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A Visit to BarcampDC 2008

This past weekend I attended Barcamp DC which was the second iteration of Washington’s version of BarCamp, a technology workshop or “unconference” meant to demonstrate new business ideas and promote discussion of the top tech issues. An “unconference” is meant to be an informal gathering. So informal that the makeshift schedule was made with blue [...]

PopTech 2008: Clay Shirky in Digital Freedoms

Clay Shirky spoke at Poptech in the session called Digital Freedom. Clay Shirky  is adjunct professor in New York University’s graduate interactive telecommunications program. In February 2008, he published Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations.  Other speakers on this panel :

Matt Mason author of The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing [...]

PopTech 2008: Chris Anderson in Digital Freedoms

I sat in the second row in front as I wanted to make sure that I did not miss anything. The speakers:

Chris Anderson Author of "The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More" and author of the forthcoming book ‘Free’. His day job is Editor in Chief if Wired magazine [...]

Interview with Matt Jacobson of LaunchBox Digital

The technology startup world has seen its share of ups and downs over the last 10 years. During the last boom there were many companies that set up “incubators” which provided startups with office space, professional services and most importantly, funding to get them up and running. Back then it took a lot more money [...]

Want to Join the Network Solutions Stars

Have you heard the BUZZ about our upcoming video event for small businesses?
Here’s how you can attend:
a) Bookmark this page – http://www.solutionsstarsvideo.com/
b) Create a calendar event for themselves
c) Choose the event time
d) Come up with good questions for the chat room
We’d love it if you’d grab a badge for your blog or site.
All of these [...]

Building Your Brand Series – Part 2 – Responding

In Part 1 of this series I talked about the various tools that can be used for listening. I also interviewed Alex DeCarvahlo who has a new product called StartPR.com.
You will want to listen for awhile before responding. Look for trends & see where people are talking about your product/services. What is the tone? Are [...]

Entrepreneurship Interview with Barg Upender of Intridea

Intridea is a fast growing software solutions company here in the DC metro area. For the last two years friends, Barg Upender, Yoshi Maisami and David Naffis have been building one of the premier Ruby on Rails (RoR) development shops in the nation. For those of you who don’t know what Ruby on Rails is, [...]

Your Ideas Are Power

Not too long ago I interviewed Jeff Crites in regard to his passion for Open Innovation. Open innovation is the process of gathering ideas from customers & employees to better improve a company’s products & resources. Dell has been using IdeaStorm for awhile.
Network Solutions has made the commitment to gather your ideas! We are proud [...]

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Entrepreneur Interview with Bradley Blinn of Mingle360

We have all probably been to a trade show or networking event and the one thing that is a necessary evil is having a block of business cards weighing down your pockets. What can be even worse is when you forget all your cards and have nothing to give to people and collect a ton [...]