"Eye On The World"
Entrepreneurship
Too Late to Start?
Apr 12th
Cary Abbott is a 20 year vet of the U.S. Marine Corps, husband to the same woman for 24 years and a father of 3. He’s a social media madman who loves American Muscle Cars, Japanese Sportbikes, Native American Culture and believes there is a word somewhere that rhymes with Orange.
Starting a business is difficult enough with everything going for you, so why enter into business when things not only aren’t going for you, but are going against you?
I’m part of a group of people entering the entrepreneurial world backwards. We’re pushing against the grain and going against conventional wisdom. More >
NEW – The Blogger & Podcaster Media Network
Nov 10th
ATTENTION: All Bloggers and Podcasters!
Techcruch has announced the launch of the Blogger and Podcaster Media Network that will give small and medium-size bloggers and podcasters the opportunity to earn a nice income!
The Network is free to join and requires no long-term or exclusive commitment. The BPMN is a consortium of bloggers and related companies looking to help bloggers of all sizes effectively monetize their sites regardless of audience size. Bloggers worldwide have the same opportunity!
Register to join right now! Please enter my name – Kent Beatty – in the “Referred By” field. Then invite your friends and colleagues to register.
The Blogger and Podcaster Media More >
Take Your Sub-orbital Space Flight
Oct 26th
via: spacemonitor.blogspot.com
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, or EADS for short, has recently announced its plans to enter the suborbital space tourism race:
The flight will consist of two stages on a space jet comparable to a business jet sized vehicle and will carry four passengers. The space jet will take off from a conventional airport and normal jet engines will carry the craft to an altitude of 12 km when the rocket engines will be ignited. In a mere 80 seconds the rockets will have propelled the space jet all the way up to an altitude of 60 km. The More >
Life Lesson – Skate to Where the Puck is Going To Be
Oct 18th
Follow Wayne Gretzky’s advice:
"I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been."
Here’s a lesson in not thinking like the HERD:
The world’s greatest investor AND the world’s richest man – how did he amass his great fortune?
He follows one simple rule:
"A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful." – Warren Buffet
Due to exuberant FEAR on wall street right now, everything is ON SALE! Stocks have tumbled to a low point due to FEAR, they are underpriced relative to their true value. Once the More >
YouTube – The Story
Aug 14th
YouTube co-founder and CEO Chad Hurley
“How We Did It”
Chad was the speaker for June 2008 Startup2Startup dinner.
He told the story of how YouTube was started by the three co-founders – Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. All three were former employees of PayPal who were looking for a solution to easily upload videos for sharing.
In October 2006 Google aquired YouTube for $1.65 Billion.
Chad was a designer at PayPal where he created the PayPal logo.
See Also:
Chad Hurley: How We Did It by Liz Gannes at NewTeeVee.com
Chad Hurley, YouTube CEO/Co-Founder, talks to entrepreneurs @ June Startup2Startup dinner by Dave McClure at More >
What’s Your Passion?
Jul 5th
Wanna hear some VERY SUCCESSFUL people talk about starting a business and doing business on the Internet?
For the very few who do not recognize the speaker in the photo – he is Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com.
Start Up School is an annual conference for those interested in startups. It’s hosted by Y Combinator – new kind of venture firm specializing in funding early stage (esp. tech) startups.
Watch, listen and learn – Speakers include Marc Andreesesen (developed Mosaic – the FIRST really useful web browser and founded Netscape), Jeff Bezos (founded Amazon.com), David Heinemeier Hansson (partner at 37Signals & creator of Ruby on Rails), More >
