Archive for June 4th, 2004
Strategize: “Nick Denton, owner of Gawker Media, announced on his blog today that Gawker had launched its first contract blog as a marketing activity for Nike. The Art of Speed Gawker blog focuses on a series of short films that Nike has produced and has a limited shelf-life of only about a month. In his [...]
The Entrepreneurial Mind: “Entrepreneurial ventures can remind us of babies. They seem to need constant care and attention, and even if they don’t for short periods of time we still worry about them. Although physical time off is possible, many entrepreneurs find they cannot mentally take time off from their businesses.”
Start Your Own Wireless ISP – Part 2
Last week Robert Cringely explained how to start your own wireless ISP. This week he details one guy who took his advice and and ran: First to Dave Hurley, who brings new meaning to the admonition that real estate is all about location, location, location. In Dave’s case, location means having line-of-sight to a few [...]
MaryBeth Matthews: “Is it nature or nurture? How much effect does a creative environment play in raising children who will become innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs? In a group of children who have always been trained to follow directions, who are the ones that decide to make their own path? Have they always danced outside of [...]
Julian Sanchez: “It seems that, from the point of view of establishing a reputation, you’re sometimes better off for being interestingly wrong than exactly right.”
Are You Really An Entrpreneur?
Dan Sherman: The point here is, contrary to popular myth, being an entrepreneur is more than just having your own business. Anyone can establish a small business. All it takes is a license and a passion for a particular thing. But an entrepreneur looks at EVERYTHING in his/her daily life and quickly assesses whether it [...]
Jeff Cornwall: “Part of the mythology of entrepreneurship is that VC’s play a major role in new venture development in this country. The myth has evry entrepreneur thinking there is a VC out there for them. I have met small retail start-ups that actually think they can get VC funding. (In case you still believe [...]
Entrpreneur: It seemed like such a great idea: You found the ideal niche market, complete with potential customers by the dozens and profit potential galore. Maybe you already found the ultimate location, or you’ve put together a stellar e-commerce site that would even put Amazon.com to shame. There’s just one problem. You haven’t the foggiest [...]
