Arbitrage on the Web

This past weekend I learned from a biz dev buddy of mine at Yahoo about companies that specialize in purchasing words on one search engine only to have a page come up that has ads through another ad network that people will click on and make them incremental profits. Though 1-10 cents may not seem [...]

Importance of talking to people

In one of my first posts I discussed how Jason Nazar explained the importance of telling people about your idea and to not be afraid of someone stealing it. His philosophy centered around a few concepts:
1) No one else will probably be as passionate as you are about the idea to actually make it
2) If [...]

Cool sites

So thanks to Twitter and Facebook and soon to be Streamy and EBlizz, it’s really easy to share cool sites that you come across.
Today site: cr.am
God I love it when you use the .xx to finish your name, like chi.mp
Cram will shrink your links to very small links, like tinyurl does but they’ll actually pay [...]

Moderation

Though staying visible is important, moderation is paramount.
Be warned of burn out. If you’re going to go to every networking event that comes your way and go on every interview, even if you don’t want the position, you’re going to start getting frustrated. Once you get frustrated, you become less genuine, and less effective. This [...]

Short and Sweet

While working this week with my token web startup, I was able to help with their press kit for this upcoming week’s press events. The director of product and I see very eye to eye on the basic concept that short and sweet is the best way to get a point across. Choose your words [...]

Mass Networking vs. Smaller Scale Networking

Playing on the need to be visible and attending events within your industry, I’d like to take a moment to emphasize the importance of not meeting too many people. On multiple occasions, Andrew Warner of Mixergy(link) and I have discussed finding a balance between being friendly and meeting the new players on the scene and [...]