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11 Lessons I Learned Raising Venture Capital

We recently just completed raising venture capital, (a Series A financing), in which we raised $1.1M. The round was led by MentorTech ventures, with participation from Amicus Capital and prominent Bay Area and Seattle angels. We started fundraising in earnest in August of 2009, so from start to finish it took us 8 months. Raising money was a lot harder and took a lot longer than we expected, but obviously with determination and a bit of luck it can be done Read More

I've become enamored with those Korean Air TV commercials. Here's why they work. Now, will a Korean company please hire me so I can try Korean Air Read More

There are some people who think SEO is expensive. This is, of course, a matter of perspective. If you go online because you’ve bought into the scam still being pitched that you can make big money with almost no investment, and you set up a website for under $1000 using offshore labor, then the idea of paying $500, $1000, or $1500 a month might sound expensive for SEO costs Read More

Google Places (formally Google Local Business) is a great way to get your local business featured predominately in the Google listings. It is also a great way to drive targeted buyers to your business. Here are 13 Tips on how to increase your ranking on Google Places Read More

BizSugar has been added to TheBookmarketer, a popular tool that helps bloggers make their blogs more social-bookmarking-friendly Read More

Are you looking for a way to promote yourself, your company and your product or service? Have you ever thought of using SlideShare to do this? With over 25 million visitors a month, with these tips you will get found Read More

In the SEO game, people spend a lot of time and effort building backlinks. They bait them.  The buy them.  The trade them.  They phone for them.  So what do you do to build on that value Read More

Here are 10 forums that every entrepreneur should belong to. If you're looking to learn entrepreneurship, network and ask questions, these forums are perfect Read More

Jim Kukral recommends this 28-page free report on content writing and SEO from the folks at Copyblogger. You can download it straight from a link on Jim's site. I haven't read it myself yet, but honestly have great respect for the Copyblogger team so it's on my to-do list. Hey, if anyone else has already seen this report and would like to give some feedback, please leave a comment below Read More

What can you learn about online video marketing from classic old TV shows? Quite a bit, we think. From "Star Trek" to "Gilligan's Island" to "Bewitched" and "The Andy Griffith Show", here's a fun look at how lessons learned from those great old TV classics can be applied to online video marketing for your product, service or other business. Tune in to find out more.. Read More