startups & entrepreneurship links

Preparing yourself before trying online selling. Marketing something you are passionate about is critical for success. Money Club Mavericks link shares free internet marketing start up secrets on 8 free videos.
Keywords: success, passion, internet, marketing, money, club, investment, article, blog

A blog focused on startups and entrepreneurship.
Keywords: article, tips, advice, inspiration, venture capital, business, ideas, funding, blog, zoli

A humorous look at some unfortunately named businesses!
Keywords: article, funny, business, names

A great e-book on how to engage your customers. "Business, at bottom, is fundamentally human."
Keywords: article, tips, advice, conversations, engage, human, business

LET’S say you wanted to build an advertising supported online media business that took in $50 million a year in revenue. How many users would you have to attract to get there?
Keywords: article, traffic, audience, online media, internet

How to build a $50M online company is a topic that Dan Mitchell at the NYT explored recently, taking his cue from Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed. This is another interesting followup on this subject.
Keywords: article, online media, audience, internet, analysis

Venture capitalist Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners takes a look at the realities of building a large online media business. Very insightful.
Keywords: article, online media, revenues, internet, analysis

Don't go using .org, .net, .biz, .tv or some such other jibberish. If it's not .com it's gonna be a problem. Here's a cautionary tale about Topix.net which recently bought the .com domain for a cool one million (US).
Keywords: article, domain names, topix, .net, .com, cautionary tales

Don't go using .org, .net, .biz, .tv or some such other jibberish. If it's not .com it's gonna be a problem. Here's a cautionary tale about Topix.net which recently bought the .com domain for a cool one million (US).
Keywords: article, domain names, topix, .net, .com, cautionary tales

Ask most successful entrepreneurs how they came up with the idea for their business, and you'd likely learn that what they initially set out to do is very different from the company that you're familiar with.
Keywords: article, failure, flexibility, adaptation, funding, venture capital