- Feb 2012
- Social Good Startup Idea #133: Kickstarter for Neighborhood ...
This is a simple idea really, although probably could use its' own website to help facilit ...
3 Feb 2012
- Jan 2012
- App Startup Idea #132: Parking App (using Twilio API)
This was written specific to City of Buffalo, NY, but really this should be built for any ...
31 Jan 2012
- App Startup Idea #131 (w/mockups!): Life Win/Lose Percentage ...
This is my buddy Aaron's idea originally (@lloydxmas). I'm sharing because he and I would ...
24 Jan 2012
- My Domains For Sale: MyFavorites.com, Fave.it, Lyku.com, Sea ...
This is a list of domains I'm selling. Most of these I am seeking 4+ figures. Feel free to ...
2 Jan 2012
- Dec 2011
- Startup Idea #130: Screencast System For Contractors
ODesk is a huge marketplace of developers, designers and other contractors globally. When ...
28 Dec 2011
- Startup Idea #129: What are you working on?
The other day I met with a buddy that runs a photobooth rental company. After the meeting, ...
27 Dec 2011
- TechCrunch Guest Post: What Startup To Build?
My latest guest post on TechCrunch, "What Startup To Build?", can be read here: http://te ...
26 Dec 2011
- Startup Idea #128: The Graffiti Wall
Remember being younger and writing all over stuff? Benches in the locker room at school, w ...
13 Dec 2011
- Startup Idea #127: Spotted
Simple idea, iOS app, I'd charge $0.99. App has one button "spotted" that you press when y ...
9 Dec 2011
- Nov 2011
- "And It Will End Very Badly"
Yesterday I wrote a guest post on TechCrunch that can be read here. ...
28 Nov 2011
- Eye-Fi (camera memory card) Is A Disappointment
It turns out not to be as awesome as I had hoped. I had really hoped I'd never have to plu ...
18 Nov 2011
- IDEA #126: Marketplace for Doing Good
Congrats to Matt Galligan (@mg) and Shervin Pishevar (@shervin) on their launch of 1% Of N ...
14 Nov 2011
- Domain Cleaning
Dear Steve Poland, This notice is to inform you that the items listed below have been d ...
2 Nov 2011
- Oct 2011
- IDEA #125: Get Free Products by trying services/products
This idea is based on TrialPay. Basically with TrialPay, after you buy a movie ticket at F ...
31 Oct 2011
- IDEA #124: Infobar Search Results based on user's search que ...
So the idea is that as a website owner/publisher, you would put a JS script on your we ...
28 Oct 2011
- IDEA #123: Twitter of just Commerce (bought, selling, auctio ...
Imagine a feed view of people you follow that displays auctions by you, auctions by frien ...
27 Oct 2011
- IDEA #122: Weird & Cool Stuff For Sale on eBay
eBay has an affiliate program. Thus, if you send users to their website and the user place ...
26 Oct 2011
- IDEA #121: Video Dating Website
People record video of themselves -- who they are, and who they are looking for. Friend ...
25 Oct 2011
- IDEA #120: Pay-it-Forward Restaurant Coupons
The idea is likely for neighborhood restaurants. Get them to all collaborate and have a fr ...
24 Oct 2011
- IDEA #119: Crowd-sourced Room/Landscape/House Designs
I just bought a house recently and I'm wondering what to do with my landscape at the momen ...
21 Oct 2011
- IDEA #118: Cars should aggregate reported problems
Maybe this is already occurring and I just don't have a new enough car yet, but just like ...
20 Oct 2011
- IDEA #117: Garage Sale App/site (crowd-sourced photos of wha ...
There should be a website/app that is specifically focused on just garage sales. Anyone co ...
19 Oct 2011
- IDEA #116: Short (135 character) Answers/Facts that display ...
There are many questions that I ask Google that should just show an answer in the results, ...
18 Oct 2011
- Imagine how many people can't type fast. Now imagine Siri on ...
MG (@parislemon) has a good write-up on TechCrunch about why Siri is a big deal. Apple is ...
17 Oct 2011
- IDEA #115: Constantly Revolving Deal Site (train station "fl ...
I love the train station flip board (see above). I watch in awe/fascination, awaiting ...
17 Oct 2011
- IDEA #114: Museum Crowd-Sourced-Curation App
I'm going through the past few years of ideas that are in my moleskine notebooks. Some of ...
14 Oct 2011
- IDEA #113: Fake Interview Videos (Funny Site)
I'm going through the past few years of ideas that are in my moleskine notebooks. Some of ...
13 Oct 2011
- IDEA #112: Facebook App for eBay
I'm going through the past few years of ideas that are in my moleskine notebooks. Some of ...
12 Oct 2011
- IDEA #111: Daily Profile Woot or Groupon for Friends
I'm going through the past few years of ideas that are in my moleskine notebooks. Some of ...
11 Oct 2011
- IDEA #110: Technology Museum
I'm going through the past few years of ideas that are in my moleskine notebooks. Some of ...
10 Oct 2011
- IDEA #109: HotOrNot for Interests
I'm going through the past few years of ideas that are in my moleskine notebooks. Some of ...
7 Oct 2011
- IDEA #108: Today In My History
I'm going through the past few years of ideas that are in my moleskine notebooks. Some of ...
6 Oct 2011
- IDEA #107: Expected Future News Stories
I'm going through the past few years of ideas that are in my moleskine notebooks. Some of ...
5 Oct 2011
- IDEA #106: Give Friends Awards
I'm going through the past few years of ideas that are in my moleskine notebooks. Some of ...
4 Oct 2011
- Back in March 2007, I registered 1000+ of the best Twitter U ...
UPDATE: Note, as mentioned below, most of these usernames have been taken away from me. I ...
3 Oct 2011
- Jul 2011
- The little startup that couldn't (a postmortem of MyFavorite ...
I'm officially putting MyFavorites behind me. The problem I was trying to solve, isn't one ...
15 Jul 2011
- My review of Veranda PVC Composite Railing for Balcony/Deck ...
I needed railing for my home's balcony. I wanted composite PVC, because it is relative ...
8 Jul 2011
- IDEA #105: Fakebook - Fake fun of your friends!
This idea I really wanted to pursue. I had it back on October 9, 2007 (that's when I wra ...
6 Jul 2011
- Jun 2011
- IDEAS #104: Turntable features and revenues
Following up from my 'The New Early-Adoptor Addiction: Turntable' post on TechCrunch, thes ...
8 Jun 2011
- Repeat after me, I will not do another startup as a non-tech ...
(above: the original paper mockup of Twitter by @jack) I have spent nearly the past y ...
7 Jun 2011
- IDEA #103 (I want!): Streaming radio of future concerts in m ...
I'd love an app/website where I specify my city, and then it plays me a streaming radio st ...
3 Jun 2011
- The Usage Psychology of Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook
I don't know much about psychology, but below I have brainstormed my own quick thoughts on ...
2 Jun 2011
- May 2011
- Startup Homeruns
I go for homeruns, not singles. I want to knock it out of the park. The problem with that ...
31 May 2011
- I Found Lucky: Kanye West telling his journey to catching a ...
A great entrepreneurial story is that of rapper/producer Kanye West. This is a must list ...
27 May 2011
- "Make something people want" -Paul Graham (@paulg) #TCDisrup ...
Paul Graham blew me away yesterday in his live "Office Hours" segment on TechCrunch Disrup ...
26 May 2011
- Disappointed by #TCDisrupt Startups -- this is disruption?
I'm unimpressed so far at this year's startups launching at TechCrunch Disrupt. It's not j ...
24 May 2011
- Metrics of me, me, me!
As I work on MyFavorites, I brainstormed an outline of the metrics that people consciously ...
20 May 2011
- X startups = Y angel fundings = Z VC fundings
Does it take 300 startups with some type of product/prototype, to result in 25 angel deals ...
19 May 2011
- Jan 2011
- MyFavorites -- my latest startup
Well folks, hopefully this is finally "the one". Over 3 years of ideas and executions on ...
5 Jan 2011
- Sep 2010
- When Does a Company Stop being a Start-Up?
Nick questioned this after reading how Buffalo NY has a higher startup than Seattle and I ...
27 Sep 2010
- Jun 2010
- Eminem's "Recovery" is his best yet
All, In this album 'Recovery' he lets it all out. This verse sums it up: Hit my bott ...
25 Jun 2010
- Feb 2010
- IDEAs #102: Twilio ideas brainstorm: SMS, Voice, API
If anyone is looking for some business/application ideas for using Twilio ... I have had s ...
10 Feb 2010
- Nov 2009
- M&A/IPO = Broken ROI Model for VCs?
Last week I was at the WNY Venture Association seminar on "Angel Investing in Western New ...
23 Nov 2009
- Guest Post on TechCrunch: Twitter And Facebook Turn Everyone ...
You can read it, here. Enjoy! http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/15/twitter-facebook-ama ...
18 Nov 2009
- Oct 2009
- IDEAs #101: FourSquare API Ideas
I haven't looked at the API, but I see crazy potential of apps being built on-top of FourS ...
28 Oct 2009
- Evaluating Startup Ideas
Someone just asked me, I responded with the following in less than 2 minutes . What would ...
20 Oct 2009
- Sep 2009
- Best Live Concert I've Ever Been To: Edward Sharpe & The Mag ...
This is saying a lot. If you know me, you know I likely have attended, on average, 2 conce ...
30 Sep 2009
- Aug 2009
- Any UX / UI / GUI / Graphic Designers out there?
Specifically I'm seeking a contract UX designer -- someone that can go through our app and ...
26 Aug 2009
- May 2009
- How to Startup! (not being a programmer)
I gave this presentation last night at our third BarCampBuffalo. Sorry there's no audio (o ...
5 May 2009
- Start-up Roadmap?
I received a question from someone that I thought was a good one: After doing some rese ...
4 May 2009
- Apr 2009
- 100+ Web Start-up Business Ideas
With this recession and unemployment so high, there's likely a lot of people looking to st ...
29 Apr 2009
- IDEA #100 - Twitter License Plate social network
Can't believe I have posted 100 ideas on this website now. As with any of them, they are a ...
29 Apr 2009
- RE: The First Ten Things the New CEO of MySpace Should Do
Response to Jason's MySpace To-Do list: I think #2 and #3 that I list below are most impo ...
22 Apr 2009
- Staffing Plan for a Widget Startup Company
I'm interested in what a staffing plan typically looks like for a widget startup company, ...
21 Apr 2009
- BarCamp Buffalo #3 (May 4, 2009 @ 6:30PM)
We're trying something a little different this time -- we're going to have a theme at this ...
7 Apr 2009
- If You Suck, You're Dead
I recently had an awful experience with United Airlines and feel 100% unsatisfied by how t ...
4 Apr 2009
- Google's New Competitor: 1 Geek
Aside from all the marketing problems of having the next Google and getting people to use ...
3 Apr 2009
- Mar 2009
- Open Letter to Airlines (United Airlines et al)
I'm disgusted. I've been disgusted. I can't believe how low the bar is that your industry ...
12 Mar 2009
- AngelConf - my notes from Angel Investing conference
My apologies for any typos, etc. These are some blurbs I made notes of from the AngelConf ...
5 Mar 2009
- Advertising for Real-Time Search (aka Twitter)
Real-time search is going to change things up on the web. To me, real-time search is essen ...
3 Mar 2009
- Feb 2009
- Twitter Username Management Script (TUMS)
The script is no longer for sale. Purchase of the script entitles you to one license f ...
23 Feb 2009
- How to Estimate a Programming Gig
This is a must-read post by @esnagel (programmer extrordinaire) if you're a programmer tha ...
10 Feb 2009
- Must-Hear Music
If you know me, you know I'm obsessed with music. Here's some new stuff my friends and I h ...
4 Feb 2009
- IDEA #99 - Group Learning of Anything in Weeks!
Honestly, I don't know much about the online learning sector -- maybe this is already done ...
3 Feb 2009
- Jan 2009
- IDEA #98 - Live Music Concert Tracking
I wrote this email to the founders of Tourfilter, but had never sent it. I've sent it now ...
30 Jan 2009
- IDEA #97 - Tagging All Photos with people, places, objects
Fred Wilson discusses a (great!) band that he went out and saw the other night -- and he b ...
29 Jan 2009
- IDEA #96 - Agent Intermediary between Celebrities & Web Star ...
This idea sounds like a dream job if you're a techie and looking for access to spend other ...
29 Jan 2009
- Google: Chrome should use Gmail as my default mailto!
Dear WTF, I can't believe Google hasn't fixed this mess. I'm using Vista and it loads u ...
28 Jan 2009
- IDEA #95 - URL Filter for filtering Adult websites using Goo ...
It seems to me that there should be a web app with an API that I can easily send it a URL ...
28 Jan 2009
- IDEA #94 - Dear WTF (aka "Dear Abby for Techies")
I really like this idea and thought I was going to really move forward with it. But it's a ...
28 Jan 2009
- IDEA #93 - 125x125 Ad-ditional Info Skins (IntermediAds)
This was not my idea, this was another idea of Boris (founder of twittercounter and thenex ...
27 Jan 2009
- Virtual Gifts - icon clipart needed
I need some icons that could act as virtual gifts. Anyone know where I could find some fo ...
23 Jan 2009
- IDEA #92 - Virtual BarCamp (meeting of tech minds)
A virtual BarCamp went down in 2006 where it was in real-time and people logged in, blah b ...
23 Jan 2009
- ClickJacking - ideas for this sneaky hack (Twitter, etc)
Here we go with another little browser exploit/hack. It's called ClickJacking and as Scott ...
22 Jan 2009
- IDEA #91 - Captchavertising ("captcha advertising")
Once again, I'm cleaning up my email and draft posts -- this was one from a year ago (Jan ...
22 Jan 2009
- Exploit: Knowing the Websites your Visitors visit
I'm cleaning up house and this was an idea from back in May of this year. It's not really ...
21 Jan 2009
- 2009 Goals
You always need goals or else how do you know where you're trying to get to? And how will ...
20 Jan 2009
- Buffalo NY - Web, Technology, Internet Companies
In this recession, people are losing jobs like crazy. I have received a few emails from pe ...
19 Jan 2009
- Some Startup Tips from MyBlogLog founders
I just saw/listened to this ~90 minute video by the MyBlogLog founders, it's full of some ...
16 Jan 2009
- Buffalo Job Sought: Administrative Assistant, Customer Servi ...
My Mom is seeking a job. Now before you take me as being biased because I'm her son, let m ...
7 Jan 2009
- SxSW Music Festival and Why You Should Be Going
This will be my 5th year attending. If you are at all into new music or live music -- SXSW ...
5 Jan 2009
- Dec 2008
- It's Time for Twitter Premium Accounts
Former TechCrunch writer Nick Gonzalez's post "Who Owns Your Social Media Accounts", as a ...
19 Dec 2008
- Evan - Twitter needs a better policy on Usernames
Evan, I have a bunch of Twitter usernames -- I gobbled them up in March 2007. I'd conside ...
19 Dec 2008
- The USA Spoiled You- Now Pull Your Panties Up.
It is amazing how "rich" the USA is -- or at least how rich they think they are. I bet 90% ...
12 Dec 2008
- Make Money on Twitter, in minutes
Good post for making money on Twitter by mixing in affiliate marketing on @esnagel's blog: ...
5 Dec 2008
- Nov 2008
- 50 Days to New Years Eve - Buffalo's Party: The Ice Ball
If you're from Buffalo and looking for plans for New Year's Eve -- I'd like to recommend t ...
11 Nov 2008
- IDEA #90 - Footer Ads in Email
Why should Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, and others, be the only ones earning money from footer ad ...
11 Nov 2008
- IDEA #89 - Clouds in the Sky
Alright, I'll admit -- this idea is simple and possibly weak. It's not even mine, it's my ...
7 Nov 2008
- IDEA #88 - Rent Your Twitter Background & Avatar
I'm going to put three(!) ideas in here that are quick. The Twitter API has now given acce ...
4 Nov 2008
- Oct 2008
- Dear Rackspace: You Pissed Me Off
Update: Rackspace got realistic about this situation and reduced my overages charge to 1/3 ...
31 Oct 2008
- I'm a Mac, I'm a PC - Halloween Costumes Idea
For all those late stragglers that need a Halloween costume -- my buddy Rob and I pulled o ...
29 Oct 2008
- Ideas for a better Hype Machine
I see a lot of dupe tracks in hype machine -- like on the 'popular' page right now, there' ...
22 Oct 2008
- Techies rejoice online to help low-income Americans get to t ...
The title of this post is a lie -- but it's my hope. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to ...
8 Oct 2008
- Web 2.0 Innovation enters Deadpool
This was a post I started writing April 25 of this year, I never finished it, but thought ...
8 Oct 2008
- Google Image Search - Sponsored Link spotted in the wild!
I was just doing an image search using Google Images and saw a sponsored image result. I d ...
3 Oct 2008
- Do you know a LAMP/PHP freelancer? Recommend them to me (for ...
OK, for my sake too. I'm looking for someone that's a rockstar PHP/LAMP champ -- and a Jav ...
2 Oct 2008
- Sep 2008
- Sponsor me in Crohn's & Colitis Foundation walk
Hello! I'm walking in the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation annual walk this coming Satu ...
7 Sep 2008
- Aug 2008
- Evaluating Criteria for your Web 2.0 Business Idea
I'd like to start a discussion about evaluating your business ideas -- and determining whi ...
8 Aug 2008
- Jul 2008
- My Design Should Follow Me; "First Dibs" on my username
On Twitter, you can customize how your profile design appears to other users. It personali ...
9 Jul 2008
- Jun 2008
- You MUST hear this CD
FYI to anyone that doesn't have a clue and needs one -- the new Girl Talk CD just came out ...
20 Jun 2008
- IDEA: Plugin to Sync Listening of a Song with Friends
I use iTunes when I listen to songs. My buddy listens using Winamp. We both have Last.fm a ...
18 Jun 2008
- Google Acquiring Digg - Rumor
Valleywag is reporting Google is digging around to acquire Digg. A few months ago I felt t ...
16 Jun 2008
- The MSFT/YHOO/IACI Paid Search Consortium
Since Yahoo just threw in the towel to Google, and Microsoft threw in the towel on acquiri ...
13 Jun 2008
- The Yahoo & Google (and AOL!) debacle
Yahoo has now signed a paid search agreement with Google. People are saying the obvious - ...
13 Jun 2008
- IDEA #86: Mint.com but for Health & Fitness
I don't actually know much about health/fitness web startups, so maybe this is already bei ...
12 Jun 2008
- The Best Viral Idea I May Have Ever Seen
Birthday Alarm. You go to the website, it crawls through your address book, sends out an e ...
11 Jun 2008
- IDEA: Must See. Must Hear. Must Read. Must DO!
I just watched An Inconvenient Truth -- the movie by(?) Al Gore that is about the impact o ...
11 Jun 2008
- 11 Years Later - No Credit Card Debt
This month I finally paid off all credit card debt I've been hanging onto since various cr ...
10 Jun 2008
- Photo Printing Interoperability
My Mom brought up a good point -- if someone sends a link to their photos that they posted ...
4 Jun 2008
- Getting Lucky takes Perseverance: I Found Lucky
Just read a post by Fred Wilson on how he got started in the venture capital business. The ...
1 Jun 2008
- May 2008
- What's your Life's Roadmap?
Had a quick email exchange with a friend -- I liked the roadmap he rattled off quickly: ...
31 May 2008
- Lessons on Search and the Simplicity of Google
These are just some scattered thoughts I have on Search. These numbers are based off a lar ...
23 May 2008
- IDEA #84 - Reskin The Web
I kind of like this idea. Imagine this -- users install a plugin to their browser; then th ...
22 May 2008
- Etailers - What To Use Twitter For
Attention Etailers: Here are some simple/quick ideas for how to use Twitter and increase s ...
22 May 2008
- Do you know a Web GUI Designer?
I have various projects here and there that require someone that can take the pencil drawi ...
15 May 2008
- Apr 2008
- Travel Tips: Where to Stay in Philadelphia; Bars in Philadel ...
I'm going to be visiting Philadelphia in the coming weeks and have no clue where to stay o ...
30 Apr 2008
- Facebook API Question: Access of Friend Photos?
If anyone has experience with the Facebook API -- I'm curious about two calls (maybe more) ...
25 Apr 2008
- International Domains - which are actually used?
If you're buying domains that are for your potential global execution of a website -- what ...
24 Apr 2008
- Skill Tests for PHP/MySQL/etc?
Looking at someone's resume can help, but it doesn't really tell me how bad/good/great a p ...
18 Apr 2008
- IDEA #83 - Digg for Twitter!
Erick brings up the fact that there is too much noise with Twitter and FriendFeed -- that ...
18 Apr 2008
- Inspirational Quote for Entrepreneurs: Talent & Drive
"Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some ...
17 Apr 2008
- Script Sought: Web Address Error Redirect Service
I'm looking for a script that does DNS/Domain error redirect. Thus, a toolbar is running i ...
16 Apr 2008
- Lijit Getting Spammed
Just saw this guy's lijit widget filled with a certain domain. Makes sense that this w ...
15 Apr 2008
- Prediction: Al Gore to Run for President (again) in 2012
This is no April Fool's Day joke -- if I could bet money on this, I would. While Bush is f ...
1 Apr 2008
- Mar 2008
- Idea #82 - FriendFeed the new Twitter? WTF.
OK, so I finally signed up for FriendFeed -- and yes, it's cool. I just feel like it's bee ...
26 Mar 2008
- Programmer Sought: In-Text Links Script like Kontera
I'm looking for an AJAX/PHP/MySQL programmer that can write a script similar to that of th ...
19 Mar 2008
- Why the iPhone SUCKS. Anyone have Cell Phone recommendations ...
So I bought one of those trendy iPhone's -- and I signed up for a huge plan with AT&T, ...
15 Mar 2008
- IDEA #81 - iPhone Photo Plus [iPhone SDK application]
The iPhone's camera is pretty "blah". I'd love to see an app on the iPhone that allows me ...
13 Mar 2008
- Twitter Syntax for Twitter Bots
Fred Wilson just featured a twitter bot for stock quotes. I was also just chatting with An ...
10 Mar 2008
- CNET is best acquirer of Digg
Digg would fit into CNET; especially with CNET seemingly trimming the fat and trying to ge ...
10 Mar 2008
- Gmail Spam Out of Control - 1kb zip attachments escape Spam ...
I think those spammers have found a bug to get spam through Gmail's filters -- attach a 1k ...
9 Mar 2008
- Quote: Why Be An Entrepreneur?
love this quote... Why be an entrepreneur? If you don’t take advantage of yourself, some ...
6 Mar 2008
- Feb 2008
- F YouTube, Viddler Is The Sh*t!
Seriously, the thing I think is the coolest ever is what Viddler has done with their video ...
29 Feb 2008
- Price Ceiling of Music is “Free”
Caution: This is a bit of a freeform flow of information from my head... Ultimately, all ...
28 Feb 2008
- Yahoo/AOL - I called it last week
I called it last week — a Yahoo/AOL merger potential. I disagree with Arrington that Yahoo ...
11 Feb 2008
- Guest Post on CenterNetworks: Google Introduces Physical Wor ...
Guest post I wrote for CenterNetworks -- reprinted below: Google has announced that 2D ba ...
7 Feb 2008
- Get Neglected: Go Get Acquired by Google
I was just thinking about Jotspot -- remember that enterprise wiki site that got tons of b ...
6 Feb 2008
- Yahoo! Acquires AOL; slaps Microsoft in the Face
OK - Not really. But honestly, I'd love to see Yahoo! blow off Microsoft and swing back wi ...
5 Feb 2008
- Dear WTF Chuck - Twitter has $5M, why can’t they hire ...
Dear WTF Chuck, Why is Twitter always down, despite them being flush with cash ($5mm), an ...
1 Feb 2008
- Dating Niche [free True.com marketing ideas]
Rocket Profit has a contest going on via John Chow to win a free ticket to the Elite Retre ...
1 Feb 2008
- Jan 2008
- When Did You Get Your Big Break?
One thing I find fascinating is finding out how people got their "big break" in their care ...
31 Jan 2008
- Dear WTF Chuck - Still Using Cash & Checks to Pay Frien ...
Dear WTF Chuck, My friend just reserved our campsite for May -- my share is $26, as he ju ...
31 Jan 2008
- “Techmeme” Monthly Printed Magazine ...
Allen Stern asks if people would pay $1 per month for full RSS feeds with no ads. He poses ...
30 Jan 2008
- My Guest Post on Shoemoney: Gaming Google AdWords
I did a guest post over on Shoemoney's blog yesterday -- "Gaming Google AdWords with Googl ...
30 Jan 2008
- You Scratch My Back, I’ll Scratch Yours [opportunity]
You may already be familiar with Jim Kukral's Scratchback service. It's a widget you place ...
30 Jan 2008
- I’m Rich, Bitch! [inspiration]
Fellow Buffalo-NY affiliate rockstar Paul Bourque (aka Uber Affiliate) launched a new Site ...
30 Jan 2008
- No Cell Phone Commissions on Amazon.com, Bleh
Looking through my Amazon Associates stats today, I noticed I sold a Sony Ericsson W580i w ...
29 Jan 2008
- Behind Every Successful Man is a Woman
Shoemoney and Chow in recent posts on their respective blogs have said that they didn't fi ...
29 Jan 2008
- iTunes Search Engine [opportunity]
Fred Wilson twittered that he was looking for these "I'm Free" remixes by The Rolling Ston ...
28 Jan 2008
- I'm back!
Alright, let's hope the title of this post isn't a bunch of fluff. I'm going to try to pum ...
28 Jan 2008
- Twitter Business Model
Jason Calacanis is talking about it after Allen Stern brought up the issue. While I agree ...
2 Jan 2008
- Dec 2007
- Google Ornaments - a Holiday Easter Egg?
I was just doing a search for ".at" domain, and the results page had ornaments displaying. ...
22 Dec 2007
- Focusing Up: CNET - A Stock To Watch
I use to dabble in stocks in the dot-com days and before then, roughly 1996. It was the su ...
20 Dec 2007
- Music recommendation: The Silent Years
I never talk about music on this blog, despite it being likely my biggest passion in life. ...
13 Dec 2007
- Juno: The “Little Miss Sunshine” of 2007
The new movie Juno is awesome. If you liked the movie 'Little Miss Sunshine', then you'll ...
7 Dec 2007
- Web Startup Ideas - The List and The Drought
I've published a ton of my web startup ideas in the past (see my Archive page and scroll t ...
6 Dec 2007
- Facebook giving stock to Universal Music? Full length songs ...
Very interesting -- the only reason MySpace still really exists, is because every music ar ...
3 Dec 2007
- My MySpace Days Are Over
I'll likely let my profile sit there, but those days are over. The only comments I get any ...
3 Dec 2007
- Jakob, Zach, Vimeo, IAC, and Corporate America’s Red T ...
I posted a comment to a post that I'm sure will get lost on TechCrunch regarding Jakob Lod ...
3 Dec 2007
- Nov 2007
- Mark Zuckerberg: Some Personal Writings by a Billionaire
If you're looking for some good TGIF celeb-type readings... Great find here of various wr ...
30 Nov 2007
- Made My First Million Dollars
OK - that's a complete lie; I haven't. But just had a quick chat with my buddy Eric and he ...
29 Nov 2007
- Facebook Image Uploader - Java Applet - Replica Script?
Update: Found it! This thing is slick -- it's by Aurigma. The java applet image uploader ...
29 Nov 2007
- Google’s OpenSocial API Docs now online
http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/ ...
2 Nov 2007
- OpenSocial — Now who’s going to write the first ...
Someone needs to stay up late tonight and figure this thing out, since we won't see API do ...
1 Nov 2007
- OpenSocial: JavaScript Code of Flixster on MySpace - Start H ...
App developers should be able to start working with this code to understand the OpenSocial ...
1 Nov 2007
- Oct 2007
- Spring Cleaning: I just deleted 29 domains.
OK, so it's not spring time, but man does it feel great to delete 29 domains from my accou ...
18 Oct 2007
- First-User Experience: Don’t Forget It, Entrepreneurs
(Note: Scott's quotes aren't accurate below, but you get the drift) I've had the pleasure ...
12 Oct 2007
- MySpace vs Facebook - The “Duh” Difference
I just realized -- I mean, I knew this -- but I just realized, MySpace is super-open. You ...
1 Oct 2007
- Sep 2007
- Funny - Send Manatees to Fat Camp
My buddy Mike has only literally sent me 3 emails in the past 10 years (literally, since 1 ...
24 Sep 2007
- IDEA #77 - Social Search Engine (take on Google)
Another idea for NYC Startup Weekend this weekend... The Idea: Social Search Engine (fb ...
19 Sep 2007
- Wordpress Theme Wanted: 3-column
I'm looking for a Wordpress theme for a new site I'm going to be launching. I'm looking fo ...
19 Sep 2007
- IDEA #76 - The Greatest Menu Meals (fb app initially)
Submitting this to Startup Weekend NYC this weekend. The Idea: The Greatest Menu Meals ( ...
18 Sep 2007
- IDEA #75 - Where I Hang Out (facebook app)
I'm submitting this in the pool of ideas for Startup Weekend NYC this coming weekend. The ...
18 Sep 2007
- Startup Weekend Toronto - My Two Cents
Overall the weekend was a blast -- but not exactly what I expected. I had my own expectati ...
18 Sep 2007
- StartupWeekend - Toronto this weekend, NYC next
If you're in Toronto or NYC, be sure to either sign-up or just stop-by the StartupWeekends ...
13 Sep 2007
- ADVICE: Give Away Your Ideas & Take A Load Off
Seth Godin has a post up about giving away ideas and how execution is the real hard part. ...
12 Sep 2007
- Steve Poland in BusinessWeek
It's not quite Kevin Rose style, but it's still a mention in BusinessWeek. Attorney Jay Pa ...
11 Sep 2007
- IDEA #74 - FMail (Facebook App)
I think there's enough open architecture in the Facebook API that would allow someone to c ...
10 Sep 2007
- IDEA #73 - Friends Categorized as API to other Facebook Apps
Another Facebook application idea comin' at ya!... Robert Scoble has vocalized how he doe ...
9 Sep 2007
- IDEA #72 - Digg for Facebook Photos
Not actually Digg, but a Facebook application like Digg, but for photos on Facebook. Faceb ...
6 Sep 2007
- IDEA #71 - User-Gen Opinionated Videos, Photos, or Text (Fac ...
Alright, kinda of similar to this previous idea, but not completely. QUESTIONS TO USERS - ...
6 Sep 2007
- IDEA #70 - Voting for Video Stars (Facebook App)
From this previous idea post. DAILY VIDEO CREATION CONTEST Each day, a topic is chosen t ...
6 Sep 2007
- IDEA #69 - Get Users Pulling Info From Others (Facebook App)
Allow someone to be viewing the profile of someone’s page, and let them select a predefine ...
6 Sep 2007
- IDEA #68 - Instructing Users to Collectively Participate (Fa ...
An app where we give people instructions to do things; we give them purpose to live each d ...
6 Sep 2007
- IDEA #67 - Desktop/Mobile IM Client for Facebook
Facebook Development API allows desktop apps to be created and has a code library for them ...
5 Sep 2007
- IDEA #66 - Polls on Current News (Facebook App)
I imagine this Facebook app that is simply polls of real current news, associated with lin ...
4 Sep 2007
- IDEA #65 - Universal Login that verifies/ties your Digg, MyS ...
Another submission to Startup Weekend in Toronto... Universal Login that verifies/ties yo ...
4 Sep 2007
- IDEA #64 - AuctionAds copycat using Affiliate Product DB or ...
I'm submitting ideas to the Toronto Startup Weekend that I'll be attending in 10 days and ...
4 Sep 2007
- Domains for Sale: YouClips.com & UClips.com
I own these domains. If interested in purchasing the pair, email me. ...
3 Sep 2007
- Aug 2007
- Blog Day - Some Recommended Reading
I was just pinged about Blog Day (thanks Carlos!): What is BlogDay? BlogDay was created ...
31 Aug 2007
- ASK STEVE #7 - How Do I Get Blog Attention?
Hey Steve- Since I last wrote to you, FunAdvice.com has continued it’s growth spurt, and ...
30 Aug 2007
- FUNNY: As Not Read by Oprah
Read and laugh. I think this is the funniest thing I've read in the past year. (digg it) ...
29 Aug 2007
- Whuddleworld - TY Beanie Babies Needs To Buy This
WebKinz are those furry little stuffed animals you buy for $12.95 at the store -- they fly ...
27 Aug 2007
- Q: Facebook Apps - How to Sync FB Login with Non-FB Login?
I'm trying to figure out -- what's the best way to sync a user that signs up for a Faceboo ...
23 Aug 2007
- ASK STEVE #6 - TinyURL (or clone) could become next Digg or ...
I'm behind on answering advice questions and apologize to those who have submitted any. Ke ...
17 Aug 2007
- Money doesn’t come easy, or else everyone would be rich
My buddy Eric Nagel is finally blogging. He's doing it Shoemoney style, by posting anythin ...
16 Aug 2007
- Tip: Don’t Ever, Not Reply to a Sales Inquiry
Lesson here: A small project coming your way might just be a way that someone is trying to ...
14 Aug 2007
- ASK STEVE #5 - Posting to all your Social accounts in one cl ...
Steve, Hey, we're working on http://wheezio.uk.to It will allow people to easily add all ...
3 Aug 2007
- Great Daily Tech News Summaries - WebbAlert
This is hot. It's the day's tech news in under 5 minutes as a video. But, if you don't wan ...
2 Aug 2007
- IDEA #63 - Become the next Michael Arrington
I really love this idea, but here it goes to the world. A tech news website where the comm ...
1 Aug 2007
- Jul 2007
- ASK STEVE #4 - Idea Brainstorm for MusicExplained.net
Hi Steve, Have you ever stayed up late at nite pondering what the deeper meaning of 50 Ce ...
31 Jul 2007
- IDEA #62 - Reincarnate Yub.com, but on Facebook
You may not remember Yub, but Yub could have taken off like MySpace -- it was an early Fri ...
30 Jul 2007
- ASK STEVE #3 - Content & Community Makes Money for Reso ...
Hey Steve, We run a popular World of Warcraft Google Maps mashup at http://mapwow.com. Al ...
30 Jul 2007
- ASK STEVE #2 - Invest Your Time to Make Millions, Not Dollar ...
Steve, I'm in the process of developing a Facebook application that helps students save o ...
29 Jul 2007
- ASK STEVE #1 - Copycat Apps When Leader Exists: Not a Good I ...
This post includes a new idea by me that's a digg/del.icio.us hybrid clone for porn. Walee ...
27 Jul 2007
- Warning: I will rip your idea/business apart
Honestly, 19 out of 20 ideas or web apps, I will rip apart. Why? Not because I hate you, b ...
27 Jul 2007
- Need Some Expert Advice? Ask Steve (me!)
Marketing or PR ideas? Overall assessment of your website, business, or app? That's a bit ...
27 Jul 2007
- Twitter - Become the (Facebook) Platform, For Mobile
I had an idea last week while chatting with Alex Payne, one of the Twitter developers. In ...
25 Jul 2007
- Obsessed with Music, but Can’t Be a Rockstar?
I should have listened to Fred Wilson a year ago -- Guitar Hero for the XBOX/Playstation i ...
25 Jul 2007
- IDEA #61 - Music Affiliate JavaScript Blog Include
A simple script that anyone could grab and put in the HEAD of their blog/website (or insta ...
24 Jul 2007
- Facebook Apps - Unlimited Possibilities
Alright, besides Fred Wilson -- who's addicted to thinking about the limitless possibiliti ...
20 Jul 2007
- Some New Ideas & Startup Weekend
In Boulder this weekend, something cool is going down -- Startup Weekend. 72 people are ge ...
6 Jul 2007
- Summer Breaking
As Michael just said, "this website is a ghost town." I agree ;) As I've mentioned in th ...
3 Jul 2007
- May 2007
- IDEA #60 - Video Search from the Audio
I'm assuming this has to be happening somewhere. Basically, there should be a video search ...
31 May 2007
- Inspiration for the day: PlentyOfFish.com $500k/mo 1-man ope ...
Wow. This is an interview with Marcus Frind. And this is a quick post by him on how he got ...
31 May 2007
- Paris, Britney, Lindsay — Will they ever stop drinking ...
Alright, I will get some new posts up soon with some great web ideas and back to the focus ...
29 May 2007
- CIHOST are SPAMMERS, UGH!!!
Update: Only took 3 years, but they finally replied -- threatening me to stop defaming the ...
25 May 2007
- Shout Out: VERY Funny Ecards Website
Haha.. I'm laughing my ass off at these clever ecards at someecards.com. Free ecards is a ...
21 May 2007
- ATTN PEEPING TOMS - Your Own ‘Rear Window’
Now you can play the role of James Stewart in Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 classic movie 'Rear ...
18 May 2007
- Joost Deal Plans Exposed - Here’s The Text
Wow - great reporting by Pete @ Mashable with this story. For those that don't want to co ...
18 May 2007
- IDEA #59 - Music News and Concert Dates for your Favorite Ba ...
This idea is essentially to create a central place you can go and have a completely person ...
17 May 2007
- Google Reader - Where’s the Search box?
Funny observation from Eric Nagel -- Google, the company whose name basically means search ...
17 May 2007
- The Largest Social Network In World, Untapped
I was at Web 2.0 Expo last month in San Fran and during a press interview sit-down session ...
12 May 2007
- IDEA #58 - Politics: Who Should You Vote For?
This idea comes from Josh Manuel of StateOfBrain.com (website that allows you to submit li ...
10 May 2007
- IDEA #57A - Social Networking via your RSS subscriptions
This post below is guest written by Michael Wales. It kind of extends off my last idea pos ...
9 May 2007
- IDEA #57 - RSS Reader Influenced By Your Peers
I thought I had written this one out, but I can't seem to find it in my archives. The prob ...
3 May 2007
- IDEA #56 - Web Hosting Company using Amazon S3
I wonder if anyone has built a web hosting business off Amazon's S3 storage/bandwidth serv ...
2 May 2007
- Stats - I love snooping around
If someone has their web statistics information not password-protected, then I like to loo ...
1 May 2007
- Posts/Mentions of Steve Poland in Tech Publications
Mentions in Publications: Apr. 9, 2007 - Forget the eBay Exit, Sell on Web2.0ForSale Bu ...
1 May 2007
- Apr 2007
- Quote: Don’t ever let anyone tell you that something i ...
"Don't ever let anyone tell you that something is too competitive. Once you subtract the p ...
28 Apr 2007
- IDEA #55 - Flickr photo editing and printing software
Fact: There are tons of (Yahoo-owned) Flickr users. I've always been intrigued by affilia ...
26 Apr 2007
- Burnt Out, Refocusing
It was bound to happen again in my life -- especially at the current stage. I started over ...
22 Apr 2007
- Web2.0forsale.com — Latest Listings
Some of the more recent listings to the Web2.0forsale.com website: FreePixelIcons.com, Do ...
18 Apr 2007
- IDEA #54 - The Food Made Me Sick
I'm sure you've gone out to dinner and had a bad meal -- ended up not doing so well after ...
12 Apr 2007
- IDEA #53 - Everyone Gets Sick
Right now I have a fever -- an odd fever, because it's lasted off and on since Monday. I'm ...
12 Apr 2007
- I’m also blogging over at WeBothLike
As many of you know, I was working on Ringside Startup -- which you can read all about her ...
12 Apr 2007
- Justin.TV - Looking for Guest on Tuesday
I'm sure you've heard about Justin -- he's been wearing a video camera and webcasting his ...
11 Apr 2007
- Ringside Startup Changed to WeBothLike
This initiative is still moving forward, but over at http://blog.WeBothLike.com -- hop ove ...
11 Apr 2007
- Interactive TV Ideas
Techquila Shots reader Andy Moeck wrote an idea that I don't believe will ever happen (I b ...
11 Apr 2007
- I’m the first Twitter spammer, ugh
There's a lot of things I am, but this wasn't one of them that I expected to become -- par ...
10 Apr 2007
- Web2.0forsale.com Open Discussions
I'm linking to this post from web2.0forsale.com -- consider it a quick man's way of allowi ...
10 Apr 2007
- Web 2.0 Buy/Sell Tips
I'm linking to this post from the web2.0forsale.com website to provide people with a place ...
10 Apr 2007
- How to create a Twitter bot
Determine what your bot will do. Capabilities include the ability to push information pu ...
10 Apr 2007
- IDEA #52 - Search Revenues Benefit Charities
gCharity is a search engine that apparently donates 90% of search revenue proceeds to a ch ...
10 Apr 2007
- WeBothLike Announced; Interviewed at CenterNetworks
The cat is out of the bag -- Ringside Startup is turning into WeBothLike. I've teamed up w ...
9 Apr 2007
- Web2.0forsale.com Launches - Sell Web 2.0 Websites
I have launched a new website, Web2.0forsale.com, focused on the buying/selling of "Web 2. ...
9 Apr 2007
- IDEA #51 - Email via Snail Mail, for free!
I had this idea a few months ago, but saw that someone had already created this service (s ...
8 Apr 2007
- Attn: Google AdSense Employee - I need help
If someone works at Google, can you help me get my AdSense account to work. I had AdSense ...
7 Apr 2007
- TWITTER: Who wants to build Twitterbots.com?
I own the domain 'twitterbots.com' -- I think it'd be great to have a central resource for ...
6 Apr 2007
- IDEA #50 - Fantasy Sport League Widgets
First off, I'm the worst person to be even suggesting this idea -- because I haven't parti ...
6 Apr 2007
- IDEA #49 - Buy Music, Help Charities
A website setup with passionate music fans that do some writing. Then the entire iTunes ca ...
5 Apr 2007
- First Twitter Bots Launched: Sports Teams, Weather, Stock Qu ...
These might be the first push/pull Twitter applications. For weather forecasts, add Forec ...
4 Apr 2007
- Who’s going to Web 2.0 Expo (Apr 15-18)?
I'm confirmed and attending the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco -- and will be reporting on ...
4 Apr 2007
- Must-Hear Music 2
If you know me, you know I'm obsessed with music. Here's some new stuff my friends and I h ...
4 Apr 2007
- Ringside Startup, Take Two
I don't believe at this moment that I can raise the contribution size I have been hoping t ...
4 Apr 2007
- Steve, where are the ideas? F Twitter!!!
All, it's not that I've hit a creative road block -- it's that I've been obsessed with Twi ...
3 Apr 2007
- Stupidest Web Feature Ever Created: Tag Clouds
Agree or disagree? Not sure I've blogged about this openly yet, so I'm going to do it now ...
1 Apr 2007
- Mar 2007
- Day 3/4 - $505, All $150+ contributors to get visibility
This weekend I'm having a simple script written -- as an IFRAME, but using JavaScript. Th ...
30 Mar 2007
- Make Money With Twitter! 5 Monetization Models
The first thing needed is the EasyTweets application. It's an application you have to ...
29 Mar 2007
- “Pull” Twitter Apps Not Practical Until…
"Pull" Twitter apps aren't very practical until a setting is added to each user account. R ...
28 Mar 2007
- Crowdsourced VC Fund
James just wrote in the following, which I like his thinking -- I just quite honestly have ...
28 Mar 2007
- Day 2 - $480, Goals
$480 total raised. About 50 days left. I'm trying for $20,000 -- but minimum is $10,000. T ...
28 Mar 2007
- Twitter - What Will Dominate: Content Push or Content Pull?
I don’t know what will blow up and be used more on Twitter — content push plays, or pull p ...
28 Mar 2007
- Being An Idea Guy Really Sucks Sometimes
I've been on a Twitter high since last Friday night -- I've had Twitter application ideas ...
28 Mar 2007
- Are you a Senior PHP/MySQL programmer?
If you're a great PHP/MySQL programmer (and looking for some potential side work; specific ...
27 Mar 2007
- Twitter Usernames Are Like Domains in 1995
I posted an article on TechCrunch last night after I requested the Twitter dev team to ope ...
27 Mar 2007
- Day 1 - $320, The Press, Plan B Options, Mike Arrington̵ ...
Last night I officially launched the Ringside Startup project. I actually had soft-launche ...
26 Mar 2007
- Y Combinator’s Startup School Event
Wish I hadn't missed this event. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) says to only hire young emplo ...
26 Mar 2007
- My Favorite Ideas for Ringside Startup to Use
These are some hand-picked ideas from my Techquila Shots vault that I think are the best a ...
26 Mar 2007
- Ringside Startup Launches! 60 days to raise $20,000
I'm excited to announce the launch of Ringside Startup! The gist of the website is that I' ...
25 Mar 2007
- 10 Twitter Hack Start-Up Ideas
10 Twitter application ideas -- with or without their API are below. Be sure to throw som ...
23 Mar 2007
- Twitter API Ideas - digg, categorization, MyBlogLog
As of now, Twitter is mostly used by the techies. But once this thing hits the MySpace cro ...
23 Mar 2007
- START-UP SCARS: 10 Times I’ve Fallen On My Face
As a child, you learn that if you touch the hot burner, you'll get burned -- and definitel ...
23 Mar 2007
- Blogging a Web Start-Up with Expert Insight
Ringside Startup has officially launched. Here are the basics on this endeavor: I'm rais ...
22 Mar 2007
- IM Bots: (Almost) Real-Time Blog Chat via IM
This post got me thinking about how you could integrate IM into blogs. Currently, if peopl ...
22 Mar 2007
- IDEA #48A - Printed Volumes Of Your Online Reading
Avid Techquila Shots reader (and commenter! hint, hint) Colin Dowling had an idea that spu ...
21 Mar 2007
- IDEA #48 - Personalized Printed Magazines and Catalogs
There is one main idea here, which I take in two different directions: magazines and catal ...
20 Mar 2007
- IDEA #47 - Video Trains and Tracking
OK, so I'm still obsessed with Vidmeter -- I think there's a market for tracking videos an ...
19 Mar 2007
- IDEA #46 - Who Do You Vouch For?
This idea is somewhat similar to two recent ideas -- "Everyone Has Neighbors" and "Social ...
18 Mar 2007
- IDEA #45 - Social Connections Search Engine
David Cohen shared a few ideas with me. There was one in particular I thought was pretty g ...
17 Mar 2007
- Which are my Best Ideas?
I'm curious -- what ideas that I've exposed do you like the best? Which ones do you feel a ...
17 Mar 2007
- Help Sought: Do you know Wordpress and PHP?
UPDATE: Chip Haynor, Sr. Project Consultant, of CentreSource in Nashville was able to send ...
17 Mar 2007
- TECHSTARS: Get $15,000 in Funding for Summer
I met David Cohen of TechStars last week at SXSW. We attended a few panels together. His T ...
17 Mar 2007
- IDEA #44 - Everyone’s An Expert
Everyone is an expert on something -- typically. We all have things we are obsessed passio ...
16 Mar 2007
- IDEA #43 - Everyone Has Neighbors
Geni is taking off -- it allows you to input your family tree, or to the extent that you ...
15 Mar 2007
- IDEA #42 - Audio Ads Network Provider
As many of you are aware, I have posted several ideas that utilize VXML technology. I writ ...
14 Mar 2007
- IDEA #40 cont’d - The Marketing Ideas
This is part 5 of 5 additional posts to the original idea. These were a bunch of marketin ...
13 Mar 2007
- IDEA #41- Digg based on Your Friends and Network
Digg is relevant to a lot of people, but is primarily tech/geek focused -- the filtering t ...
12 Mar 2007
- IDEA #40 cont’d - Differentiate, Get Users, Then Reven ...
This is part 4 of 5 additional posts to the original idea. This was a document I wrote, a ...
12 Mar 2007
- IDEA #40 cont’d - Primary Functionality Specifications
This is part 3 of 5 additional posts to the original idea. This was a specifications docu ...
11 Mar 2007
- IDEA #40 cont’d - The Functionality Launch “Esse ...
This is part 2 of 5 additional posts to the original idea. These were the functional piec ...
10 Mar 2007
- IDEA #40 cont’d - All Functionality and Features Outli ...
This is part 1 of 5 additional posts to the original idea. This was a document I wrote th ...
9 Mar 2007
- VIDMETER: Still Early, A Competitor Should Launch
I'm fascinated by Vidmeter and feel there is so much potential for that site. I was checki ...
8 Mar 2007
- IDEA #40 - Vyous - Capturing Your View on Everything (events ...
Mission of this idea: To become the largest source of original "opinionated" video, photog ...
8 Mar 2007
- South by Southwest Conference - Starts Friday!
I realize I already mentioned this, but this post is a bit more detailed as to why you sho ...
7 Mar 2007
- IDEA #39 - Vyous - Aggregated Event Photos/Videos (everyone& ...
This was an idea I dived deep down into -- and it branched in multiple directions. I'm goi ...
7 Mar 2007
- IDEA #38 - Invest in a Music Band! Fantasy Music Stock Game
Last.fm tracks how many times songs are listened to daily by users of the service. Every t ...
6 Mar 2007
- SXSW Interactive Conference (Austin, Texas)
I will be attending the South by Southwest Interactive Conference in Austin, TX (USA) this ...
5 Mar 2007
- IDEA #37 - Viral Anonymous Positive Comment Network
Timothy Chen's idea post No Love No Hate got me thinking. I believe I'm about to say the e ...
5 Mar 2007
- IDEA #36 - Social Audio / Video Recommendations
Problem: I'm out and want to rent a movie, or buy a movie / CD / book -- I'd like recommen ...
4 Mar 2007
- SHARE: Web Start-Up Idea Websites
I drifted over to Techquila Shots reader Timothy Chen's website, "Idea is Queen!" where he ...
4 Mar 2007
- IDEA #35 - In-Store, On-Product, More Information Call / Tex ...
Techquila Shots reader Graydon just mentioned that he was at Lowe's the other day looking ...
3 Mar 2007
- IDEA #34 - Apartments For Rent (Auto-Updated Weekly)
Ever look for an apartment? What a bitch of a process. There's no single source for the ap ...
2 Mar 2007
- IDEA #33 - Motel Pricing and Availability by Phone
When I'm traveling on road trips, I hate finding a motel. I usually wait until I'm dead ti ...
2 Mar 2007
- IDEA #32 - Online Video Embed Code Piggy-Backing
Quick summary: Tons of online videos exist at YouTube, etc. People grab an 'embed' code fo ...
1 Mar 2007
- IDEA #31 - Stock Market Social Media Tracker
From Eric Nagel, friend and colleague (from an IM conversation, so apologize for the brevi ...
1 Mar 2007
- Feb 2007
- ADVICE: You Never Hit A Bulls-Eye If You Don’t Throw The Dar ...
Great participation / feedback going on in the comments section of the last post where rea ...
28 Feb 2007
- ADVICE: What Idea Are You Working On?
Or maybe it's an actual business now. Brief summary of what it is, what problem it's solvi ...
28 Feb 2007
- IDEA #9 Revisit: Online Videos Archived For Life
Liz Gannes of NewTeeVee (GigaOM network) has a great article bringing up the fact that onl ...
28 Feb 2007
- IDEA #30 - People Meter - Who’s Who Of The World 500 R ...
When I read Jeremy Kandah's comment on this last post: I think the “Jeremy Kandah” brand j ...
28 Feb 2007
- ADVICE: Build Your Own Name, into a Brand Name
Jeremy Kandah, MBA Candidate 2008, Mason School of Business, The College of William & Mary ...
28 Feb 2007
- What Frustrates You?
Things that frustrate people are the problems that need solving. Whether it's something on ...
27 Feb 2007
- IDEA #29 - Your Vyous (comments) on Any Webpage
"Vyous" as mentioned before is a domain I own -- it stands for 'your views' or 'views by y ...
27 Feb 2007
- READ: Everything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned by Starting ...
Gina Bianchini of Ning writes an excellent piece that every entrepreneur should read. 1. ...
27 Feb 2007
- IDEA #28 - Fan-submitted Music Video Ideas
I'm obsessed with music and marketing, so some of my ideas will be around music -- plus, d ...
26 Feb 2007
- FUN: List Your Domains - What Ideas Do We Get
Just a little fun for the weekend. I'm going to list out my domains that are currently not ...
25 Feb 2007
- A Moment For My Sponsors: You
Taking a moment to mention some of the readers (25 of them) in the Techquila Shots communi ...
25 Feb 2007
- IDEA #27 - Lunch/Dinner/Bar Specials - Updated Daily
A new site launched called Snag Lunch -- quite honestly, I think it'll be short-lived. Thi ...
24 Feb 2007
- What makes a Serial Web Ideapreneur?
When you get a "great" idea, do you rush to register the domain? (How many domains do you ...
23 Feb 2007
- MUSIC MARKETING GIMMICK: Non-Stop Listening
I love music -- and I love marketing. It's natural that I have ideas for the marketing of ...
23 Feb 2007
- No Sponsors Yet, Just Supporters (readers; aka “You ...
Send me an email with your blog's URL or company's URL along with your first name , what c ...
23 Feb 2007
- IDEA #26C - Job Postings - Details by Voicemail Message
This doesn't necessarily revolve around using an SMS text message, but rather VXML technol ...
22 Feb 2007
- IDEA #26B - Auto Details and Photos to your Cell
This relates to IDEA #26A. Same kind of premise -- you're either looking at the newspaper ...
22 Feb 2007
- IDEA #26A - For Rent/Sale - View Info & Photos Instantl ...
This is focused and has a simple premise. You're looking for an apartment to rent, an offi ...
22 Feb 2007
- IDEA FLOW: Comes and Goes
Creativity comes and goes -- as any writer, artist, musician, etc, knows. I still have cr ...
21 Feb 2007
- Do you feel great? Be around Great People.
This commercial is insane and I love it. When you feel great, it wears off onto others. St ...
21 Feb 2007
- IDEA #25 - Blogroll Advertising Network
Is there an AdSense network for the blog post world? Meaning, I imagine a network that I a ...
21 Feb 2007
- LESSON: Finding Your Inner Jerry Maguire
I LOVE this movie -- always have. Michael Gray posts a great motivating blog post. If you ...
20 Feb 2007
- IDEA #24 - Our Overlapping Website Viewing Habits
Recalling Attention Trust, which Fred Wilson blogged about previously -- it tracks where h ...
20 Feb 2007
- LESSON - 5 Deadly Sins for Blind Business Creation
Great post up by Andrew Chen (EIR at Mohr Davidow Ventures) with some reminders to entrepr ...
20 Feb 2007
- IDEA #23 - Your Syndicated Chronological Life
Ever wondered what you do all day? OK - you likely know that now, but curious what you wer ...
20 Feb 2007
- Marshall Kirkpatrick: SMS/IM/Email Alerts for RSS Feeds
Here's another SMS idea... Former (yet current) TechCrunch contributor (editor) Marshall ...
19 Feb 2007
- IDEA #22 - Amazon.com Social Networking
There must be a way to turn Amazon.com's userbase into a huge social network. Amazon offer ...
19 Feb 2007
- IDEA #6 additions - LikeLoveOrHate.com (adds user compatibil ...
If you recall, this original idea ("a HotOrNot for interests") was all about the creation ...
19 Feb 2007
- IDEA #21 - Remynders.com
The Problem: What about all the commercials and advertisements you see -- maybe you're loo ...
15 Feb 2007
- IDEA #20 - Finding the Employee Leak
I guess it is just assumed by Yahoo that a staff-wide email would get leaked, so they're n ...
15 Feb 2007
- IDEA #19 - Bookmarks as Image Screenshots
Ever run into that problem of trying to recall a website -- and remembering what it looked ...
15 Feb 2007
- IDEA #18 - Custom Music/Sports T-Shirts
If you're into music or concerts (particularly hard rock), you've been to Hot Topic. They ...
14 Feb 2007
- IDEA #17 - Audio Chatting by Phone
Everyone has a cell phone these days -- and haven't you found yourself with some time on y ...
14 Feb 2007
- IDEA #16 - What’s Going On Tonight
If you haven't noticed yet, I'm quite obsessed with the convergence of online and offline, ...
13 Feb 2007
- What Web Service/Software Startup Ideas do you have?
Share. You know you don't have all the time in the world. I'm sure you have some decent id ...
13 Feb 2007
- IDEA #15 - Ads on Websites Replaced
This idea would really shake a few things up. Users would install a plugin to their web br ...
12 Feb 2007
- IDEA #14 - Ads with Personal Endorsements (filtered ad netwo ...
Problem: People are mentally blocking out ads on blogs. Do you ever look at those Google A ...
12 Feb 2007
- IDEA #13 - I Got Drunk Last Night
This proposed website might be called like 'DrunkenStories.com'. People would expose what ...
9 Feb 2007
- IDEA #12 - E-Cards with Your Voice (and bonus ideas)
E-Cards are over 10 years old and still in my opinion one of the most viral things on the ...
8 Feb 2007
- IDEA #11 - Classifieds by Cell - The Long Tail of Used Goods ...
Currently it can take 5+ minutes to list anything for sale online -- I'm proposing a proce ...
7 Feb 2007
- IDEA #10 - In-Person Social Networking - Event/Bar Mingling ...
Result/Solution proposed by this business idea: People will begin interacting with new peo ...
6 Feb 2007
- IDEA #9 - Pay-Per-Play Videos (PPPV): The YouTube Differenti ...
As I stated in my article for TechCrunch recently, there are 3 parties that need to be com ...
1 Feb 2007
- Jan 2007
- IDEA #8 - Anonymous Email Address to Your Cell
Simple one-page website -- input your cell phone number, select your phone carrier, and ch ...
31 Jan 2007
- IDEA #7 - Video Comments Plugin for Blogs
Michael Arrington, TechCrunch 1/14/07: "For the blogger crowd, it would be very useful to ...
30 Jan 2007
- IDEA #6 - LikeLoveOrHate.com (a HotOrNot for interests ̵ ...
HotOrNot displays a photo of someone and asks you whether they are Hot Or Not. What if the ...
28 Jan 2007
- IDEA #5 - Video & Audio Ratings of Transactions (Busine ...
How many millions of transactions are happening each day? Whether I'm looking to buy somet ...
24 Jan 2007
- IDEA #4 - The MySpace Killer? Proximity Social Networking
I have said in the past that if MySpace is v1.0 of social networking, then MyBlogLog is v ...
23 Jan 2007
- IDEA #3 - ShareMy.net (”share my internet”)
I've written about this idea in the past (here and here). ShareMyWifi (I own 'ShareMy.ne ...
23 Jan 2007
- All My Web Ideas, are all Yours
I've made a decision -- I'm not going to be holding ideas back on this blog. I've been mar ...
19 Jan 2007
- IDEA #2 - Print-On-Demand Books at Airports
Airports have just become ridiculous. I recently visited my father in NC -- it was roughly ...
18 Jan 2007
- IDEA #1: Multiple callers-to-text transcription software
Don't you hate sitting through 60-minute podcasts only to hear 3-minutes of worthiness? J ...
18 Jan 2007
- Welcome to Techquila Shots!
The mission of this blog is to spark ideas and business creativity in my readers. I have s ...
17 Jan 2007
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