Archive for July 2008

Doba Review part IV – case study

Jul 31st, 2008 | By Startup Addict | Category: Drop Shipping, Startups

The final chapter in my Doba review case study is finally here. If you missed any of the previous segments feel free to catchup below:
Doba Review part I
Doba Review Part II
Doba Review Part III
The purpose of the case study was to test whether Doba is worth the upfront fee and/or monthly investment for an entrepreneur [...]



It’s so Cuil.

Jul 28th, 2008 | By Startup Addict | Category: SEO, Startups

Cuil is a new search kid on the block and supposedly the next Google Killer. The founders of Cuil, pronounced cool, (actually Gaelic for knowledge) have one good reason to tout their startup search engine is better than Google….they use to work there! Tom Costello and Anna Patterson are the husband and wife team behind [...]



Startup ideas and trends

Jul 20th, 2008 | By Startup Addict | Category: Startups

If your searching for your next startup idea or attempting to capitalize on trends, Paul Graham from YCombinator came up with a nice top 30 ideas he would be willing to fund.
1. A cure for the disease of which the RIAA is a symptom.
2. Simplified browsing.
3. New news.
4. Outsourced IT.
5. Enterprise software 2.0.
6. More variants [...]



3 steps to Improving Business Profitability

Jul 9th, 2008 | By Startup Addict | Category: Startups

Cutting Business Overhead
Overhead is the 600lb gorilla you have to reduce to a chimpanzee. In order to cut business overhead and run a healthy business you need to know your fixed and variable costs. There are two fundamental steps that can be taken to improve profitability in this category. The first is fixed cost, [...]



Triple-Net Leases NNN

Jul 8th, 2008 | By Startup Addict | Category: Real Estate Development

I have been working on several commercial real estate projects that utilize triple-net leases (NNN). A tip out of the gate is be careful the prospective tenants possess a clear understanding of triple net leases and what is involved.
There is really not a tremendous amount of mystique behind the NNN, other than a symbol [...]



Biodiesel from algae

Jul 3rd, 2008 | By Startup Addict | Category: Going Green

Biodiesel from algae continues to be all the rage. One company I stumbled across has as much potential as Sapphire Energy, Live Fuels and Green Fuel Technologies in my opinion. Solix is a Biofuel company that descended from U.S. Department of Energy’s Aquatic Species Program started in 1978 to explore ways to produce Biodiesel from [...]



Does your Startup need Video?

Jul 2nd, 2008 | By Startup Addict | Category: Startups

For all you entrepreneurs looking to incorporate video in your websites or blogs, a new CDN (content distribution network) known as Magnify might be the answer. Magnify enables the following:
• Enterprise strength video discovery
• Full suite of social media tools
• Automated video relevance
• Advertiser safe curation
• Free upload, hosting, and page layout
The social media features [...]



Google’s Ad planner service

Jul 1st, 2008 | By Startup Addict | Category: Advertising

Google Ad Planner service fleshes out the suite of web analytic tools and does so at a great price — free. On June 24, big “G” announced Ad planner as new service aimed at media planners. The service will allow media planners to find target audiences easily based on demographic information, site traffic and other [...]