I just completed some back and forth emails with some staff of an upstart website. This small site had an issue with our YouTube press release, saying that if we had been acquired by Google, we would have a seal and some special ...READ»
Everyone loves to have support from others but entrepreneurs probably love it more than anyone else because we take so many risks that most people don't. Every supportive word, comment and email boosts confidence and so I had to ...READ»
I'm gearing up for our fall FastTrac Growth Venture programs, so I'm thinking consecutive thoughts again about the issues confronting entrepreneurs and startups.
When I get back to Phoenix in a month I know I will be asked ...READ»
I'm gearing up for our fall FastTrac Growth Venture programs, so I'm thinking consecutive thoughts again about the issues confronting entrepreneurs and startups.
When I get back to Phoenix in a month I know I will be asked ...READ»
Think there's nothing to learn from a crazy mom who sells weed in the surburbs? Think again. Mary Louise Parker's character Nancy is the classic example of an entrepreneur.
I've made no secret of my certain affection for a ...READ»
We finally got the approval from YouTube's PR and Legal departments yesterday evening for the wording of our release pertaining to our new agreement with them.
The press release hits the wires tomorrow, I sent it to blogs today ...READ»
Since relaunching Realvibez last year, we have been working diligently to secure great strategic partnerships that increased the value of the enterprise and would help to prove that the idea had real potential.
Earlier this ...READ»
That's right folks. Actor Gary Busey, whose last decent film happened sometime way back in the early 80s, and whose most recent credits include drunken rampages on the set of Inside Edition, has his very own series of video shorts ...READ»
A few weeks ago I signed up for this interesting free service I came across called <a href="http://www.helpareporter.com/">Help A Reporter</a>. It is supposed to allow journalists to submit queries for stories ...READ»
I've been known before to throw a grenade into the middle of a room I think is dreaming. So it was no surprise to me that I opened my mouth to make a comment at this morning's AlwaysOn panel on the two-year forecast for IPOs and ...READ»
Today has not started off well at all.
We completed editing our first 2 videos to upload to our new YouTube channel, the first official Caribbean media channel on YouTube, but then it turned out that the audio was thrown off ...READ»
Think Goofus and Gallant are enough to teach today's kids the stuff that they need to make it in the real world? You're wrong. These days it's all about differentiation and having the proper toolkit in place to build your brain from ...READ»
I just came arcross Choose Your Domain Name Wisely here in FC and wanted to add my story to that as a mistake others should learn from.
I have a marketing background so I preferred to choose a name that had some meaning but ...READ»
This is our first major content distribution deal for someone else's content. We have done deals with Imeem and Vuze involving our own content but this deal is more akin to Hulu signing a network like MTV, with Realvibez being Hulu. ...READ»
Found|Read on GigaOM published a great post on Sunday titled How to Avoid the Curse of Vision Overload. The core of the post is that your venture suffers "when you put your vision ahead of your users".
I agree with ...READ»
My first job right out of college was at J Walter Thompson Company in
New York. I had an Ivy League degree and I was hired as...a typist. I
spent the day putting carbon paper in documents, throwing them out and
starting them ...READ»
I was raised to be down-to-earth and always be willing to lend a helping hand without regard for what I was going to get out of it - the 'Good Samaritan' type of person.
I have never liked successful people who were standoffish ...READ»
I'm on the way to join a group of women at BlogHer2008, and among them will be Tina Tran of EmpowHer.
EmpowHer is the brainchild of my friend Michelle Robson, who realized when she had a (probably) unnecessary and traumatic ...READ»
How many times have you been to a networking event and been afraid to talk to 99% of the people?
Even outgoing people sometimes feel out of place or get the wrong vibe from the crowd. I have solved the problem with a simple ...READ»
Here are seven principles of Warren Buffet on living a life of simplicity and happiness.
Happiness comes from within. "In
my adult business life I have never had to make a choice of trading
between professional and ...READ»
I am not sure how I am managing to even write this post: I have not slept in 29 hours! I did manage to take a 45 minute nap :-)
Yesterday evening I left the office at 5pm and drove straight to Orlando for a meeting with our ...READ»
Probably one of the most uncomfortable things a first time entrepreneur has to attempt is their first set of financial projections. Frequently I hear the following:
“Well…I don’t know how many people will buy from ...READ»
I am thinking about this today because we just signed a huge strategic partnership deal that I am not allowed to announce as yet.
It should make it much easier for us to raise outside capital, provide a new revenue stream and ...READ»
Today I happened to be thinking about my last few presentations at conferences, especially at the Global Reggae Conference in Jamaica in February where I was invited to speak about leveraging the web to promote Reggae ...READ»
Working from home isn't always as ideal as people would like to think. At the end of the day, you have a job to do just like your friends who work in an office, only you have the added obstacle of every possible distraction to keep ...READ»
