Archive for April 10th, 2007
Reasons You Launched Your Startup
Nick Douglas in ValleyWag: World of Warcraft account now expensable College dropout programmer buddy needed a job Bought a domain with lots of x’s in it Wanted to get in Fast Company Dad had nothing else to invest in If all else fails, you get to keep the chairs Developing a taste for beef ramen [...]
John Chow: For the past few days, I’ve been testing a really neat service call HitTail. In a nutshell, HitTail helps increase your site’s search engine traffic by telling you what long tail keywords to use in your articles. A small piece of code is installed on your site to track search engine traffic and [...]
Another reason why we’re entrepreneurs: IN PRISON: You spend the majority of your time in a 10X10 cell. AT WORK: You spend the majority of your time in an 8X8 cubicle. IN PRISON: You get three meals a day. AT WORK: You get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it. [...]
Finding Advertisers for Your Blog
ProBlogger: Show them what they’re buying. Traffic is a Powerful Motivator. Collect Demographics. Start with Small Advertisers. Put together an Advertiser Pack. Sell the Niche Angle. Darren touches on some good points, but I have two things to add: The first, and most important, in my opinion is to have an actual “Advertise Here” link [...]
APC Universal Notebook Battery
Cool Tools: When flying you can never be sure if your aircraft will be equipped with in-seat power, especially in economy. My laptop’s battery only lasts a couple hours when playing movies, but most external extended batteries have been bulky and require another external charger – until now. The recently released Universal Notebook Batteries by [...]
Cable Execs Reject eBay Due To Price
CABLE NETWORK EXECUTIVES WERE CAUGHT off-guard by the proposed eBay auction system because of one glaring component: the price. Which explains, in part, why the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau (CAB) rejected the idea. Participating cable networks would need to pay a 2% fee for each transaction–an enormous price, said one veteran cable advertising sales executive. “Two [...]
Forbes Questions eBays Leadership
Forbes published a column today about eBay’s Meg Whitman, “Does eBay Need A New Boss?” adding to speculation about Whitman’s chances of sticking around at eBay as her 10-year anniversary looms. eBay says Whitman is in the top-spot for the long term, but Forbes looks to Wall Street for dissent. The author, Rachel Rosmarin, quotes [...]
USB Security Tokens Working With PayPal
Online-payment service PayPal is considering using USB tokens embedded with smart card technology to secure e-commerce for consumers, Card Technology has learned. A spokeswoman for PayPal, part of giant Internet auction house eBay, says the company is “working with” France-based smart card vendor Gemalto on the USB devices. “We have not deployed any of the [...]
New versions of Skype for Windows and Mac have been available for a little while now, and while the CG staff was quick to download the latest versions of the free VoIP app, we’re a little concerned that some of our readers haven’t heard the call, so to speak. To make Skype even freer, the [...]
Mom Of 3 Coached On How To Get An At-Home Job
ABC News: Skye Starner is a Colorado mother of three whose husband, Eric, works on a railroad. His job provides the family with much needed health insurance, but it also keeps him away from home on a regular basis. Skye Starner was forced to quit her job to care for their young kids. That presented [...]
Inside Bay Area: Elizabeth Falkner was a young married go-getter and had all the attitude that went with it, a career centered around product development for lingerie made all the sense in the world. It was sexy. It was fun. It was a reflection of herself. Fast forward a few years, though, and Falkner, like [...]
5 Minutes For Mom Is The Ultimate Blog Party
FinanceVisor: 5 Minutes for Mom is a blog that focuses on parenting, shopping and other resources important to moms. As work-at-home moms, Janice and Susan, owners of www.pedalcarsandretro.com and www.a-rocking-horse-to-love.com, designed a site that would help, encourage and entertain moms, while bringing exposure to mom-run blogs, sites and stores. “There are artisans and entrepreneurs out [...]
Detroit Free Press: In this bleak economy, here’s an option that allows you to work at home and do something you love. If you have sewing expertise, a cooperative family, a space for equipment, and a large dose of self-discipline, consider sewing for profit! Marianne Balogh, 48, of Troy has enjoyed her home-based business for [...]
Jott Phone-to-Email Memo Service
Yahoo Tech: I write a lot of notes to myself. Constantly writing things down on Post-Its. Sending myself emails. Making lists. Jott is a new service (currently in beta and free) that is going to make my neuroses infinitely better. It’s obscenely simple: You dial a special toll-free number on your cell phone (or landline, [...]
EastBayRI.com: From helping the elderly to making exercise more entertaining, Portsmouth Middle School sixth graders exhibited their creations at their Invention Convention last week. Thomas Chlaupek, 11, displayed his prototype of the “Ultimate Lighting System” in which a sensor is placed under a rug beside the bed that triggers a light to shine when stepped [...]
Yahoo Tech: If you couldn’t get through a college textbook without a highlighter pen in hand, then this is the tool you’ve been waiting for. It’s a small, free downloadable application that turns your mouse into a highlighter. With it, you can highlight passages on a web page and then store the highlighted information in [...]
Teen-Turned-Entrepreneur Has Favorite ‘Subject’
Auburn Journal: Turning a longtime passion into a business is fairly common. But for skateboarder Corey Worrell, it happened earlier than most. The 16-year-old Colfax High junior has created Subject Skateboards, a home-based company that makes and sells boards, T-shirts, hats and buttons. Corey’s interest in skateboarding began when he got his first board, at [...]
Download Squad: Postful is betting on the fact that many people still don’t use email, (apparently 65 million Americans) and that we know people who can’t receive any. So the team at Postful has come up with a solution to bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds. Send an email to a special [...]
USA Today: The number of self-employed Americans shot up by 132,000 last month from February, and the self-employment rate edged up as well, to 8.6% of all private-sector employment, the U.S. Labor Department said today in its monthly jobs report. Overall, job growth was stronger than expected, suggesting resiliency in the economy and dashing expectations [...]
