“On the 9th Day of Xmas, Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters revealed to me: Nine Tools for Researching Leads.” Whether you are looking for sales or job-hunting purposes, there are a vast number of services you can subscribe to for free that will bring information on worthwhile new companies straight to you. This Read More...

Back in 2002-3, Scott Allen and I started work on a book about online networks and social software, what today people call Web 2.0. It’s a great sign of the now-mainstream acceptance of these technologies that Time magazine’s Man “Person of the Year” is “You”—and discusses all of the technologies we cover in the Read More...

There’s a new site up called MySpaceForBusiness.com. On the surface, it looks pretty much just like MySpace, and that’s a good model. I like the concept. But I won’t be joining.
Why not?
Simple: blatant trademark violation.
This is Trademarks 101. First of all, to their credit, I will note that they do have a disclaimer at Read More...

I’ll be appearing tonight on the Clear Vision show on Out of Time Radio at 11pm EST/8pm PST. It’s a live show, so no telling for sure what direction it will take, but planned topics include how to legitimately make money online; how the Internet opens up opportunities for the elderly, disabled and otherwise homebound; Read More...

I enjoyed reading a review copy of Truth or Delusion: Busting Networking’s Biggest Myths, by Ivan Misner with Mike Macedonio and Mike Garrison. Dr. Misner is one of the very few people who have written on this topic (besides Wayne Baker, Herminia Ibarra, and a few others) who’s done substantive research up to academic Read More...

OK, I put up with the numerous bugs, the frequent nondescript error messages, and so on, but tonight I tried to just click on the Groups link in MySpace and got this, repeatedly for the past half-hour or so:

Hey Rupert… how about throwing a couple of extra million into fixing the infrastructure!!!

I’ll be appearing on AllTalkRadio Monday tonight on the Growing Your Business with Fred and Lyna show at 8pm EST. I’ll be talking about how entrepreneurs can use online networks to find strategic partners, customers, business partners, and much-needed expertise to help you start and grow your business.
If you miss the live show, don’t worry Read More...

Nitron Advisors is featured on the front page of today’s Wall Street Journal:
Big Investors Turn to Network of Informants
“For professional investors, something akin to what Match.com has done for the nation’s singles…hooking up middle managers from hundreds of companies with professional investors desperate for an investing edge.”

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UPDATE: Michael Mayhew posted Read More...

An interview with Michael Gerber, Author of The E-Myth Revisited:
“If they don’t fail outright, most businesses fail to fully achieve their potential. That’s because the person who owns the business doesn’t truly know how to build a company that works without him or her.. which is the key.” – Michael Gerber
Michael Gerber is the founder Read More...

The creator of BugMeNot.com has launched http://www.retailmenot.com/, which provides coupon codes for retail stores, without the privacy-infringing registration requirements. A very useful tool.

Many online stores allow for a “coupon” or “promotion” code when you order to automatically assign discounts, deals and freebies (kinda like money for nothing). RetailMeNot.com is a place for finding and Read More...