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Archive for April, 2008



I love photography!

Published on April 28, 2008

I love photography. There is nothing I enjoy more than a beautiful photographic work of art. I just came across these amazing pictures on Digg and I thought I’d pass the link on to you for your viewing pleasure:
Click here for cool photographic art
I took up photography about five years ago as a hobby. I [...]


Network, network, network!

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My network has been incredibly valuable to me. I cannot overemphasis the importance of building a large, broad, and deep network full of people who provide multi-directional value. Here are a few tips I’ve learned about building and maintaining a good network:

Number 1 rule: You must provide value to your network. Don’t expect to have a [...]


Friday round up - Google, China, the FLDS, Twitter and other random thoughts

Published on April 25, 2008

Google brand equity. Someone thinks Google has the highest brand equity in the world. I disagree. If a better search tool came along you, me, and the rest of the world would dump them in two seconds. They may have “equity” given the value of the company but they have no real loyalty.
China has more [...]


Confirmed: Podcasting is dead

Published on April 23, 2008

I recently blogged about Podshow changing their name to Mevio. Its now official. The most telling part of the release is this line:
The makeover represents a shift from the “podcast era” to an era of premium, episodic Web content, the company said.
Translation: Podcasting is dead, the long tail means fail, and we’re going to try to get into something [...]


BlueHost

Published on April 21, 2008

My blog went down…again.


10 reasons entrepreneurs should take more vacations

Published on April 17, 2008

This is something I’ve thought a lot about lately. Here’s a quick summary on why entrepreneurs should take vacations:

You work too much
New environments spark creativity
You are getting boring to be around
Its been a long time since you’ve been on a vacation
You need to get out of the house
You need to reconnect
Its helpful to remind yourself [...]


Headed to Adtech

Published on April 13, 2008

I’m off to adtech this week in San Francisco. If you’re heading out catch me at the Sapha booth (#6564).
See you there and have a great week.


mediaFORGE launches interactive ads widget

Published on April 11, 2008

Salt Lake-based MediaFORGE, a company I thought had passed away, launches a cool new interactive ad widget. Check it out:

Its good to see these guys are still around and kicking! Have a nice weekend!


Great blog/news resources on the economy and politics

Published on April 8, 2008

If you’re a regular reader of my blog then lately you may have noticed that I’ve dropped a lot of the political and economic commentary. I’ll probably stick mostly to business, entrepreneurship, and random thoughts on life from here on out. 
With that, let me point you to some of my favorite news/commentary/blogs on the economy and politics:
OurAwfulSituation.com. [...]


A question on splitting equity among founders

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My friend, Lisa Ann Thomson, a local writer and author sent me this question:
Hello! I have a quick question (or maybe a very complicated question) for all the entrepreneurial types I know:
How do you divide equity and ownership amongst founders of a company?
More specifically, I have a friend (seriously, it’s a friend, it’s not me….) who [...]




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