Tomorrow morning I board a plane at 8:30am for San Francisco. It’s my first visit there. I missed the TechCrunch Party but my Standout Jobs co-Founders made it. And it looks like Fred and Austin had a great time. Fred was on Ustream.tv, but apparently the sound wasn’t very good. Oh well! I’ll be in […]
Archives for July 2007
Simple Email Hack: Get Your Questions Answered
Whether we like it or not, email is still the primary mode of communication online. That’s not going to change any time soon. We’ve got instant messenger, Twitter, Skype, message boards, project management tools, messaging applications, etc. The list of ways to communicate online is endless. But email still rules the day. And it still […]
How Big A Beach Are You?
Lots of people love the beach. Tall people. Short people. Fat people. Skinny people. Bronzed beyond George Hamilton people. Deathly pale people. There’s just something about stripping down to the bare necessities and letting it all hang out. The interesting thing about the beach is that no one seems self-conscious. It’s rarely flattering and in […]
10 Questions Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors Are Going To Ask
When raising money from venture capitalists or angels, you’ll want to meet as many as possible. They won’t all invest, but each time you pitch, you get better. Each time you pitch, you get asked different questions, get different opinions and ideas. It’s worth it to pitch as many people as you can, as often […]
Write Blog Posts Not Articles
If it walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck…guess what, it’s a duck. A blog is a blog is a blog. Not quite the same analogy, but you get the point. Jakob Nielsen suggests that people write articles not blog posts. He differentiates them by saying that blog posts […]
How Much Money Do You Spend On Your Blog?
Most people ask, “How much money do you make from your blog, and how do you do it?” But Jonathan at SmartWealthyRich.com is asking a different question: What are your blogging expenses? Good question. He’s hoping to generate a lot of feedback and discussion, and I hope he does. I spend approximately $20/month in hosting […]
3 Tips To Startup Success
When starting a business, you’re going to make mistakes. Even if you’ve done it a handful of times (successfully or not), mistakes are common. Of course, you will learn a ton from the mistakes you make; but there are plenty of new mistakes left to make. Luckily, it’s not all doom and gloom. Far from […]
When Is A Blog Post A Success?
When it moves your blog toward its ultimate goal. You do have a goal for your blog, right? (Thanks to Lorelle for asking the question: How do you determine the success of a blog post?)
Do Bloggers Always Follow Their Own Advice?
Bloggers write a lot. We have to. It’s the nature of the blogging beast. Produce content. Do it. Write, write and write some more. For all the debate over how often you need to be posting to maintain and grow your audience, the fact remains that many of us write a lot of blog content; […]
The Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs Launches
The Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs was initiated by Raj Dash. Anything that helps aggregate quality content related to entrepreneurship and bootstrapping is a good idea in my books. One of my articles made it in — Is Guy Kawasaki’s Backhand Better Than His Server? which was a quick look at his new startup Truemors and […]