140 Characters Soon Forgotten?

How simple is too simple?  Does simplicity facilitate usability?  Do we sacrifice effectiveness for usability?  I start to ask myself these questions as I log on to twitter.com with far less frequency as once before.  Will this 140-character revolution continue on its meteoric rise, or will it become a nostalgic web property of the past?
I [...]

Will the “New Digg” Breathe New Life Into the Service?

During Michael Arrington’s interview with Kevin Rose, the Digg-founder states, “I believe that it’s time for Digg to get a little bit more real-time in nature. And we need to be a living and breathing site.”  He goes on to say that he expects Digg to see these changes somewhere in the next six months.
There’s [...]

Solving Problems vs. Creating Solutions

So you have your business idea.  How do you know if it’s a viable one?  According to most venture capitalists (VCs), there is an initial set of guidelines or preliminary questions in which your idea must fulfill or answer.  You can bet that on the top of that list, the following question will appear:

“Do you [...]

Risk and Uncertainty Can Breed Creativity

Filmmaker Spike Jonze directed this 5-minute intro to Team Lakai’s DVD, “Fully Flared.”  I recently came across a video depicting the ‘behind the scenes’ view, during the filming process.  I immediately made a connection with what most every startups goes through.  You can see the crew expressing a sense of uncertainty and a great deal [...]

Pirates of Silicon Valley [Part 2.0]

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”
-Charles Caleb Colton (1780 – 1832)
There is an obvious trend that exists within today’s internet-based businesses.  Companies are “stealing” other companies’ ideas, concepts, and functionality.  Well, stealing may not be the most accurate description.  I believe the term borrowing may better sum up what is actually happening.  In any [...]

How the Web Has Democratized Businesses

The web has shown the unique ability to progress, advance, and grow at an infinite rate, and at a ridiculous pace.  As this maturity takes place, we are sometimes forced to play catch up in order to stay current and utilize all of the web’s offerings.  This familiar scenario is exemplified when looking at businesses [...]

Using the Web to Become an ‘Open Entrepreneur’

“I’m nervous about sharing my ideas and putting them out into the open”
This is such a common sentiment shared by many aspiring entrepreneurs.  I’ve heard it time and time again.  It isn’t hard to understand why these individuals feel this way.  I mean, who wants their ideas to be stolen right out from underneath them?  [...]

Success and Failure

Proceed down a path, just don’t be caught standing at the intersection.

Twitter Teaches Startups to Hunt Their Fail Whale

Which scenario would you rather face as the CEO of your recently launched startup company? :

Scenario A | Not being able to keep up with customer demand

OR

Scenario B | Having scaled your business to meet expected customer demand

Well, personally, the answer is a no-brainer … it’s Scenario A.  You may think, “Well why would you [...]

List of 6 Useful Web Sites You May or May Not Know About

I figure I’d compile a list of websites / services that have caught my attention recently.  These are sites that cover a variety of topics and uses.  Hopefully I can introduce you to something of interest…
…and don’t worry…there is nothing in here that starts with the letters “T-W-I-T”

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