TechLifeMashup | Entrepreneurs, Social Media, and Technology

Technorati is a popular search index for blogs where anyone who is interested can come and browse blogs by a variety of filters.  The site has risen to being one of the top 1000 websites on the internet over the past seven years and shows no signs of slowing down.  The success seen from this site is not knew to the entrepreneur behind it who had launched a few prior business startups before hand.   For this and more we take a look at entrepreneur Dave Sifry in the spotlight this week. We’ll look at just how he did it and highlight what lessons any upcoming entrepreneur can learn. More »

Match.com is a online dating service that uses a subscription-based business model.  Many may not realize that the popular dating site has actually been around since 1995 as it wasn’t until the early 2000s that Match.com found mega success and become a household name.  The entrepreneur behind this creative idea starting using the internet in 1985 well ahead of the curve of mainstream society giving him a nice advantage to launch his businesses without too much competition.    For this and more we take a look at entrepreneur Gary Kremen in the spotlight this week. We’ll look at just how he did it and highlight what lessons any upcoming entrepreneur can learn. More »

Gary Buslik is just your average person who graduated with a English degree from a respected college and wasn’t sure how he could that education to best use in order to making a living out of it.  He ended up starting his own Alarm company, which made him into a successful entrepreneur as the business matured and started generating profits of around $6 million.  Despite the $500,000 paycheck Gary was taking home each year, he wasn’t happy simply because his true passion was elsewhere. More »

Mingle2 is a free online dating website developed by one entrepreneur who had so much success with his first venture that he was able to sell it to a competitor and shortly thereafter begin work on another project.  His second project is a website called The Oatmeal, which revolves around comics created by this unique entrepreneur.  In the time span of only 4 years this entrepreneur has been able to launch two successful startups online.  For this and more we take a look at entrepreneur Matthew Inman in the spotlight this week. We’ll look at just how he did it and highlight what lessons any upcoming entrepreneur can learn. More »

Entrepreneurs face many obstacles when launching a new business venture.  Making mistakes can be costly and is something one hopes to avoid through careful planning and research prior to launch.  What you may not know is that there is one common mistake that many startups often make, which greatly hiders their potential for growth and success down the road.  Stanford’s Entrepreneur Corner recently addressed this very issue answering exactly what that mistake is.  I’ll let them tell you:

The problem most startups have when they take their product or service to the big companies? “The big companies can’t figure out how to make it mundane enough to interoperate with all of the complexity they have,” answers Liz Tinkham, a global manager at Accenture. She says that a start-up may have the best piece of new technology ever, but if it doesn’t work easily with other technology, it’s just too hard to get larger companies to adopt the service or product.

Most startups are so focused on their own product that they don’t take the time to think down the road on how other businesses and technologies could potentially integrate into this new product or service, which in turn creates a brick wall between the entrepreneur and any big business venture as a direct result.  It’s important to plan ahead even when you’re just starting out!  Check out the full video lecture here.

You have to spend money to make money or so the saying goes.  Any entrepreneur will tell you that you’re always going to have to spend a little money at least even if it’s just to buy your domain and hosting for your next startup.  Most entrepreneurs and first timers actually spend much more than a little bit of money getting their idea off the ground and running.  Knowing how to save money during the early stages of any startup can be crucial in the long-term success of the business.  Today we take a look at 5 quick ways you can save money on your next startup, which in the end means more money in your pockets.
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Looking to improve your productivity and get more done in less time?  Tired of the standard 9-5 workweek?  If so, then Tim has some advice for you.   This week in our ongoing entrepreneur spotlight series we take a look at Tim Ferriss, who wrote a book on productivity and escaping the daily 9-5 job.  Want to know how Tim went from being a unknown to a well established entrepreneur?  We’ll look at just how he did it and what he has been up to since the success of his book. More »

Dream of making it as a successful entrepreneur?  Looking for some success stories of fellow entrepreneurs who have turned their ideas into a full-time job?  Well, look no further as you have found the first post in what will be an ongoing series designed to highlight people who have done just that.  Each week we will highlight a different entrepreneur who recently made it big.  We’ll tell you who they are, how they did it, and offer some helpful tips so you can do it too!  This week  in our first post of the series, we will take a look at Kevin rose, who happens to be the mastermind behind the popular user-based news site digg.com. More »