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TweetStats :: for mckoss

mike — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:28:56 GMT

Damon's Twitter Statistics site. Really cool visualizations about how you're using twitter - see how many tweets you send at different times of the day, where they are coming from, etc.

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Trails | Topo Maps | Hiking | Mountain Biking - Trails.com

mike — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:50:31 GMT

Really nice local site with information on hiking trails across the country. Not very "deep" content, but seems extensive.

Alexa 8,500 is very impressive for a niche site like this.

Quoted: Trails.com is the premier resource for trail reviews, hiking trails, mountain bike trails and many other outdoor activities. Find more than 43,000 trail descriptions and topo maps.

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Others Online Blog: Online Advertising 101 - For Web Sites

mohit — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:48:02 GMT

Helpful article if you plan on starting a business that intends to make money via advertising.

Quoted: As a result, I believe the vast majority of this ad inventory is being monetized by arbitrageurs via ad exchanges. Ad exchanges such as Right Media differ from ad networks primarily in their pricing model, which works like a stock exchange. This facilitates an arbitrage model where those who know something about your audience will buy your ad inventory at very low rates and resell at higher rates. Of course, this doesn't always work well for you the publisher -- they don't share what they know about your audience with anyone, because the lower their price the more money they make.

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TripHub Reaches Its Final Destination: The Deadpool

mohit — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:27:09 GMT

We used TripHub for a group ski trip last year. I though the concept was good but the execution was a bit lacking. And, as with many consumer Web plays, it takes a lot of work (and luck) to reach critical mass and positive cash flow before funding runs out.

Quoted: TripHub, a Seattle-based group oriented travel site, has closed its doors. We originally covered the company’s beta launch in September 2006, when we described it as a good way to help compile and centralize information for a group trip, but questioned if it was viable as a standalone business, especially against other players in the travel space like Yahoo Travel.

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Picking a good t-shirt (marketing swag) provider in Seattle | TeachStreet Blog

mike — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:22:08 GMT

Nice summary of SWAG providers for Seattle.

Quoted: Yep -- TeachStreet is officially becoming huge -- we officially have crossed the chasm and need to get some marketing swag (I thought it was spelled schwag, but

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Jott has come out of "beta"

mike — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:13:15 GMT

Jott is converting from free/beta to Ad-support and Subscription (paid) plans (starting at $4/month).

Jott is a great service - I'm sure many people (myself included) will be willing to pay for it.

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Facebook | Faves

mike — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:28:45 GMT

The Faves app is now live on facebook. Give it try!

Quoted: Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.

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Mike K's Book - Bellevue, WA - Judy's Book

mike — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:29:40 GMT

Judys Book is "back to basics" after being liquidated and sold to a "mystery buyer". I wonder if this will turn out to be a good turnaround story?

Quoted: What is Mike K. saying about Seattle, WA businesses to friends, family and people like you. Find the best deals and local businesses including restaurants, retail stores, dentists, doctors and real estate agents reviews by real people in Seattle, WA

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Futuristic Play by @andrew_null (Andrew Chen): Are Web 2.0 startups wasting their time with Web 2.0 early adopters?

royleban — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:13:00 GMT

Quoted: Cookie cutter go-to-market strategies
I run into a lot of startups that have identical strategies for getting to market. When you talk to them, a lot of them will talk about the same questions:

1. When are you launching?
2. What do you do to get on Techcrunch/Venturebeat/DEMO/etc.?
3. How do you think Twitter/Friendfeed/etc got their successful launches?

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スタートアップのベンチャーが死なないために知っておいたほうがいいこと - 元ファンドマネージャーのバイト日記

ersukiinfo — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:23:33 GMT

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