Monthly Archives: January 2011

SEO: Friend or Foe?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by jkurth

I write this post at great risk of offending some good friends in the SEO business. So let me begin by saying this: SEO is not easy. It requires diligent attention to a constantly-changing set of rules and competence with … Continue reading →

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Helping Developers Sell Themselves

Posted on January 27, 2011 by jkurth

8iFY.com is chock full of ideas for web developers to escape the nine-to-five grind and make money for themselves. It’s not the sack of get-rich-quick B.S. that usually plagues the web. No, it’s practical advice for earning a few extra … Continue reading →

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Brian Balfour on Workaholism

Posted on January 21, 2011 by jkurth

See the original post here, as featured in today’s Startup Digest reading list: Workaholics While some have their head in a book, others just have their head down.  It is easy to think that the more hours you put in … Continue reading →

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The 80 Hour Myth (via ‘Startup Boy’ Naval Ravikant)

Posted on January 21, 2011 by jkurth

Naval Ravikant is a successful serial entrepreneur, angel investor, creator of VentureHacks.com and co-founder of AngelList.com, where entrepreneurs are raising $50,000 to $5 Million in an average span of two weeks with access to series A investors. Needless to say, … Continue reading →

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Groupon: Building Trust with Overt Honesty

Posted on January 18, 2011 by jkurth

Rarely do we enjoy such a high-profile example of accountability and honesty. Groupon founder and CEO Andrew Mason knows that trust is too valuable an asset to lose, and he’s made a wonderfully poignant effort to keep it:

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Value, Compensation, and Integrity: Employer Conduct in the Great Recession

Posted on January 11, 2011 by jkurth

I’m conducting an informal twitter poll to receive feedback on this topic. This post will soon be updated with the responses I receive and a brief discussion of every employer’s dilemma.

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Ingredients for Sabotaging Your Business: #1) Arrogance

Posted on January 6, 2011 by jkurth

Bloomberg Businessweek recently featured an article by Alaina Love about the cost of arrogant leadership. Arrogance exacts a heavy toll by eroding the most valuable assets of your business, all of which eventually impact the bottom line; leadership effectiveness, innovative … Continue reading →

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Being Good at Bad Marketing

Posted on January 5, 2011 by jkurth

I earned a B.S. degree in marketing — with no small irony. I thought throughout college and the first years of my career that marketing was indeed mostly bullshit. This is not to say I thought marketing required no skill. … Continue reading →

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What are Your Non-Financial Metrics of Corporate Success?

Posted on January 3, 2011 by jkurth

I’m really looking forward to reading Umair Haque’s new book, The New Capitalist Manifesto, Building a Disruptively Better Business. I’ve read lots of his blog writing across the Harvard Business Review and other venues, and included several of his thoughts … Continue reading →

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