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I was crazy enough to start two businesses at the same time — OnlyBusiness.com and Polaris Blue. My partner and I run them concurrently, and fortunately both have done well. No doubt we got lucky, but I want to share a concept critical to our success that might help other founders, especially in this [...]

To Buy or Not To Buy?

I am stuffing my mattress. No gadgets for me
I am a Gadget Junkie, so I will keep buying
My company buys gadgets for me

Today’s launch of a $400 touch-screen e-Reader from Sony had me eager to whip out my credit card, but the mess on Wall Street stopped [...]

Nintendo has announced that a Wii Speak Channel will launch this November. Think of it as “Skype for the living room.”

Our big NewTeeVee Live conference is fast approaching, and you’ll need to act fast if you want to snag some tickets at our deep-discounted rate. Special Early Bird tickets are only available through this Sunday, October 5th. Buy now and save $200 off the regular ticket price!
The show is lining up to be bigger and [...]

Watching this legislation to bail out Wall Street and banks clear the House has shaken my faith in true capitalism. I thought Wall Street was good at one thing: making and managing money. But like the folks in Washington D.C., most of them are just incompetent. With this headline from The New York Times I’m [...]

For all the outrage over the Chinese government spying on Skype users, when it comes to privacy, consumers value the talk rather than walk the walk. We often don’t want the inconvenience that security requires (sometimes even re-entering passwords is too much), which can be a difficult line to walk for entrepreneurs seeking to entice [...]