Blockbuster and many others in the traditional movie rental vertical have been under pressure with the digital revolution. But Blockbuster (bbi) buying Circuit city (cc) for $1.3 billion….what could be the underpinnings to such a deal? Apparently, Blockbuster is paying compliments to Apple by copying its’ business model of hardware and content in the [...]
I received an interesting email from a reader who has limited money for her startup to advertise (who doesn’t right) and inquired about her best advertising options. This is a loaded question in the current Internet climate. Web Advertising has morphed into many forms over the last 3 years. Unfortunately my answer will sound more [...]
If you get a chance to read the 8th habit or at least listen to the audio book by Stephen Covey (author of 7 highly effective habits of successful people) it is well worth it. I’m a little late on getting the book, but it was in the bargain bin at Barnes the other day [...]
Sorry for the extended absence everyone, but it was another expo all week in Vegas on the heels of the Drupalcon 2008 conference in Boston so I didn’t have time to post. Lots to catch up on so lets get started.
1. I’ll be writing a part II on starting your own real estate brokerage [...]
A business acquaintance of mine recently asked for advice to a question every entrepreneur dreads…How do I turn around my failing business? First off, there is no panacea for a failing business and every situation is unique even with best management practices, regardless of industry type.
I thought long and hard before giving my answer [...]
Amazon had a unknown server outage today starting at around 5am and lasting until quarter-past 7am. The reports in main stream media and blogs have been comical based on how quickly people want to throw AWS (Amazon Web Services) under the bus. Granted Amazon does not have a SLA (service level agreement) but, is that [...]
Xobni is a cool plug-in for Outlook that keeps contacts organized and user-friendly (why didn’t Microsoft think of that?). Over the years I have acquired more add-ons, hacks and modifications for Outlook then any normal human should. Alas, the pain will subside and I can xobnize Outlook and realize the following benefits:
Automatic organization of my [...]
Youtube opens up the money-sharing program that so many other video sites have adopted. Google is sharing the wealth of Youtube’s ad revenue for the hard work and dedication of video producers and entrepreneurs. It could be worth your while according to the wired article:
Partners who regularly produce videos with more than 1 million [...]
According to a press release at Netflix… NBC will be distributing popular series and episodes like Heroes through the SVOD outlet. The deal follows NBC Universal’s announcement to use G4 and Mojo as “off-network” distributions channels.
On a selfish note this is awesome…my DVR went down forcing me to miss the final 4 episodes of heroes. [...]
Million dollar bill…WOW…stupidity apparently knows no bounds. I first came across this story in the early AM on Yahoo’s front page but then later found a more obscure but interesting piece over at Dave and Thomas about what a real million dollar bill should look like (now that is sweet). Hat tip to the boys [...]
