Announcement: Schmoozd launches new job board
In an effort to provide services and functionality that our followers’ value, Schmoozd has launched Startups.LA a job board that will publish job posts all throughout our network of followers and fans. This…
Watch What You Post Online – It Just Might Haunt You Forever
Efficient communication is perhaps the main advantage provided by the internet. However, because of the lack of regulations that in turn owe to the fact that regulating the internet itself is complicated beyond…
From Science Fiction to Science Fact
by James Conrad 19th century French science fiction author Jules Verne predicted a tremendous amount of technology that was unheard of in his lifetime, but would become commonplace much later. For example, 20,000…
Shopping for shoes
So I went to Nordstrom Rack to buy some shoes today. I got it matched and turned away to go to the front register to pay. The associate there quickly asked if I…
Angel Investors: The Lifeblood Of Any Startup
By. James Conrad By nature, visionary people have a strong independent streak. These are the exact sort of people who would be absolutely MISERABLE in nine-to-five suit-and-tie jobs, especially if the business plan…
GoToMeeting – Conferences In The Comfort Of Your Home
In 2004, Citrix Online, a software company based out of Santa Barbara, California introduced GoToMeeting, a cloud-based service that makes it possible for people to meet with other computer users, customers, clients or…
How to Break Out of the Pack
Everyone likes the idea of being unique, but when it comes down to it many of us never really separate from the pack. In this lecture delivered at the Pepperdine School of Business,…
If You Need Milk Why Buy A Cow? – The Advantages of Cloud Computing
The idea of cloud computing entails using a connection to the internet and central and remote servers to maintain data and applications. The advantage of cloud computing is that individuals and businesses can…
Keeping Tabs With Google Bookmarks
Google Bookmarks is a cloud-based service that lets you save your favorite sites and attach labels and annotations. As opposed to the Bookmarks menu in your web browser, the ones that you pick…
Google Reader – All Your Updates Are Just A Mouse-Click Away
As information technology has become more widespread, the number of social networking and/or web logging sites has exploded. We have WordPress, BlogSpot, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, MeetUp and FourSquare, just to name a…
