6 Steps To Immediately Starting Your Own Business

February 9, 2009

Did you just get laid off? Or are you looking for a way to earn more cash? Either way, now is the best time to start your own business, but the hardest part is getting started. Starting a business is like pulling off a band-aid RIGHT OFF! Collected here are 6 immediate steps you can [...]

2009's Highest Paying CPM Advertising Networks

January 14, 2009

We cataloged the best advertising networks in 2008, and given that things in the digital advertising world change so quickly, I wanted to update you guys on what we’re using on Grooveshark and what the highest paying ad networks you should be running on your own sites. A couple of the networks I highlighted in [...]

7 Easy Cost Cutting Measures to Help Businesses Weather the Recession

December 22, 2008

How can my company cut costs, but still retain our top talent? We don’t want to cut too deep and not be prepared when the economy starts to come back around. Entrepreneurs have to make some tough decisions this Holiday season, amid the worst recession we’ve probably ever seen. If we cut back too far, [...]

Are You Costing Your Company Money?

December 22, 2008

In our current economic climate, companies need to be evaluating every single expense, and how they can reduce or eliminate them. Could you be contributing to one of your company’s biggest costs? Sure, employees are any company’s greatest expense, and also their greatest asset. I’m not suggesting that you are wasting your time, thus costing [...]

The Secret Behind Pixar's 9 Straight Blockbusters

December 9, 2008

When putting together a great company, you start with the best talent. In our article, how to retain the best talent, we told you the best perks to help you keep your best people happy, but how do we maximize our talented workforce? Great minds like to work in numbers, and nobody knows that better [...]

Gainesville Delivery is Booming or How To Make Money With Local Affiliate Marketing In Your College Town

November 5, 2008

Gainesville has more restaurants per capita than any other city in North Florida. There are more than 10 different pizza restaurants, about 7 or more sushi restaurants, and countless Chinese food restaurants.

Major Breakthrough in Solar Power Could Solve Our Energy Problems

September 11, 2008

By observing how plants store energy via photosynthesis, Daniel Nocera of MIT labs has discovered a way to revolutionize how solar power is stored. The solution is apparently a scalable, very cost effective solution that can be brought to market in the near future. Until now, solar power has been a daytime-only energy source, because [...]

How to Sell Ads on Your Site Without Even Trying

August 19, 2008

Like many hurdles with startups, the first of everything is always the hardest. The first money is always the hardest to raise, the first employees are always the hardest to find, and the first advertiser is always the hardest. We’ve already covered how we’re selling advertising on our startup. Now, these days, advertising is the [...]

Why is iMeem Killing Rhapsody, Napster, & eMusic in Traffic?

August 5, 2008

iMeem has received ~$25 million in Venture Capital, currently has all 4 major labels signed to licensing deals, and has about 10 million visitors per month to their website. As for their competition, Rhapsody is doing the best with 4 million visitors, while Napster and eMusic struggle with 2 million visitors. Granted, these are great [...]

Analyzing Startup ROI in the Music Space: Lala vs Grooveshark vs we7

July 2, 2008

Working at Grooveshark, we’ve long been the underdog in the startup music game, and I definitely don’t think things have changed for us, but after 2 years of hard work, we’re finally starting to see some of the fruits of our labor. Rhapsody is spending $50 million on their new DRM-free campaign to try to [...]