The Internet, and the communications technology that has come with it, has handed small business owners an amazing marketing tool. No longer do middlemen wield a lot of control; instead, the small brands with remarkable products and services have the tools (namely search engines and social networks) to connect them with their ideal customer. But [...]

GigamOM and PEER 1 Hosting are putting on an event called FutureHosting and broadcasting it live on webstream, Dec 3rd at 9:30am PST. The live panel discussion will be hosted by leading technology blogger Om Malik, and an excellent lineup that includes:

Byron Sebastian, CEO, Heroku
Sebastian Stadll, Founder, Scalr
Jason Hoffman, CTO, Joyent
Robert Miggins, SVP BizDev, PEER [...]

If you’re a small business without a website, I have one question for you: What the hell are you waiting for? If the idea of high costs or technical know-how is still stopping you, then you need to pay attention to the list below. These are my top five free or inexpensive easy-to-use web building [...]

Lindsay Smith announced today on her blog that early bird tickets are now available for the F5 Expo featuring bestselling author of Tipping Point and Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell. As I mentioned in an earlier post, F5 Expo will focus on future trends in the online space including social media, digital media, SEO, and mobile apps. [...]

Just watched the demonstration of the new Google Wave. Very impressive product that I can’t wait to try out! Does someone out there have an invite they can send me? (Thanks for the hook up Summit Media!) It takes the best features of online communication – social media, instant messaging, and email – and integrates [...]

I was talking to a leadership consultant over coffee and we started discussing websites and blogs. He has a company site, but like many, it doesn’t get updated much and is used as the primary introduction to his business – an online brochure, more or less. I suggested he should start a blog. Then, I [...]

Starting an e-business (i.e. a business based entirely upon a website) is not as simple as many people think. The notion that you can come up with an idea, create the website and then sit back and count the cash is, in my experience, pervasive, and yet nothing could be further from the truth.
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I saw an excellent documentary over the weekend called Bombay Calling. It’s about the outsourcing of telemarketing by western-based companies to call centers in India. The documentary focuses on a team of young Indians working at a large call center called “Epicenter” and chronicles their successes and failures in pitching and selling telephone services [...]

A revolutionary new miniature computer is being worked on in Japan that comes in the shape of a pen that you can slip in to your pocket. It projects a monitor and keyboard on any flat surface that you can begin using like any regular PC computer. With its Bluetooth technology, it recognizes your [...]

PC World put out its top 25 Wort Sites ever. Many date back to the early dot.com era where online scams and ill-conceived sites were the norm. However, their No. 1 pick happens to be one of today’s most popular sites in the world… and I couldn’t agree with this pick more. Despite the site’s [...]