http://surkanstance.blogspot.com/2009/10/entrepreneur-northw...- (2009-10-29) Rajeev Goel talks about how necessity is the mother of invention. His efforts to build a web site to manage his own daughter's science fair inspired him to create a service that any school could use. For now he is going it alone, creating
http://oursciencefair.com/Home.aspx as the one-stop solution for managing and promoting science fairs. The challenge now is getting the word out, and Rajeev has been taking advice from fellow entrepreneurs about getting active in communities and reaching out to bloggers. - (2009-10-24) Tim Ellis explains how he has built
http://www.seattlebubble.com/ into on of the most popular real-estate web sites in the Pacific Northwest bust hasn't figured out how to generate significant revenue from. Pre-packaged advertising services from Google and Microsoft are of marginal value and direct advertising sales look far more promising. Tim also hopes to explore affiliate programs with select partners. Now, if he can only find the time to continue creating winning content while holding down a day job.- (2009-10-24) Pandu Rao talks about how he and his partner (Harish Kulkurni) have built a social network bookmarking service (
http://iter8r.com/) that they hope to give away to the community. They count on their public spirited business model to attract users and set them apart from the competition. Success for iter8r won't make Harish and Pandu rich, but it will teach them about how communities work, and enhance their credibility for future ventures.- (2009-10-23) Denis Altudov has struck out on his own to devote all his energies to his iPhone applications that are already selling well. He is excited about being able to examine, and analyze, the entire end-to-end user experience, from product acquisition to support. As fun as it is to be working on his own Denis does want to find some colaborators to help with design and marketing.
- (2009-10-23) Bruce Roberts talks about his search for his next startup venture. Now that he's helped make a success of startups as a key contributor, he is now looking to become a principal, getting the venture going from the ground up. There are plenty of ideas for businesses around, but Bruce is focussing on good partners to complement his skills. The ideas will come on their own.
- (2009-10-22) Charlie Walsh tells us how his business was brought to life in six months, and started making revenue on the first day. Even better, his business of helping home owners appeal the assessments of their homes to reduce their tax bills is particularly popular when the economy is poor.
- (2009-10-20) The Startup that helps Startups. Matt Heaton talks about his new venture (
http://www.bigstartups.com/), that provides a community and support for startups. The best medicine for aspiring entrepreneurs is to just do it, and build something, according to Matt.- (2009-10-20) Startups on a Shoe-string. Eric Veal talks about how he is recruiting partners with Craiglist for his new venture to create a database modelling tool, and how startups can use a variety of strategies to overcome an absence of capital to get off the ground.
