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Mar, 2011Need a vacation!
I read almost every book that Verne Harnish recommends so when I saw this in his recent newsletter, I ordered do more faster a couple minutes later. Verne wrote: “Brad Feld Saved His Marriage — last month I read Brad’s outstanding book Do More Faster. Aimed at tech start-ups, there are plenty of lessons for [...]
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May, 2010Boulder Internet companies and tech startup resources
Boulder has been getting some good press recently which encouraged me to create this list of Boulder Internet companies and entrepreneurial resources. Feel free to e-mail suggestions to eric at justjobs dot com. Boulder startup resources BoulderJobs.org and MileHighTechJobs.com NewTech – meetup & networking group StartupGuru – incubator TechStars – mentorship and seed stage fund [...]
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May, 2010Jeff Hoffman at StartUpGuru in Boulder
Last night I went out to hear Jeff Hoffman (a Priceline.com founder) speak at a StartUpGuru event. Some of the attendees were there hunting for VC money, looking for consulting work, or looking to hire programmers. I went in the hope of hearing a good entrepreneurship yarn. I enjoy a good concert occasionally, especially violin, [...]
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Jun, 2009Job search engine launched 3 1/2 years later!
Today is the day we’re announcing JustJobs.com and it’s precisely three and a half years after the idea was conceived and planning started. That sounds slightly absurd to me but then again, this is a big complex project. There were delays and missteps of all kinds – fortunately, the ones we know about have been [...]
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Apr, 2009Twittering for bad karma – the entrepreneurs five-step plan
At first, I thought Twitter was foolish, then, I tried it and became enamored. About six months later, I lost all respect for Twitter. A few months more, and I can finally see its strengths and weaknesses in balance. The strengths are pretty easy – meet and interact with new people that interest you, market [...]
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Mar, 2009Job anxiety? Listen up!
We are constantly blasted by negative messages today and if you run a business or if you’ve been laid off or had your salary cut, you’re experiencing changes that confirm the talk. Anxiety is a natural consequence of all this. Is anxiety or fear helpful? If these emotions are on display in your next job [...]
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Nov, 2008Try-everything competition among job boards?
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know that competition is one of my obsessions… so, I couldn’t pass up talking about Jason Calacanis’ ideas on the future of the startup. I really like two things Jason says – first he calls this the ‘try everything’ era and truly I believe in [...]
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Sep, 2008Still takes 10 years to succeed on the internet… or more!
I see the effects of this slow-down everywhere. Recession talk, recession thinking and recession actions… it’s driving a lot of change. Having been through one of these before, it’s important to remember a few things: The economy only turns when it reaches the bottom. The bottom is not the point where people see hope for [...]
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Aug, 2008I CAN’T FAIL. I CAN’T GO BACK TO…
“I CAN’T FAIL. I CAN’T GO BACK TO WORKING IN…” said the job board entrepreneur I talked to yesterday. This determination reminded me strongly of my own attitude 11 years ago. I quit two jobs in a row after working in them only six months each. I told everyone I knew that I was starting [...]
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Aug, 2008What are you struggling with?
What do you struggle the most with? Let me know over at OnlineRecruitingNews.com and I will try to answer if I can be helpful or commiserate with you. This is also where you can reach me easily if you cannot find my e-mail address or you are having trouble getting me on the phone.
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May, 2008Meet job board king Don Firth
To my knowledge Don Firth runs the largest family of profitable independently owned and self-financed job boards. His boards have a utilitarian look and are designed with the single purpose of helping candidates find jobs in a specific industry. But considering their performance, I wonder if my own company hasn’t paid too much attention to [...]
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May, 2008Meet Recruiting Nevada founder Doug Geinzer
Doug Geinzer just announced the sale of his job board (and second recruiting business) RecruitingNevada.com. Here’s Doug’s bio: Doug Geinzer has been in the recruiting business since 1989. Prior to Recruiting Nevada, he owned a media group, which included the Las Vegas Employment Guide; Las Vegas Career Fairs, Las Vegas’ largest career fair company; Las [...]
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Apr, 2008OLX.com targets Craiglist and job ads — the free classifieds threat
Free classifieds site and craigslist competitor OLX.com raised $13.5m yesterday which brings this Buenos Aires based company’s funding to $23.5m. TechCrunch has the story and some interesting comments left by accomplished co-founder Fabrice Grinda: Americans are not likely to have heard of OLX because its popularity lies mainly outside of the United States in places [...]
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Mar, 2008Blog politics — the dogfight
Want to make a living from your blog? This is Michael Arrington, writing about how VC money is flowing into the blog business and touching on the dogfight: And writing good content is only half the battle. You have to figure out the complex, dynamic web of politics between bloggers and mainstream media before you [...]
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Mar, 2008Meet AllCountyJobs.com and JobBoarders.com founder Chris Russell
Chris Russell is the founder of AllCountyJobs.com a fast growing network of local job boards in the Northeastern, US. Recently, he launched JobBoarders.com a social network for job board owners and employees. He also built and sold RecruitingFly.com a news site for the online recruiting industry. AllCountyJobs.com is a regional job board network. This network [...]
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Feb, 2008Laurel Touby Tells How She Built Mediabistro
This is a great read, don't miss it. Congratulations again to Laurel! New York City has always been a magnet for oversize ambitions and big dreams. When Laurel Touby showed up here, in 1985, her fantasy was to become a successful writer. She imagined spending her days in a big loft, hobnobbing with artists and [...]
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Mar, 2007Inspirational movies for business leaders
I especially enjoy sports and coaching movies because they often provide a great metaphor for business life whether you are in the job board business or any other. First the motivational movies and then pick-me-up list for those days when your business gives you the blues! Motivational Coach Carter Samuel L. Jackson plays the titular, [...]
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Mar, 2007Meet Indeed.com co-founder Rony Kahan
Before Rony Kahan co-founded vertical job search engine Indeed.com, he was building JobsInTheMoney.com and collaborating with us in the NicheBoards.com group.He’s one of the brightest sparks in job board industry and it was no surprise when he made such a splash with Indeed.com.It’s true I’ve said there are too many new job ventures.Nothing I said [...]
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Mar, 2007That's Management!
Jack Welch has a great column in Business Week about the balance between managing for short and long term results. The question was "Since there is such a bias in the markets for short-term results, how can you prepare for the long term?" The answer: "In a word, that's management!" He uses examples from a [...]
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Mar, 2007Watching internet business costs rise
Folks, the price of admission is going up, shooting up! Aaron Wall wrote about domain names again today and has a great anecdote about the hidden costs of using a weak domain name for your business. He also summarizes the value of a good domain nicely "Domain names may play a big roll not only [...]
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Jan, 2007An Entrepreneurial Biography of WebHosting.Com
Here's a great entrepreneurial story highlighting the value of a generic category-defining domain name. …To say that the domain had a transformative effect on our business would be an understatement of the highest order. The day we launched our new retail web hosting brand at WebHosting.com, our sales quadrupled and would continue to grow in [...]
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