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Twitter has the hype. Competitors like Pownce are springing up to offer more, but it’s hard to beat a simple 140-character messaging service. It’s simple. Marketers and public relations professionals have embraced the service and seen how useful it can be to connect with publics. Some analysts champion it as the best new opt-in direct [...]

A recent post on Young Entrepreneur quoted a survey showing that young entrepreneurs prefer using email in business. It was found that when going after clients the rate of phone use drops by 30% for entrepreneurs in their 20’s compared to their counterparts in their 40’s. Are we hiding behind our email or is it [...]

In the Texas Startup Blog‘s top 5 things that startups need and what to avoid, I noticed a similarity relating to my post about seeking an office. When you are young and not so full of cash, the best thing to do for a a business is to make the office a comfortable place to [...]

It’s hard to know what to look for when you are seeking your first office complex–moving on from the nice atmosphere of your single apartment or mother’s basement. Xobni recently talked through the factors that helped them decide on their new office in San Francisco in a blog post. The top things tips they give: [...]

I haven’t played around with Facebook pages just yet. Basically, they provide a free profile/page for any company/brand that wants one. In putting up Facebook ads, I have noticed the Facebook boys and girls are pushing hard to have advertisers all make one. One fellow blogger over at Leveraging Ideas recently posted a possibly business [...]

If your job depends on your ability to follow the “cool” or keep in touch with the latest obsessions–probably true of all entrepreneurs–then it would benefit you to follow new Web start ups. Two sites have emerged on the scene to spread the word on the latest trends. Trend Hunter – Trend Hunters create portfolios, [...]

As part of my recent Zen-ifying and simplifying of life, maximizing the amount of productive time in my day, I have downgraded. I traded in my MDA for a basic Samsung candybar phone. Why would a techie downgrade? Time wasted because smartphones are not good enough for either of their fucntions today. I couldn’t justify [...]

Losing a bid to for a profitable investment to one of your major rivals is bound to be upsetting. It might even be so upsetting that you take a blood oath to destroy that investment or bend it to your will… Facebook may have missed out on the chance to be a part of Google’s [...]