This year the movie industry made  $30 billion  (1/3 in the U.S. from box-office revenue. But the total movie industry revenue was  $87 billion. Where did the other $57 billion come from? The Movie Industry and Technology Progress. In each case, the new technology produced a new market far larger than the impact it had on the existing market. MORE >>

While I was in the midst of moving, I had the opportunity to meet with one of the guys from Linkdex and was given a private tour of their awesome SEO tool. Unfortunately, all of the moving hassle involved since then, caused me to forget much of what I intended to write about. Sorry. Get lots of backlink analysis and tracking. Tools of the Trade MORE >>

Every startup, as well as mature business, needs to learn as much as possible from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, who have set the standards for fast growth and success in today’s business world. Whether you believe his conclusion or not, you can learn a lot from the tips he offers on how to build a competitive business model today: Act small. MORE >>

(Powered by LaunchBit ). It’s fairly well understood at this point that performance is a critical aspect of building for the web. Better performance typically means better results (for whatever you’re trying to get people to do.) E-commerce transactions go up. Sign-up conversions go up. And so on. won’t name names (it doesn’t matter.) MORE >>

This classic 25-word definition pares entrepreneurship to its essence and explains why it's so hard. And so addictive. As an entrepreneur, you surely have an elevator pitch, the pithy 15-second synopsis of what your company does and why, and you can all but repeat it in your sleep. It was conceived 37 years ago by HBS professor Howard Stevenson. MORE >>