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Month: April 2008

  • Business Plan Series: Part 9 – Financials

    As we come toward the close of our business plan series we reach probably the most important section of the plan next to the Executive Summary, the Financials section. Despite the work you put into creating a stellar business plan most investors will read your executive summary first and then dive right into your financials.…

  • Blogging and Facilitating Conversation

    A few weeks ago, I spoke on a panel at WordCamp Dallas where we discussed the concept of business and blogging. Three years ago, this would be breaking all precedents of marketing and PR, but slowly companies have figured out that the best way to cultivate a loyal customer base in the age of social…

  • Networking

  • PodCamp Rule #7 to be Instituted

    There are 6 rules of Podcamp (There used to be 7, but former rule #4 dictating that PodCamps be free was revoked after PodCamp Boston 2). The rules governing the organization and execution of PodCamps are (as listed by co-founder Chris Penn): All attendees must be treated equally. Everyone is a rockstar. All content created…

  • Leave Your Gun Outside

  • PodCamp DC Review

    Yesterday, I mentioned that PodCamp DC was happening and it was a successful event, in my books. The organizers worked their tails off to pull off the event, the sessions were great – I’m hearing wonderful feedback from the session hosted by Andy Carvin of NPR and Jim Long (NewMediaJim) from NBC. This is now…

  • Podcamp DC

    Podcamp DC is this weekend and Technosailor is a sponsor. I’m a fan of the Podcamp movement, but I’m particularly a fan of them being locally based. Local sponsors, local organizers, local attendees, local issues, etc. Last year, I drove up 95 to PodCamp Philly (I consider Philly to be relatively local since it is…

  • Interview with the Entrepreneur: Ann Bernard of WhyGoSolo – Part 2

    I recently had the opportunity to speak with Ann Bernard of WhyGoSolo, an innovative social networking startup here in the DC area. She has been working hard to create a platform that might change the way you look at events and various other things that you might have gone to by yourself and were looking…

  • I Told You So: Blockbuster Sued over Facebook Beacon

    In December, I wrote a post stating that Companies using Facebook Beacon as a marketing tool would get sued and demonstrated the privacy policies in effect at a number of the Beacon partners. One of those is Blockbuster, which as noted in the December post, was so over the top with it’s privacy policy. It’s,…

  • Interview with the Entrepreneur: Ann Bernard of WhyGoSolo – Part 1

    I recently had the opportunity to speak with Ann Bernard of WhyGoSolo, an innovative social networking startup here in the DC area. She has been working hard to create a platform that might change the way you look at events and various other things that you might have gone to by yourself and were looking…