Category Archives: author

Finding Someone with Specific Skills on the Web

July 30, 2009 – 3:06 pm

Over the last couple of months it has become much easier to find a particular person on the web. Facebook’s early June implementation of vanity URLs, as well as Twitter and LinkedIn indexing profile pages for search engines have made this easier than ever.  However, if you are trying to find someone with very specific [...]

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No Such Thing as a Perfect Plan

July 21, 2009 – 4:05 pm

Raising money is just part of life for an Internet entrepreneur—and an opportunity for a lot of interesting questions from potential investors. The one that baffles me most is when they pore over our business plan and then ask a detailed question about the financials out in year five. 
Year five? It’s not that what’s in [...]

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E-Readers: Growing and Here to Stay

March 2, 2009 – 4:08 pm

Here’s another theme from the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing conference last month in New York: E-readers. New versions were demoed and, the day before the conference, Amazon had announced they would start delivering the updated version of their popular Kindle Reader. There have also been many articles and blog posts declaring the “death [...]

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