Monthly Archives: May 2007
An Intro To Google Filters – #6 The Co-Citation Filter
It has been a couple of weeks since my last post on Google filters and I wanted to continue the series today by talking about the Co-Citation Filter. How It Works With its most recent updates, Google is focusing not …
Entrepreneur Profile – Profit Builder Software
Corey Kossack is the 23 year old founder of profitbuildersoftware.com has sold over $1 million in eBay products in less than two years and now has written a book to help others do the same. Corey’s book, "eBay Millionaire or …
How To Make Money Online
One of the blogs I like to read on a regular basis is by John Chow. He has gone from zero to over US$10,000 in monthly income all through blogging. Yesterday John released a free ebook that shares his secrets …
The Top 12 Venture Capital Firms For Young Entrepreneurs
Venture capital can be a critical component of an entrepreneur’s growth plans if you want to build a really big company quickly. Most venture capital firms, however, tend to prefer to fund companies who need expansion capital instead of startup …
Entrepreneur Profile – Zelly's Babysitting Service
I chose to do this profile because it shows that you can start your business part time while you are in school or have an existing job. You do not have to go full throttle right away to get a …
13 Year Old Pitching For Venture Capital
Following my post from yesterday on when an entrepreneur’s peak is, I came across this YouTube video that definitely made me feel old! It is of Anshul Samar, a 13 year old California native who is the CEO of a …
Is Your Entrepreneurial Peak Age 26?
Last week the popular Silicon Valley blog, Valleywag, put together a list of the hottest technology entrepreneurs and how old they were when they started their companies. The result was that most of them were in their 20s. Some venture …
On Site Factors To Raise Your Google Rankings
The Germany company SISTRIX conducted a study of 10,000 random keywords and then performed an analysis of the top 100 Google results for each keyword. Now that is a lot of data crunching! They looked at what on site factors …
Entrepreneur Profile – Synergy Dance Academy
I learned about Kari Herman through the Colorado Springs Business Journal (CSBJ). Kari is a 20 year old entrepreneur and owner of Synergy Dance Academy. Kari went to a prestigious dance school, gained experience in teaching classes, and lined up …
Focus On The Highest Paying Work
This weekend is a Canadian holiday (today included) and yesterday was my birthday. I like to take time every year to think back on my goals and look at what I am working on (in addition to testing out the …
Checking For Broken Links
Earlier this month I wrote about Google’s Broken Link Filter and how important it is to make sure all the links on your website work. For internal links I recommended using the GSiteCrawler program and asked my blog readers to …
How To Make Yourself Look Big
Yesterday I had a call with a reporter who was doing an article for the New York Times. The topic was how to make yourself look big. Apperance is important when you are selling your products / services because most …
An Intro To Google Filters – #5 The Too Many Links Filter
If you have been following my series on Google Filters you will already have had a good introduction to some of the things Google looks at when deciding on where to rank your website versus your competitors. Today we are …
4 Tips To Choosing A Business Name
Inspired by a post on the YE Forums about a member’s challenges in selecting a business name I thought I would share some tips on how to choose the right name for your company. Make It Memorable You have only …
How To Get Access To (Almost) Anyone
As a young entrepreneur I am always looking to learn from others who have paved the way before me. I am a big believer in Modeling Masters – why struggle through the ups and downs of entrepreneurship when you can …
Google Files New Patents – What It Means For You
Last month Google filed for two new patents: Document Scoring Based on Traffic Associated with a Document and Document Scoring Based on Query Analysis. The two patents are in addition to the other patents that Google has filed. Some of …
Ways To Bootstrap Your Business
I was reading through the YE Forums today and noticed a thread on bootstrapping so I thought I would share a list of top ways to bootstrap your business. For those of you who are not familiar with the term, …
Young Entrepreneur Profile – The Walker Project
Mike Walker is 27 years old and is taking the surfboard industry by storm. Like many entrepreneurs Mike started his business as a hobby and worked out of his parent’s garage when he was 17. "I started building boards during …
Summer Camp For Young Entrepreneurs
Now here is an opportunity I wish I had been given when I was in summer camp! This August a group of 44 young entrepreneurs aged 14 to 16 will be invited to join Carrefour Jeunesse-Emploi of Montreal. It is …
An Intro To Google Filters – #4 The Broken Link Filter
The next in my series on Google Filters looks at the Broken Link Filter. The backbone of Google’s search engine is based on links so it is no wonder that the Broken Link Filter is given a lot of attention. …
How Young Entrepreneurs Differ From Older Entrepreneurs
American Express ran a survey to find out if young entrepreneurs were really all that different from older entrepreneurs and it turns out that we are! The main findings were: Similarities Optimistic about the U.S. economy (64% young, 62% old) …
Young Entrepreneur Profile – Eazyfone Group
I came across an interesting profile of Pete Petrondas and thought I would share it with you. Pete founded Eazyfone to sell mobile phone contracts to customers and quickly built his business to 14 employees and 250,000 pounds in revenue. …
Young Millionaires
Entrepreneur.com put out a cool slideshow that I just came across which profiles some of the most successful entrepreneurs under 40 years of age in America. It includes people like Tina Wells, 26, founder of Buzz Marketing Group, a youth …
An Intro To Google Filters – #3 Google's Link Farm Filter
In my continuing series on Google Filters, today I will discuss the Link Farm Filter. Google’s search engine ranks web pages according to their incoming links. Before Google put a big emphasis on getting quality links, early search engine optimizers …
