How the RIAA YouTube Suit Wins John McCain the White House

July 29, 2008

John McCain has been (rumored) sued by the RIAA for using a song without permission in a recent YouTube video, and with this suit, John McCain has an opportunity to turn his, so far, unfortunate run for the White House into a rallying cry for the average Joe and in turn land him in the [...]

Startup Interview: Zambino, How to Actually Make Money on YouTube

July 28, 2008

Zambino is a solution to monetizing YouTube videos. Currently YouTube has a content-share program for video producers, but unfortunately it is limited to only the top 1% of producers and leaves the little guy out of the loop. Fortunately, the team at Zambino has created a solution that can work for the little guys out [...]

50 Cent is Suing Taco Bell For $.79, $.89, $.99? No, $4 Million

July 24, 2008

50 Cent, the consummate promoter, entrepreneur, rapper, Vitamin Water rep, gamer, video gamer character, and now publicity stunt for Taco Bell is now suing Taco Bell for unfairly using his trademark. 50 Cent Has a Case Against Taco Bell While I typically abhor these ridiculous lawsuits where the plaintiff is simply trying to pocket some [...]

Why This Economy Is The Perfect Time to Start a Business

July 24, 2008

Entrepreneurs are constantly looking for opportunities to start up a new business and contrary to what you might think, mortgage crises like were experiencing now are the best times to form a startup. The housing bill on the table in the House and Senate will be bailing out the Fannies and Freddies and giving local [...]

How to Find Great Startup Ideas

July 23, 2008

Startup ideas are a dime a dozen, at least if you ask a startup-entrepreneur. There are ideas and then there are great ideas. What differentiates the two ideas is a great idea can turn into a startup company. It is something so powerful that it allows you to transcend simply a product or a concept [...]

3 Tips to Optimize Your Blog for Adsense

July 21, 2008

Advertising is your blog’s lifeline. We’re all trying to provide a great resource to our readers in our blog’s content, but we need to pay the bills and sever costs can get expensive. Optimizing your advertising is a way to reduce the amount of clutter your readers see and also provide the least amount of [...]

Wise Startup Blog Giveaway: Free Grooveshark $5 Gift Cards

July 18, 2008

To thank my loyal readers of Wise Startup Blog, I’ve collected 5 Grooveshark $5 gift cards on a first-come-first serve basis for use on any of Grooveshark’s ~9 million or so tracks. Chris Pirillo recently claimed you could find any song on Grooveshark, so make a search and try to find something they don’t have. [...]

How to Generate Buzz for Your Startup for Free

July 16, 2008

Twitter is a great social utility that lets people microblog on their daily activities, rants, raves and general discussions about just about anything in the world. Thankfully, Twitter is free and is a great resource for startups looking for a way to generate some free buzz. Thanks to the team at Tweetscan, you can easily [...]

When to Begin Advertising on Your Startup: Gummy Bear Theory

July 16, 2008

Web 2.0 Startups are constantly in “beta-mode” with each day bringing new advancements to the product, and the service never fully matures. This is great for the users, as they will always be presented with a better and better service, but on the startup-side it’s a difficult cycle to fall into. While your product is [...]

How to Build Your Startup Advertising Department

July 16, 2008

As a startup entrepreneur, you have to learn a lot on your own. You most likely don’t have any experience building a company and most likely you’ve probably never worked for a real company before, at least I can speak for those of us fresh out of college or dropouts. So a lot of what [...]

How to Build Your Own Startup Blog

July 16, 2008

Have the itch to start a business but don’t know the best place to start? Let’s start by walking you through setting your own startup blog so you can flesh out some ideas and start to network with the entrepreneur community online. I’m going to walk you through setting up your own startup blog, just [...]

Where To Raise Your First Startup Capital

July 16, 2008

Raising money is one of the most difficult aspects of running a startup, and assuming you already know how to self-fund and bootstrap for as long as possible.

Looking for a Web 2.0 Job on FriendFeed? Use Your Blog As a Reference

July 16, 2008

I spoke to a professional recruiter the other day who’s seeing his job being phased out due to technology and web 2.0. He’s looking to move into a Ning-like social network to help him with recruiting, staying current, and offering a scalable solution for employers. Competing for jobs in the web 2.0 world is an [...]

Add Reddit, Stumbleupon, Delicious, & Digg Submit Buttons to WordPress

July 16, 2008

I spent all of this morning trying to find a good article to help me get Reddit, Stumbleupon, Delicious & Digg on my homepage as well as on each individual blog post, but I couldn’t find any good resource. Everything was just spammed-filled crap, so after spending the good part of this morning on this [...]

Medialets Launches Platform to Get Ads on the iPhone App Store

July 16, 2008

With the upcoming release of the iPhone 3G, and the new iPhone App store, the blogosphere has been in a flurry to cover every event tied to this release. We’ve covered the best iPhone 3G Killers, put together a new owner’s guide, and now we have the Advertising Network built around the new App Store. [...]

There is No iPhone 3G Killer, The iPhone App Store is Awesome !

July 16, 2008

While I’ve tried to drum up the iPhone 3G Killer in previous posts, nothing T-mobile or Sprint or Verizon can cook up can compare to the iPhone and its entire iTunes ecosystem. Apple is such a great company because they control the entire user experience. This control does come at great costs and often can [...]