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Lean Analytics, startups, angel investing, product management and more!

Resources

I hope you enjoy these links and gain some value from the resources provided here. There’s a ton of great stuff for small business owners, entrepreneurs, marketers, technologists and more.

Blog Projects

These are some blog projects I’ve run in the past – lots of worthwhile reading!

  • 3-Week Buzz Marketing Challenge – I attempted to complete as many buzz marketing challenges as possible from Ron McDaniel’s Buzzoodle Buzz Marketing book.
  • What You Learned in 2006 – 70 posts were submitted to this group writing project. Amazing stuff.
  • Blog About 5 Things Week – 32 posts were submitted to “Blog About 5 Things Week”. You can ’em all here.
  • What Will You Sacrifice to Close the Deal? – 4 posts examining what people are willing to sacrifice in order to make a sale.
  • Post-Thanksgiving Goal Writing Project – 20 posts from me and others about the goals we want to accomplish. A great insight into what people want to achieve and how we can help each other meet our goals.

Big-Time Helpers

These people have been a huge help to me as I develop Instigator Blog and my other projects:

  • Successful Blog by Liz Strauss
  • Converstations by Mike Sansone
  • Bill Baren Blog by Bill Baren

Grasshopper New Media Crew

  • ChrisBrogan.com by Chris Brogan
  • Small Biz Survival by Becky McCray
  • Small Business CEO by Steve Rucinski
  • Talk it Up! by Heidi Miller
  • Communicatrix by Colleen Wainright
  • OSBDC by Bill Gregory
  • 15 Second Pitch by Laura Allen

Entrepreneur Resources

  • BootStrapMe by Shawn Hessigner
  • Blogtrepreneur by Adnan

Great Blog/Internet/Online Marketing Resources

  • copyblogger by Brian Clark
  • problogger by Darren Rowse
  • Online Marketing Genius by Jim Kukral
  • Daily Blog Tips by Daniel Scocco
  • ClickNewz! by Lynn Terry
  • MarketingPilgrim by Andy Beal
  • E-Commerce News by George
  • The Digerati Life by Curly
  • SEO Montreal – SEO Specialist by Gab

Other Resources

  • Plexav by Ken Stein
  • Work at Home Entrepreneurs by Vahid Chaychi
  • WhoLearns.com by Vahid Chaychi

The Home Turf Media Gang

A great bunch of city-based blogs, with new ones being added regularly!

  • Home Turf Media
  • Around Des Moines
  • Brisbane Is Home
  • Chattanooga Is Home
  • Chow Down Atlanta
  • East London Life
  • Homespun Honolulu
  • Kamloops Inside Out
  • Kuala Lampur Is Home
  • Las Vegas Is Home
  • San Francisco Voice
  • Scene And Herd N.Y.
  • The San Diego Beat

The Where Is Basil Participants

You can participate too! Check out Where Is Basil? and sign-up!

  • Ramblings from a Glass Half Full by Starbucker
  • CREEations by Chris Cree
  • Business BlogWire by Easton Ellsworth
  • Blog of the Day Awards by Bill and Kathee Austin
  • Working Solo by Leah Maclean
  • The Tool Rest by Derek Andrews
  • Working at Home on the Internet by Joe Hauckes
  • Meliodex by Eugene Filimon
  • FlackLife by Bob LeDrew
  • Case-Notes from the Artsy Asylum by Susan Reynolds
  • QA QnA by Tom Vander Well
  • Jonathan Dean
  • Jason Bagley
  • Conversationblog by Philippe Borremans
  • Uncover the Internet by Jason Bean
  • Hee-Haw Marketing by Paul McEnany
  • eMoms At Home by Wendy Piersall
  • Resources for Personal Development by Rick Cockrum
  • Salon de Maria by Maria Palma
  • VC Ultimate by Ben Unsworth

Ben Yoskovitz

Founding Partner at Highline Beta, a hybrid venture studio and VC firm that works with large, ambitious companies to identify new areas of opportunity through internal and external innovation.

Previously I was VP Product at VarageSale and GoInstant (acq. $CRM), and Founding Partner at Year One Labs.

Angel investments include: Breather, Spoiler Alert, SendWithUs and others.

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