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This entry is part 18 of 18 in the series UniversityTutor.comThings have been growing nicely at my business, UniversityTutor.com, in the last few months.
Here are a few graphs that I have auto-generated each week to see what’s going on. I really like the idea of having a “dashboard” for your business like this to help [...]
I’m Moving To The San Francisco Bay Area!
3 Feb 2010This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Living AbroadQuick post to let you know I’ve decided to move from Buenos Aires back to the bay area (where I grew up). I’ll be moving in a few days. I was planning to keep traveling for a while but a great opportunity came up [...]
Over the last month or so I’ve quietly rolled out some changes to BuyersVote. These were little things I discovered that I wanted while using the site.
Take note: this is one of the best reasons to build something (in a startup) that you actually want to use for yourself! If you’re an actual [...]
This post is going to be a random collection of thoughts/events from the past week.
Video of Mint.com Founder
You might have heard recently that personal finance site Mint.com got acquired by Intuit for $170 million. This video by the founder, Aaron Patzer, is really awesome and should be watched by all entrepreneurs I think.
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Releasing Breaking Free, the eBook, For Free
11 Sep 2009Breaking Free, the book, came out a few years ago when this blog started. Since then it has done reasonably well (for a first time author) both in print and online. But something happened a while after it came out: I started to wish I’d given the electronic version away for free and only charged [...]
FeedmailPro.com Is Live! (Help me launch it and make big $$!)
In: Business Ideas| Updates
13 Aug 2009This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series FeedmailPro.comWe’re doin it live!
Tonight I’m launching FeedmailPro! It’s been tested in the wild and is performing well after a handful of tweaks over the last week. Thanks to the folks who beta tested it and have been sending me feedback. I also added the final [...]
Screenshots Of Updated BuyersVote.com (Plus: your help needed!)
In: Business Ideas| Updates
6 Jul 2009This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series BuyersVote.comFollowing up from my post a few weeks ago, I’ve made some big changes to BuyersVote.com to simplify it and make it easier to use.
Now, instead of adding each page individually with a long list of fields to fill out, it’s possible to add an [...]
This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series BuyersVote.comIt’s been a cool week. I’ve been reading this awesome book, the 22 Immutable Laws Of Marketing. It’s short, simple, and profound. Highly recommended.
I also met up for drinks with another American entrepreneur living in Buenos Aires (found me through the blog). Turns out he [...]
This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Living AbroadLast weekend I took a day trip to Tigre, Argentina which is a little town on a river delta about an hour outside Buenos Aires. I went with some people who live in the same house, and met some new people along the way. [...]
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