Matthew Toren
Matthew Toren is an Award Winning Author, Serial Entrepreneur, and Investor. He Co-Founded YoungEntrepreneur.com along with his brother Adam. Matthew is co-author of the newly released book:Small Business, Big Vision: “Lessons on How to Dominate Your Market from Self-Made Entrepreneurs Who Did it Right” and also co-author of Kidpreneurs.
Google Turns a New Page… and Grows Up
By Adam Toren | January 21, 2011
What most people don’t know about Google is that it was begun by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, essentially two young men who could create a search engine that works, but they weren’t necessarily interested in managing it. As Google has grown into a super-giant, the management has been left up to management professionals, most [...]
How LivingSocial + Amazon.com = One Crazy Idea
By Matthew Toren | January 20, 2011
When you’re looking at the deals that come into your email box each day, most of them get deleted. And when you’re browsing Facebook or moving the Twitter updates up and down, you’re probably dismissing most of the information you see. But yesterday was different. On many Facebook boards and Twitter feeds was the deal [...]
Using Technology to Work through Mother Nature’s Worst
By Adam Toren | January 20, 2011
Whether your business is run from a single location or spread all over the world, if you’re in business long enough, there is a good chance weather will affect you at some point. In today’s business world, consistent movement of goods and information is vital, and Mother Nature has a lot of tricks up her [...]
Cheezburger is at the Top of its Game?
By Matthew Toren | January 19, 2011
If there was ever a business idea that makes an English teacher wince and take another sip from the flask under their desk, it would be (I Can Haz) Cheezburger. This site, filled with cute pictures of animals alongside phonetically spelled comments, is a place people return to again and again. This is not a [...]
Going Local or Loca? Patch.com Might Have the Answer
By Adam Toren | January 18, 2011
AOL has needed to do something special, something different. With the popularity dwindling in the shadows of other email services, they needed something to set them apart – enter Patch.com. Patch.com is a series of news sites that offer nationwide coverage of local events and stories. Set up in 800 towns so far, Patch.com seeks [...]
Milewise – Make Your Airline Miles Rewarding
By Matthew Toren | January 18, 2011
A program for your frequent flyer miles that helps you cash in the miles you have so you can get the rewards you want – sound crazy? Not anymore. No more waiting around for the miles to be redeemed or for the mileage program to tell you that you need to wait to book your [...]
Technology Brings the House Call to a Whole New Level
By Adam Toren | January 17, 2011
It used to be common that doctors came to your home when you needed care. That model went away a long time ago and was replaced with us visiting their offices or the hospital. But advancements in mobile technology are making it possible to go back to the house call while taking a great leap [...]
Twitter’s 140 Characters Need More Space to Grow
By Matthew Toren | January 14, 2011
When a company starts out small, like less than 200 characters small, how much space does it need? With the additional $200M investment in Twitter, it seems the small thinking company needs more room to grow. Located, currently, in the SoMa district at the corner of 4th St. and Folsolm, Twitter is a local icon [...]
Kabbage and Money – One Reason to Give Vegetables Another Chance
By Adam Toren | January 13, 2011
Do you need money to get your online business off the ground? Are you an eBay seller who needs capital in order to have inventory to sell? Turns out, Kabbage is just what you need! Kabbage is a company that provides capital to a variety of merchants, and with additional funding, they can begin to [...]
Myspace Lays Off 500 Employees – Sign of Coming Doom?
By Matthew Toren | January 12, 2011
If we’re honest with ourselves about the social networking world, there are only a few players that we’re interested in: Facebook, Twitter, and maybe a few others. Myspace is the one we all used to use when it was ‘cool,’ but then it became a teenager’s dream – and the grownups left them to their [...]
The Biggest Non-Secret Around: Thanks Verizon
By Adam Toren | January 11, 2011
If the iPhone for Verizon isn’t announced today, many an AT&T subscriber is going to be upset. In fact, some experts believe an angry mob will be waiting for Verizon executives if 1-11-11 isn’t going to live up to the constant rumors. Since 2007, AT&T has been the sole carrier for Apple’s iPhone, signing an [...]
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