1918 compared to the 200 killed in 2009 by h1n1, [ Read More ]
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Adspace is a new publisher-oriented conference operated as part of Ad Tech in San Francisco. I was there on Wednesday. It had panel sessions focusing on monetization, Adsense, affiliate marketing. If you missed it, there are others coming up in Chicago (Sept) and New York (Nov). I really like attending these conferences. I like the [ Read More ]
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