Archive for July 27th, 2006
Interviewed by Business Opportunity Radio
Chris Murch with Business Opportunity Radio interviewed me today. Have a listen. Sounds like I might be a regular guest.
CNET News: Google-powered ads, which have become a mainstay on Web sites, are now being played on at least one radio station in Detroit. And like so many other Motor City radio products, it won’t be long before they go global. Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said in a conference call with analysts last week [...]
DNA, Your Ancestry and a Great Business Idea
Unusual Businesses Ideas That Work: As an African-American, Dr. Rick Kittles wanted to know who his ancestors were and their countries of origin. So the geneticist decided to create a database of African lineages. After working on this database for several years, Kittles, 38, who holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology, joined forces with businesswoman [...]
Creating Passionate Users: I’m so tired of seeing so many products with the same features that nobody wants. It’s bad enough to let feature requests from users get out of control, but when we start adding features just because our competitors have them, we’re all screwed.
10 Things I Have Leaned About Entrepreneurial Business
Andrew Baron and his video business RocketBoom have been the talk of the blogosphere recently. In this post, he shares the lesson’s he learned running RocketBoom: Always work with people who are better than you. Treat everyone with the highest regards and pay the people who work for you greater than their value. Do everything [...]
A Simple Way to Estimate Projects
Scott Allen: Most entrepreneurs tend to underestimate the time and effort required for projects (come on – fess up – when was the last time you overestimated a project?). Why is that? I believe that one reason is because entrepreneurs are, by nature, optimistic. You almost have to be an optimist to be an entrepreneur. [...]
Unwired eBay Shopper- Don’ Be Out Bid
KXAN News Do you ever place a bet on eBay, only to miss the final moments of the auction and lose the item? Well, now you’ll never have to miss out in the final bidding process. Whether you’re bidding on computers or Star Wars toys, the best way to win your eBay auction is [...]
JournalStar The Nebraska treasurerâs first foray into selling unclaimed property on eBay was an enormous success, bringing in more than twice the estimated value. The items â  jewelry, coins and an antique pocket watch, all left in forgotten or abandoned safety deposit boxes â were valued at just more than $800. They brought in just [...]
cNet News The new version, 1.5, of the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) client boasts a new, more streamlined look. However, much of the functionality in the new Mac beta involves the sort of features that Skype’s Windows users have enjoyed for some time, such as menu-selectable dialing codes and easy importation of address book [...]
Why eBay and the other Top 4 are Struggling
Slate From the ashes of the 2001-2002 crash there emerged four horsemen of the dot-com apocalypse: Amazon.com, Yahoo!, eBay, and AOL. This quartet of iconic companies, wounded but not destroyed in the crash, survived the plague years and flourished when the market recovered. But in recent weeks, at a time when online advertising and e-commerce are [...]
Jason Friend : Out of everything that was said, one thing really stuck with me. When Lucas was asked how he deals with the heated competition in the web hosting space, he said, and I’m partially-paraphrasing, “We just do what we do best. We focus on our business, our customers, and our vision. Most businesses [...]
Top 10 Dumbest Online Business Ideas That Made It Big Time
WeirdTechNewsHub: Million Dollar Homepage – 1000000 pixels, charge a dollar per pixel – that’s perhaps the dumbest idea for online business anyone could have possible come up with. Still, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire. SantaMail – Ok, how’s that for a brilliant idea. Get a postal [...]
