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Viral Marketing is all the rage 2008-06-09 22:00:31 Every Entrepreneur needs to master the ever evolving and elusive viral marketing secrets that turn startups into legends. First, lets make sure we are all on the same page in our terminology. Wikipedia has one of the best technical definitions of ViralMarketing
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Viral marketing and viral advertising refer to marketing techniques that use pre-existing social [...]
Wamp server problem solved. 2008-06-08 17:08:52 Any technology problem that swallows endless hours of my time, compels me to post solutions so someone else can avoid the same pitfalls. Wamp server
is an apache, php, mysql bundle for dynamic website development (a localhost environment). The problem I ran into was I could not browse my local host or load phpmyadmin. It [...]
Carbon Emission Reduction is next commodity! 2008-06-08 10:11:56 We all know that “green” is the new “black” and social responsibility for climate change is becoming everyone’s duty. The reality is carbon emission reductions and other climate change agenda will be a result of the next financial revolution and windfall profits rather than a social duty to reducing our carbon footprint on the planet. [...] Read more:Carbon
Entrepreneurs head to RaiseCapital 2008-06-03 21:43:08 I receive a fair amount of solicitations for free plugs but when Maureen Mecke from 5W Public Relations sent one for RaiseCapital. I felt it was right for this audience. RaiseCapital is like the funding section on StartupAddict.com, it gives entrepreneurs the ability to find the ever “elusive” startup funding.
According to the 5W Public [...] Read more:Entrepreneurs
Facebook goes open source –Kinda 2008-06-03 06:18:35 Facebook announces the “Facebook Open Platform” for developers on the anniversary of its’ platform launch.
The facebook developer blog stated:
It’s been quite a year, with over 24,000 applications built on the platform and over 400,000 developers building new social experiences. We see about 140 applications added to our directory per day, and nearly all of [...] Read more:Facebook
, Kinda
, open source
BizAg - business for sale search engine 2008-05-29 19:38:07 BizAg is a vertical search engine startup for businesses up for sale. There are numerous business sites on the web like bizbuysell and businessforsale that allows users to search for businesses based on category and location, but none have attacked the business model from a search engine stand point.
BizAg aggregates all the sale listings [...]
Putting Doba to the test part III 2008-05-27 20:03:45 This is the 3rd of 4 installments on the Doba case study as a viable revenue stream for entrepreneurs. (See part I and part II here) My full analysis will be in part 4. So far eight of my heavily researched products have not even obtained bids on Ebay say nothing about being sold. I [...] Read more:Putting
, part III
Cambrian House Sinks 2008-05-22 20:25:16 Crowd sourcing startup Cambrian House
is headed to the deadpool. The company had a bold concept of letting web users submit ideas and rally around the viable ones. The crowd would get a piece of profits as the idea turned into startup success. A significant problem the business ran into was the following:
A [...] Read more:Sinks
CBS buys CNET $1.8 Billion 2008-05-15 13:45:42 CBS has acquired San Fransisco based CNET for $.1.8 billion. CNET has numerous web properties and enormous traffic from the likes of Gamespot,TV.com, news.com and mp3.com. According to Forbes “The deal values CNET at a 44.6% premium to Wednesday’s closing price of $7.95. CBS said that the deal would catapult it into the ranks of [...]
Top 50 Ad Networks 2008-06-14 16:57:35 You will probably be as surprised as I was when you see some of the names in the The top 50 ad Network according to comscore
The top 10 Ad Focus properties also maintained their February rankings with Platform-A, the ad network combining Advertising.com, Tacoda, AOL, and Quigo, leading the ranking in March, reaching 91 [...]
Algae-based fuel is startup central 2008-06-15 18:41:32 Algae based fuel startups are now running the gamut of most biofuels. Ranging from biodiesel, gasoline, jetfuel to ethanol (a lot cheaper than the corn derivative to boot). Fortune Magazine did a nice piece on “The next big thing in energy: Pond scum? stating the trials and tribulations of Cambridge, MA based GreenFuel Technologies. [...]
Conversion killers for your landing page 2008-06-25 17:15:00 Landing pages are constructed for higher website conversions from targeted visitors. Your landing
page audience is searching for a specific product or service via keywords in organic or PPC campaigns and need to be convinced they have arrived at the most relevant destination. There are numerous landing page techniques and conversion killers but I am [...] Read more:Conversion
92 percent of developers ignoring Microsoft 2008-06-18 21:08:05 Steve Ballmer thought otherwise, but all I have to say after watching these two clips is
Laughter, Laughter, Laughter….
For more info on why developers are giving Vista the cold shoulder head on over to CNET Read more:Microsoft
Spam injection in RSS Feed 2008-06-18 20:38:22 For those of you subscribed to the Startup Addict Musings RSS Feed
— I thank you. For those of you who stayed with the RSS feed after a nasty bout of spam injection — I commend you. I know what your thinking, spam injection sounds like a bad case of the clap but I assure [...]
Virtual LLCs legal in Vermont 2008-06-18 20:04:56 Vermont my neighbor state is known for being a little different and you can add requirements for Limited Liability Company formation to the list. Apparently on June 6th a bill was signed that will no longer require LLCs to have a physical address (in Vermont anyway). This trumps Delaware in startup friendly law and will [...] Read more:legal
, Vermont
Triple-Net Leases NNN 2008-07-08 17:39:50 I have been working on several commercial real estate projects that utilize triple-net leases (NNN). A tip out of the gate is be careful the prospective tenants possess a clear understanding of triple net leases and what is involved.
There is really not a tremendous amount of mystique behind the NNN, other than a symbol [...] Read more:Triple
Biodiesel from algae 2008-07-03 17:02:52 Biodiesel from algae continues to be all the rage. One company I stumbled across has as much potential as Sapphire Energy, Live Fuels and Green Fuel Technologies in my opinion. Solix is a Biofuel company that descended from U.S. Department of Energy’s Aquatic Species Program started in 1978 to explore ways to produce Biodiesel from [...]
Does your Startup need Video? 2008-07-02 22:42:40 For all you entrepreneurs looking to incorporate video in your websites or blogs, a new CDN (content distribution network) known as Magnify might be the answer. Magnify enables the following:
• Enterprise strength video discovery
• Full suite of social media tools
• Automated video relevance
• Advertiser safe curation
• Free upload, hosting, and page layout
The social media features [... Read more:Startup
Google’s Ad planner service 2008-07-01 08:00:15 Google Ad Planner service fleshes out the suite of web analytic tools and does so at a great price — free. On June 24, big “G” announced Ad planner
as new service aimed at media planners. The service will allow media planners to find target audiences easily based on demographic information, site traffic and other [...] Read more:Google
Startup ideas and trends 2008-07-20 08:55:41 If your searching for your next startup idea or attempting to capitalize on trends, Paul Graham from YCombinator came up with a nice top 30 ideas
he would be willing to fund.
1. A cure for the disease of which the RIAA is a symptom.
2. Simplified browsing.
3. New news.
4. Outsourced IT.
5. Enterprise software 2.0.
6. More variants [...] Read more:Startup
3 steps to Improving Business Profitability 2008-07-09 19:27:26 Cutting Business
Overhead
Overhead is the 600lb gorilla you have to reduce to a chimpanzee. In order to cut business overhead and run a healthy business you need to know your fixed and variable costs. There are two fundamental steps
that can be taken to improve profitability in this category. The first is fixed cost, [...]
Doba Review part IV - case study 2008-07-31 15:56:48 The final chapter in my Doba review case study is finally here. If you missed any of the previous segments feel free to catchup below:
Doba Review part I
Doba Review Part II
Doba Review Part III
The purpose of the case study was to test whether Doba is worth the upfront fee and/or monthly investment for an entrepreneur [...]
It’s so Cuil. 2008-07-28 18:32:03 Cuil is a new search kid on the block and supposedly the next Google Killer. The founders of Cuil, pronounced cool, (actually Gaelic for knowledge) have one good reason to tout their startup search engine is better than Google….they use to work there! Tom Costello and Anna Patterson are the husband and wife team behind [...]
Franchising startups are on a tear 2008-08-16 09:03:52 If you’re trying to decide on a Franchising
startup, you may want to consider focusing a business model aimed at baby boomers. Fitness centers, spas, senior care services and coffee shops are among the leading franchises. If you are an entrepreneur that is industry agnostic and just want to make money then consider the [...]
Lively by Google 2008-08-16 08:32:20 Lively by Google
is a new asocial network that is set in the 3D virtual world, very similiar to second life. The power of lively is that it ties into your Google account. My interest in Lively is how it came in to existence and where it is going from a monetization standpoint. The original [...] Read more:Lively
Web Publishing via Crowdfusion 2008-08-10 22:32:24 Crowdfusion is on the move with $3 Million in the coffers from the likes of Marc Andreessen, Velocity Interactive Group and Greycroft Partners. The startup is attempting to be the next standard for “web publishing” (Think what wordpress did for blogging). There is a tremendous amount of buzz on this startup particularly because Andreeseen is [...] Read more:Publishing
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