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Top ten geek business myths

A new venture capitalist has become keenly aware of some of the classic mistakes that geeks make when trying to raise money for a new business. I thought this would be of interest to readers raising money for new dating and social networking sites. This is going into...

When to Offer a Free Trial

Plaxo says it’s a friend’s birthday. I go to the site, take the time to create a really cool card and note, and as I’m about to send it, I’m greeted with a message saying I have to join a free trial to send the card. Could they have picked a...

An emotional month so far

In the last three weeks my father suffered head trauma (that will teach him to never fight an 8 foot pry bar), a close friend got married, then my dad had another small stroke (he’s recovering well) and a very close friend told me has cancer (she’s just...

Much Love to Our Blog Sponsors

A quick shout-out to long time blog sponsor Userplane and new sponsor Thomas Technologies. Congrats to Mike and the crew at Userplane on their acquisition by AOL. The Userplane September newsletter is out if you want to learn more about what they can do for your...

Site Search Back Up

Search is working again in the right sidebar. For now it’s powered by Google. The category pull-down list is another way to view specific topics and a great way to get to know this blog.