It’s more fun tackling the challenges of a startup in between job search activities, than sitting around feeling sorry for yourself and waiting for status callbacks on interviews (which seem to have gone out of style). Use social networking and blogging to get your message out. entrepreneur business startup founder job search MORE >>

For example: - Mobile searches increased by a massive 400-percent in 2011. 70-percent of people on social networks are also online shoppers. 68-percent of businesses plan to integrate social media marketing with their e-mail marketing. For 2012, there are some trends that you need to be aware of. MORE >>

Facebook allows users to download their personal information (photos, profile info, etc) but has been fiercely protective of the social graph (you can’t download friends, etc). In contrast, Google has taken an aggressively open posture with respect to the social graph, calling Facebook’s policy “data protectionism.&#. MORE >>

There are, by my count, something like a gazillion social networks. But that isn’t to say that you can’t start a successful social network project catering to a well-defined niche or by bringing something new to the table. There have been over 2 million created on Ning alone. The idea is simple enough. MORE >>

Almost every app category has a dominate app – social fb , weather  weather.com , etc. Not testing out other a  networks, started with admob and didn’t change it. Passed location to ad networks and saw more effective ad rev, but users were pissed as to why location was needed to search recipes. Viola! Check! MORE >>