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Monday, April 28th, 2008
I tend to find myself scavenging craigslist, during my favorite classes. Humanities classes for instance, or perhaps even business management, where the one time my facial expression changes is when I find that breakthrough deal. I’ve bought Red Sox playoff tickets, washing machines, bikes, and even week long stays in resorts on islands. Craigslist is [...]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
It struck me today that one of the most successful brands I’ve ever seen, has been built by a college drop out, and I’m not talking Gates or Zuckerburg. I’m talking Johnny Cupcakes.
http://www.johnnycupcakes.com/blog/
This New England native has built a brand with a cult following and rather than “selling out” for the quick pay day, [...]
Tags: Brand building, E-commerce, internet entrepreneurship, Johnny Cupcakes
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
1. Just start - Whether it’s StumbleUpon account, introducing yourself to a colleague for lunch, or creating a blog you’ve got to start somewhere. Why wait till tomorrow, when you can begin today? Networks and brands take time to build. Remember, a great reputation is the most difficult thing to build [...]
Tags: branding, Networking, obama, political, stumbleupon
Posted in Networking, Social Networking, Tips | 4 Comments »
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Continuing on the career trend, I clicked on a Facebook ad which redirected me here. Sounds a lot like what we were brainstorming about.
http://www.weapplyforyou.com/Student.html
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Saturday, February 16th, 2008
What if our current life was a test run, and Second Life became reality as we know it? We’d scramble to establish our avatars, buy cell phones that have no purpose, and wait for Mitt Romney to launch another run at President.
It might not be a healthy approach, but it’s a marketers dream. [...]
Tags: Second Life, secondlife
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Continuing upon what we talked about last night, I came across www.climber.com in the WSJ today. Excerpt from WSJ - “Visitors to 9 month old climber.com are prompted to answer about 25 questions on qualification topics… and results in a personal profile. Climber works with roughly 40 corporate clients and sends them profiles [...]
Tags: climber, hiring
Posted in Blogging, Networking, Tips | 2 Comments »
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Kiva is a nonprofit, p2p microloan company designed to promote entrepreneurship in developing countries. Founded in October of 2005, Kiva has financed US$21 million worth of loans coming from 242,000 lenders. You can be a lender.
The Kiva team initially focused its funding on the country of Uganda but has since opened up the offering nationwide. [...]
Tags: Kiva, microloans
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
http://www.thealarmclock.com/mt/
Provides daily updates on new tech ventures, and where they are receiving funding from. There’s still a lot of money to be made in Web 2.0 and this site shows you where the funds are being invested. The AlarmClock team does a great job keeping tabs on international developments. While Facebook, Youtube, Ebay and Google [...]
Tags: alarmclock, china, Web 2.0
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
As we examine the auctioneer monster that is Ebay, it’s important to consider what else the company is doing to stay competitive in the marketplace. As Google has set the standard by acquiring literally hundreds of internet startups, Ebay has followed suit and made some allies of their own. Consider Paypal, Skype and most recently [...]
Tags: ebaY, Fraud Sciences, Paypal, Skype
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
When Facebook was released to the Ivy League schools, it benefited from a powerful group of early adopters. Zuckerberg isolated a need, and offered a standard solution. Facebook presented a simple approach to networking.
When individuals refer to “opening” up Facebook, they refer to the decision to make the service available to everyone, but [...]
Tags: Early Adopters, Facebook, Silicon Valley, Zuckerberg
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