One of the most common frustrations website and blog owners face, particularly those who are new to the space, is to get their pages indexed or listed on search engines quickly. Because of the amount of spam and saturation on the Internet, it takes a website or blog longer to get included in search engine search results today than ever before. MORE >>

As part of our Lean LaunchPad  classes at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and for the National Science Foundation, students build a startup in 8 weeks using Business Model Design + Customer Development. One of the problems they run into is building a web site. and Balsamiq  and throwing together a web site. What are the steps in building a web site?” MORE >>

Social media gives small businesses a platform to amplify their voice and visibility among prospective customers. For many small businesses, this is a rich opportunity, as you can see in the following infographic – a look at social media use by small businesses (click image for full size version). Have questions? MORE >>

I’ve decided today that I’m going to boycott sites that use reCAPTCHA. I’m sick and tired of fighting with that thing. can never, ever read those words. spent 20 minutes just now trying to register with a site, and refreshed the recaptcha over 70 times! This happens to me all the freaking time. was wrong. Use one of them instead. MORE >>

Behind most great startup success stories is a long list of mistakes! Unfortunately, for every success story you see, there is an even longer list of failure stories with mistakes that you don’t see. But rather than dwell on the failures, I’ve tried to extract from them a list of practical action items that will improve your survival probability. MORE >>