Jay Baer On Social Media Strategy In 13 Sentences
Jay Baer is a social media strategist, author, speaker and President of Convince & Convert. Founder of five companies, he’s worked with over 700 brands. His Convince & Convert blog…
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Chris Brogan On Social Marketing In 12 Sentences
Chris Brogan is an author, journalist, marketing consultant, and frequent speaker about social media marketing. He is President of Human Business Works.Chris has almost 12 years experience in social media.…
Starting A Small Business: Is it Worth the Risk?
Anyone who starts a business in the middle of a recession is crazy, right? Well…maybe not. According to small business statistics, 2011 was a very good year not only to…
Jeff Bezos On Business Growth In 11 Sentences
Jeffrey Bezos is the founder, president, chief executive officer (CEO), and chairman of the board of Amazon.com. Prior to founding Amazon in 1994, he worked as a financial analyst for D.…
[Founder Spotlight] Ade Olonoh- CEO and Co-founder of Formspring
Ade Olonoh is the co-Founder and CEO of Formspring, a rapidly growing social network designed to help people get to know each other better. Formspring helps people find out more…
Don Dodge: 5 Important Things For Entrepreneurs
Don Dodge is a veteran of five start-ups including Forte Software, AltaVista, Napster, Bowstreet, and Groove Networks. Don was recently Director of Business Development for Microsoft’s Emerging Business Team. Don…
[Founder Lessons] Focus On The Right Things-Tony Stubblebine
Tony Stubblebine is the CEO and Founder of CrowdVine, a social software company for conferences. Before that he was director of engineering at Odeo and lead engineer for O’Reilly Media.…
Startup & Entrepreneurial Readings For Your Weekend
Mark Cuban’s favorite books – VIPReads The Magical Founding Team Mix For Web Startups- Onstartups Why Leaders Lose Their Way-Harvard Business School The secret of the web (hint: it’s a…
[Founder Lessons] Matt Rix On How To Make A Popular iPhone App
Matt Rix is the creator of Trainyard, a popular iPhone game that he made in his spare time. For about one week in October of 2010, Trainyard was the #2…
17 Things Your Startup Should COPY From Fab.com(Recorded 500k Users In 10 Weeks)
The Fab.com website offers daily design inspirations and sales 70% off retail. Membership is free but by invitation only. Members receive exclusive access to daily curated design sales featuring the…
[Apply To Attend] 2011 Startup School
Are you a hacker who has thought about one day starting a startup? Have you already started it? Then you’re invited to a free, one-day startup school this October 29…
Marketing Lessons Shared By Experts On Sprouter
Sprouter is where founders get help with their startups. Sprouter allows entrepreneurs to get curated answers to small business questions from people who know what they’re talking about. Fortunately Sprouter…
18 Innovation Lessons From Steve Jobs
Apple, Inc. continues to set the standard for what a personal computer can be and do. There’s a lot you can learn from Steve Jobs and his innovative leadership style.…
[Airbnb Startup Lesson] Strengthen Your Communication & Identity
Airbnb was hard hit by the press last two weeks when a guest reported a theft incidence at her apartment. Airbnb has learned a great lesson. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky…
Ben Yoskovitz On Startups In 20 Sentences
Ben Yoskovitz is a Founding Partner at Year One Labs, an early stage accelerator in Montreal. Previously he founded Standout Jobs (and sold it). He is a hands-on startup guy,…
[Founder Lessons] Interview With Mark Kychma-Founder of Brief.ly
Link sharing is a constant activity on the web. You may have shared multiple links with on Twiter or Facebook recently, Brief.ly offers you a compact way to share dozens…