I love free teleclasses. They’re a great way to get an introduction to someone’s material and find out if it’s something you want to pursue further. I also love network marketing (at its best — at its worst I’m as annoyed by it as anybody else). What makes the difference between good network marketing and Read More...

There’s been much talk recently about the growing disconnect between advertisers and consumers. We are bombarded with more and more ad messages every day. Why? Because they are increasingly less and less effective. Consumers are building up an immunity, and advertisers’ only solution seems to be to just give us more and more of the Read More...

Welcome to the September 24, 2007 (well, depending on your time zone) edition of Carnival of the Capitalists. Sorry for it being late — I had the joy of spending the weekend figuring out why my laptop was overheating and shutting down after 20-30 minutes of use. Once I got it working and reassembled, I Read More...

I finally had a chance to upload slides prepared by my partner Scott Lichtman on how law firms can use Web 2.0 technologies to increase their billings. Download.

I have attached below some notes from the Financial Markets World conference on Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0 in the Capital Markets Industry .  
My own talk was on “How to Source Deals with Web 2.0 Technologies“. It was focused on how private equity funds, venture capital funds, and hedge funds can more efficiently find Read More...

I’m looking forward to speaking at the monthly New York Software Industry Association meeting on September 10 in New York. The topic is ‘Secrets of Silicon Alley’s Serial Entrepreneurs’. Carter Burden, Laurel Touby and I will be sharing our thoughts. (Personally, I think the key secret is fail fast and often.)