Archive for November 15th, 2005
Venture Voice: Derek Sivers of CD Baby
This week on Venture Voice: Many would-be tech titans dream day and night about how their hot new idea will change the world. Derek Sivers just wanted to have his independent band’s CDs sold over the Web. No one would do it, so he built his own music store. CD Baby now generates $25 million [...]
Entrepreneur: Benesh is part of an explosion in pet businesses that is inspiring many new entrepreneurs to start their own ventures offering a product or service for Rover, Fluffy or almost any kind of animal you can think of. Since many animal businesses can easily be launched at home with little capital, entrepreneurs are lining [...]
Scott Heiferman: The most attention-worthy advertising that I see all year? This guy was at a busy intersection in San Jose, holding a sign for a burrito joint, wearing headphones, and dancing his ass off. Dancing like a madman. With a big smile on his face. Virtually impossible to not look at him and smile [...]
Solo Tees Interview with Dan Sherman
SoloTees, our t-shirt company, has interviewed the idea man Dan Sherman. As always, Dan has a ton of great insights and ideas: Solo: What is your motivation for being an Entrepreneur? Dan Sherman: I’m a big believer in ownership of your livelihood. If you’re working for a paycheck, in most cases, you don’t own your [...]
Paul Graham: In the next few years, venture capital funds will find themselves squeezed from four directions. They’re already stuck with a seller’s market, because of the huge amounts they raised at the end of the Bubble and still haven’t invested. This by itself is not the end of the world. In fact, it’s just [...]
