This article, authored by Tony Wright, is a nice breakdown of the traits of two types of entrepreneurs; builder entrepreneurs and business entrepreneurs. Builder entrepreneurs are those who “designed, coded, played sysadmin, and played all sorts of other production roles for their startups”. Tony goes on to write that business entrepreneurs don’t “really have a […]

As social media continues to sneak its way into the mainstream, several are trying to figure out the optimal way to engage their users, clients, members, students, opportunities, constituents… the list goes on. The best way to start understanding how social media may work for your situation is to start with simple social web research. […]

I found a handful of interesting links this morning from my Google Alerts I thought I would share, all having to do with social media and how it is playing a big part in today’s world.
The following article does a fine job explaining how social media played a large role in the latest presidential […]

Interesting video interview with the Ruby on Rails founder.

source: O’Reilly
Also… testing to see if my Wordpress Twitter Updater Plugin is working.

What is that, you ask? Social Web Research is something for everyone. The world is changing. Traditional marketing mediums are losing their competitive edge. Look at how president-elect Obama took the election, with a grass-roots, very much web-enabled approach. By using the social web mediums, Obama and his team were able to mobilize volunteers and […]

Although I would rather the election to have gone the other way, in McCain’s favor, I feel Barrack has the potential to do a lot of good. So, in short, this is all I have to say. Congrats Obama.