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  • 18 social networks for entrepreneurs

    Holy Kaw!
    30 Jul 2011 | 8:32 am
    Facebook, Google+ and Twitter are all great for connecting with friends and potential clients, but if you’re an entrepreneur hungering for some peer-to-peer advice, fortunately, there are a few social networks specifically for entrepreneurs—at least 18, as it turns out. Practical Ecommerce gives a brief intro for these 18 social networking sites designed for entrepreneurs. For example: Biznik. Biznik is for sharing your ideas, not posting your resume. Biznik members meet online and in person, because nothing beats the power of a face-to-face meeting to build lasting business…
  • 3 Terrific Tools for Social & Mobile Viewing Audiences

    Mashable!
    Jennifer Van Grove
    30 Jul 2011 | 3:05 pm
    The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Each weekend, Mashable hand-picks a few startups we think are building interesting, unique or niche products. How we as consumers of physical and digital content view and experience the world around us is changing, and the startups highlighted here are all dedicated to helping us better find, discover and consume content. SocialGuide, which focuses on social media ratings of broadcast…
  • Quirky.com Comes To TV, Twitter Flagging NSFW, Spotify Shakes Up ISPs, Apple Has More Cash Than U.S. Government

    Fast Company
    Kit Eaton
    29 Jul 2011 | 10:02 pm
    This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day.Quirky.com Comes To TV. The Sundance Channel just announced a new reality TV series about the business of DIY innovation. Quirky features 24-year-old Ben Kaufman, founder and CEO of Quirky.com, a product design and manufacturing company that relies entirely on an online community to bring an idea from concept to market. For the series, Kaufman and his team will select product ideas from two aspiring James Dysons per episode, revealing how their concepts go from creative spark to a (hopefully) top-selling…
  • @GuyKawasaki is having a blast on Google+. Check it out gplus.to/kawasaki

    How to Change the World
    GuyKawasaki
    26 Jul 2011 | 8:37 am
    Just loving what I can do at Google+. My favorite features are: Ability to edit posts and comments. Big pictures, not just thumbnails. Threaded comments. If you haven’t taken a look at Google+, you really should. See you here.
  • A Billion Dollars Isn’t Cool. You Know What’s Cool? Basic Human Decency

    TechCrunch
    Paul Carr
    30 Jul 2011 | 5:17 pm
    ‘”Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing his hands again. “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”‘ – A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens I know, I know. I’m old. Worse than that, I’m nostalgic. In the past few months, I’ve written about my love for fountain pens, and traditional publishers, and paper books, and handwritten letters, and live theater, and…
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    Holy Kaw!

  • 18 social networks for entrepreneurs

    30 Jul 2011 | 8:32 am
    Facebook, Google+ and Twitter are all great for connecting with friends and potential clients, but if you’re an entrepreneur hungering for some peer-to-peer advice, fortunately, there are a few social networks specifically for entrepreneurs—at least 18, as it turns out. Practical Ecommerce gives a brief intro for these 18 social networking sites designed for entrepreneurs. For example: Biznik. Biznik is for sharing your ideas, not posting your resume. Biznik members meet online and in person, because nothing beats the power of a face-to-face meeting to build lasting business…
  • Do Montessori schools breed creativity?

    30 Jul 2011 | 8:27 am
    Some people think Montessori schools are hippie nonsense, but it’s hard to deny that plenty of big names came out of them. To name a few: Larry Page, Sergei Brin, Jeff Bezos, Jimmy Wales, Peter Drucker, and Julia Child. The Harvard Business Review blog responds to a recent Wall Street Journal article that pointed out a so-called “Montessori Mafia” among the creative elite. The blog’s author cites the cornerstones of the system: mixed-age classrooms, with classrooms for children aged 2½-or-3 to 6 by far the most common student choice of activity from within a…
  • Man without a Facebook [video]

    30 Jul 2011 | 6:39 am
    The touching story of face-to-face friendship that will change your life. Full story at YouTube via Laughing Squid. A world without Facebook? Permalink | Leave a comment  »
  • Democracy goes digital with Iceland’s crowdsourced constitution

    30 Jul 2011 | 6:27 am
    If the founding fathers of the United States were hesitant to let the commoners get their grubby paws on the vote, the men who sweated out the summer of 1776 are spinning in their graves at the making of Iceland’s new constitution written by none other than the social media public. A group of 25 citizens presented a draft of the constitution to Iceland’s parliament. The group, which is made up of ordinary residents, compiled the document online with the help of hundreds of others. The constitution council posted the first draft in April on its website and then let citizens comment…
  • Connect-the-dot masterpiece [video]

    30 Jul 2011 | 6:17 am
    The Mona Lisa has inspired plenty of connect-the-dot conspiracies figuratively speaking, so Thomas Pavitte decided to take it to a literal level with this 6,239-dot portrait of the ultimate lady of mystery. He couldn’t find a world record of the most connected-dots activity, so he’s taken the title for himself. That works for us, but we wonder how many hidden messages lurk in his version. Full story at Behance Network via Neatorama. Dot art. Permalink | Leave a comment  »
 
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  • 3 Terrific Tools for Social & Mobile Viewing Audiences

    Jennifer Van Grove
    30 Jul 2011 | 3:05 pm
    The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Each weekend, Mashable hand-picks a few startups we think are building interesting, unique or niche products. How we as consumers of physical and digital content view and experience the world around us is changing, and the startups highlighted here are all dedicated to helping us better find, discover and consume content. SocialGuide, which focuses on social media ratings of broadcast…
  • 5 Tips for Running Successful Cause Marketing Campaigns

    Zachary Sniderman
    30 Jul 2011 | 2:35 pm
    This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Businesses love cause marketing, and the belief is that supporting a good cause translates into stronger sales. The Cause Marketing Forum has some pretty convincing numbers: In 2009, 72% of American consumers said they avoided purchasing products from companies whose practices they disagreed with. Accordingly, two-thirds of brands started engaging in cause marketing in 2010, up from 58% in 2009, according to a study by…
  • F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes On Runway [VIDEO]

    Charlie White
    30 Jul 2011 | 2:11 pm
    An F-16 fighter jet ran off the end of a runway and crashed at the EAA AirVenture convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on Friday. The lucky Alabama Air Guard pilot wasn’t injured, but it looks like that $20 million F-16 Fighting Falcon might need a serious overhaul. The cause of the crash is unknown, but it appears that for some reason the pilot simply ran out of runway. As you can see, after a few tense seconds the pilot exited the aircraft and jogged away to safety. He was taken away in an ambulance and found to be unhurt. An Air Force team has begun an investigation into the cause of the…
  • This Week in Politics & Digital: Rickrolls & Debt Woes

    Zachary Sniderman
    30 Jul 2011 | 12:51 pm
    Even as the United States moves precariously close to defaulting on its national debt, it’s nice to know the White House still has enough time to Rickroll the nation (literally). Of course, the debt debates are no laughing matter with Republicans and Democrats playing some political brinksmanship ahead of the August 2 deadline. With Washington focused on the debt, things have been a little quiet in the social universe. A recent survey released by the Congressional Management Foundation, however, shows just how important social media is for modern politicians. Read on to find out more…
  • Missouri Forbids Teachers and Students To Be Facebook Friends

    Charlie White
    30 Jul 2011 | 11:45 am
    If you’re a student living in Missouri, you’d better not be Facebook friends with any of your teachers – that will soon be illegal. According to Missouri Senate Bill 54 that goes into effect on August 28, any social networking — not just Facebook — is prohibited between teachers and students. It’s all part of an effort to “more clearly define teacher-student boundaries.” However, KSPR reports that It’s only direct social media contact that’s prohibited; teachers are allowed to create Facebook Pages where all students have direct access…
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  • Quirky.com Comes To TV, Twitter Flagging NSFW, Spotify Shakes Up ISPs, Apple Has More Cash Than U.S. Government

    Kit Eaton
    29 Jul 2011 | 10:02 pm
    This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day.Quirky.com Comes To TV. The Sundance Channel just announced a new reality TV series about the business of DIY innovation. Quirky features 24-year-old Ben Kaufman, founder and CEO of Quirky.com, a product design and manufacturing company that relies entirely on an online community to bring an idea from concept to market. For the series, Kaufman and his team will select product ideas from two aspiring James Dysons per episode, revealing how their concepts go from creative spark to a (hopefully) top-selling…
  • President's Social Media Team Goes After Obama Debt Rivals On Twitter

    Gregory Ferenstein
    29 Jul 2011 | 8:34 pm
    President Obama's social media team unleashed a torrent of tweets today, specifically calling out Republicans opposing his debt ceiling plan. President Obama's social media team unleashed a hailstorm of tweets today, galvanizing his followers to support a bipartisan debt ceiling compromise. The Presidential tweets were also aimed directly at his opponents, mostly Republicans, on Twitter. [At the time of publication, @BarackObama was still putting forth updates.]The President's previous call to action over debt issues via social media crashed the congressional website, according to widespread…
  • How Market-Driven Health Insurance Exchanges Can Be Successful

    Bryce Williams
    29 Jul 2011 | 3:53 pm
    Without effective public health insurance exchanges, we will miss the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a solution to the problem of providing affordable health care coverage to all Americans. Here, the President and CEO of Extend Health on how it can be done.The government's Affordable Care Act aims to make health insurance more accessible and affordable to millions of individual Americans and employees of small businesses. State-run health insurance exchanges are a vital tool in achieving that goal. At their best, exchanges are efficient marketplaces that give buyers more choice, provide…
  • The 5 Questions Entrepreneurs Need To Ask In Order To Get Funded

    Steven Rosenbaum
    29 Jul 2011 | 3:32 pm
    In my last post, I cautioned about the dangers of learning about venture capital from watching a TV show. After all, would you learn about how to remove a gallbladder from watching ER, or how to behave if you're arrested from Law and Order? No, TV isn't reality (even reality TV) and Shark Tank is plenty entertaining, but hardly a roadmap for funding. So how do you go about raising capital? Any proper "show me the money" checklist begins with one question: What kind of money are you raising? Money comes in three basic flavors, Friends and Family, Angel Money, and Venture Capital. Friends and…
  • Minorities Are Being Left Out Of The Electric Vehicle Revolution

    Ariel Schwartz
    29 Jul 2011 | 3:03 pm
    In California, Latinos and African-Americans simply are not buying electric cars. It's time for some new marketing. The Prius is an emblem of the environmentally aware upper middle class, and at this point, electric vehicle purchases are mostly limited to early adopters who have the cash to experiment with an entirely new kind of vehicle. And according to a report (PDF) from the Greenlining Institute, cost and lack of consumer education may shut low-income communities and communities of color (specifically in California) out of the electric vehicle revolution--even though these communities…
 
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  • @GuyKawasaki is having a blast on Google+. Check it out gplus.to/kawasaki

    GuyKawasaki
    26 Jul 2011 | 8:37 am
    Just loving what I can do at Google+. My favorite features are: Ability to edit posts and comments. Big pictures, not just thumbnails. Threaded comments. If you haven’t taken a look at Google+, you really should. See you here.
  • How to Increase Your Likability

    GuyKawasaki
    29 Jun 2011 | 1:45 pm
    Feel free to embed this infographic on your site or blog. Instructions are here. Created by Creditloan. Resisting this deal is futile: Buy Enchantment and get Presentation Zen for free. Click here.
  • How to be an enchanting speaker

    GuyKawasaki
    31 May 2011 | 2:35 pm
    Want to be an enchanting speaker? This is an unbeatable deal: Buy Enchantment and get a free copy of Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds. Resisting you will be futile! Go here to learn more.
  • How to enchant people with Facebook

    GuyKawasaki
    16 May 2011 | 12:17 pm
    Over at the American Express OPEN Forum, I posted instructions for how to enchant people with Facebook. Please check it out if you want to use Facebook for marketing purposes. If you want to be enchanting in general, check out my new book: Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions.
  • My visit to Notre Dame

    GuyKawasaki
    17 Apr 2011 | 6:46 pm
    Check out my pictures from my visit to Notre Dame.
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  • A Billion Dollars Isn’t Cool. You Know What’s Cool? Basic Human Decency

    Paul Carr
    30 Jul 2011 | 5:17 pm
    ‘”Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing his hands again. “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”‘ – A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens I know, I know. I’m old. Worse than that, I’m nostalgic. In the past few months, I’ve written about my love for fountain pens, and traditional publishers, and paper books, and handwritten letters, and live theater, and…
  • A Look Back On Our Mobile First CrunchUp And 6th Annual Summer Party At August Capital

    Elin Blesener
    30 Jul 2011 | 4:43 pm
    We had a blast yesterday at our Mobile First Crunchup and 6th Annual Summer Party at August Capital. At our CrunchUp, we had some amazing speakers and special guests. Even Chamillionaire managed to make a certain speaker sweat and started a debate on why Android doesn’t have a decent phone. Later in the day, the drinks were flowing at August Capital and even Ron Conway was spotted enjoying a margarita or two. Our summer party was a huge success and we want to thank everyone who came. We hope you had as much fun as we did. Follow @Shirls@ShirlsShirley Hornstein +10 to @tristanwalker for…
  • Don’t Be Fooled By Vanity Metrics

    Erick Schonfeld
    30 Jul 2011 | 2:25 pm
    Startups love to point to big growth numbers, and the press loves to publish them. We are as guilty as anyone else in this regard: one million downloads, 10 million registered users, 200 million tweets per day. These growth metrics can often be signs of traction (which is why we report them), but just as often they are not. It is important to distinguish between real metrics and what Lean Startup guru Eric Ries calls vanity metrics. Vanity metrics are things like registered users, downloads, and raw pageviews. They are easily manipulated, and do not necessarily correlate to the numbers that…
  • Gillmor Gang 7.30.11 (TCTV)

    Steve Gillmor
    30 Jul 2011 | 10:00 am
    The Gillmor Gang — Danny Sullivan, Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — covered the gamut between Google+ and well, Google+. The new social platform continues to delight and confound the early adopters in record numbers. @scobleizer remains optimistic that the search giant will roll out filtering features to cut down on the noise of squids, kittens, and well, Scoble comment farms. @dannysullivan would prefer Google unleash the hounds of celebrity and brands, surprised as he and we are that the Plus team was caught flatfooted by the viral adoption of the field trial, or whatever…
  • Technology + Politics = Facepalm

    Jon Evans
    30 Jul 2011 | 9:59 am
    Oh, how embarrassing. Earlier this week, Elizabeth May, the leader of Canada’s Green Party, took to her Twitter account and declared war on Wi-Fi. To think I very nearly voted for these clowns in our recent election. Lesson for my American friends: just because you find all the major parties unpalatable doesn’t mean that the fringe parties aren’t even worse. Meanwhile, can someone please get an environmental movement going that isn’t anti-science and anti-technology? Give her credit: she did manage, with rare ability, to hit not just one but all of the “idiot…
 
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  • "It will be good exposure"

    Seth Godin
    30 Jul 2011 | 2:11 am
    Well, it might be. Now that everyone, every brand, every organization and just about every person is in a race to build trust or an online following or a reputation, the question of working for free in exchange for exposure confronts us all. Should you art direct a new ad for the local zoo, merely to build your cred? Should you give that speech for free, because people who pay speakers will be in the audience? Should you contribute code to the new kernel because people will see what you've done? Appear on a talk show, do a signing, call in to a radio show? Perhaps. Unsatisfying, but true.
  • Easy vs. do-able vs. impossible

    Seth Godin
    29 Jul 2011 | 2:08 am
    Often we consider an opportunity based on how easy it is. The problem with this analysis is that if it's easy, it's often not worth doing. It's easy to start a blog, but of course, starting a blog doesn't really deliver a lot of value. Posting 4,100 blog posts in a row, though, isn't easy. It's do-able, clearly do-able, and might just be worth it. Successful organizations seek out the do-able. When Amazon went after the big bookstore chains, analysts ridiculed them for doing something insanely difficult. But it was clearly do-able. Persistence and talent and a bit of luck, sure, but do-able.
  • Just a myth

    Seth Godin
    28 Jul 2011 | 2:57 am
    Why just? How about, "amazingly, they've created a myth..." I wrote about this five years ago (reprinted below). A myth is why this video is funny. Isn't that the dream of any marketer? To create a myth? Brand as mythology Just under the wire, L. Frank Baum's heirs have no copyright protection on The Wizard of Oz. As a result, there are Broadway musicals, concordances, prequels, sequels and more. All of which creates a rich, emotional universe (and makes the copyrighted movie even more valuable). Most of us remember the mythology stories they taught us in school (Zeus and Thor and the rest of…
  • Celebrating Zig Ziglar

    Seth Godin
    27 Jul 2011 | 5:39 am
    Zig saved the day. With his relentless generosity, corny stories and down-home wisdom, Zig Ziglar invented modern motivational speaking, and touched the world. He touched my world, that's for sure. We have very different backgrounds, we're from different generations and we have very different styles, but I'm in his debt. In my dreams, I hope that I will help and inspire a small fraction of the millions of people that Zig has over his fifty year career. He contributed two giant tools to those of us in business: the notion of listening, over and over, to educational and motivational tapes, and…
  • Now you are a celebrity

    Seth Godin
    27 Jul 2011 | 2:36 am
    That means that... There are people who don't know you... and who don't like you. Specifically, there are people who don't know your work, who haven't taken the time to understand your point of view, who nonetheless have had to draw a conclusion about who you are and what you do. "I don't like Angelina Jolie." "Which movie didn't you like?" "Oh, I've never seen any of her movies. I just don't like her." More positively, celebrity, particularly social media celebrity (which more and more of us have every day) earns you trust and access and an audience. Your twitter followers or friends of…
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  • Debt Problem’s Sure Cure: Economic Growth

    By CATHERINE RAMPELL
    30 Jul 2011 | 8:40 pm
    There is, in theory, a happy solution to our debt troubles, with no new taxes or cuts to programs: just get the economy growing the way it used to.
  • Amid New Talks, Some Optimism on Debt Crisis

    By CARL HULSE
    30 Jul 2011 | 8:31 pm
    The Senate delayed a crucial vote on the Democratic debt ceiling bill until 1 p.m. Sunday amid growing indications that a compromise is in the works that will avert a federal default on Tuesday.
  • The Texas Tribune: Perry’s Legion: The Folks Behind the Man

    By ROSS RAMSEY
    30 Jul 2011 | 8:30 pm
    If Gov. Rick Perry decides to seek the presidency, he will be relying heavily on an inner circle of confidants.
  • News Analysis: Turkish Prime Minister Climbs a Higher Perch in Wake of Resignations

    By ANTHONY SHADID
    30 Jul 2011 | 8:29 pm
    As Turks grappled with the shock of military resignations, critics warned of creeping authoritarianism engineered by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
  • In Georgia, a Spy Case and a National Rorschach Test

    By ELLEN BARRY
    30 Jul 2011 | 8:20 pm
    The prosecution and release of photographers accused of spying for Russia has left a deep rift in Georgian society.
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  • Jamie XX, Quayola Collaborate on Software Language for Music

    Alice Vincent
    30 Jul 2011 | 5:00 am
    Visual artist Quayola devises Partitura, software that translates audio into a unique immersive experience. The results debut next month in a show with Jamie XX.
  • Researchers Expose Cunning Online Tracking Service That Can't Be Dodged

    Ryan Singel
    29 Jul 2011 | 3:24 pm
    Privacy researchers at U.C. Berkeley found that some of the net's top websites are tracking their users via a service that circumvents privacy controls in browsers, making cookies undeleteable. the TV streaming site Hulu.com has already cut ties, but researchers say its hands aren't clean.
  • Researchers Say Vulnerabilities Could Let Hackers Spring Prisoners From Cells

    Kim Zetter
    29 Jul 2011 | 12:11 pm
    Vulnerabilities in electronic systems that control prison doors could allow hackers or others to spring prisoners from their jail cells, according to researchers.
  • Your Genome Structure, Not Genetic Mutations, Makes You Different

    Brandon Keim
    29 Jul 2011 | 11:58 am
    A new look at the human genome suggests that unappreciated variations in its fundamental architecture, rather than point-by-point mutations, may be responsible for most of the genetic differences among people.
  • Breathing New Life Into a 1950s AM/FM Radio

    Ari Douglas
    29 Jul 2011 | 11:09 am
    Amp up your hacker skills, and learn how to revamp a vintage radio.
 
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  • Understanding Blogging Arbitrage

    Guest Blogger
    30 Jul 2011 | 7:08 am
    This guest post is by Kevin Muldoon of WordPress Mods. As I used to run a few poker discussion forums and information websites, a large part of my income over the last
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