HOW TO: Stay Competitive in a World of Online Price Transparency
Langley Steinert is the CEO/founder of CarGurus, a leading online automotive community which provides price transparency tools for car shopping. Previously, Steinert was chairman/co-founder of TripAdvisor, the largest online travel community in the world. Prior to TripAdvsior, Steinert was VP of marketing at Viaweb (acquired by Yahoo!).
How to know if you're ready to entrepreneur
Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Spark Minute identifies five factors that set ready entrepreneurs apart. How do you measure up? Here are just two:
Responsive Web Design
The English architect Christopher Wren once quipped that his chosen field “aims for Eternity,” and there’s something appealing about that formula: Unlike the web, which often feels like aiming for next week, architecture is a discipline very much defined by its permanence. Article Continues Below A building’s foundation defines its footprint, which defines its frame, which shapes the facade.
List of StarCraft II units
The following is a complete unit list for StarCraft II multiplayer game units to date. StarCraft II was announced on May 19, 2007. The unit list has undergone numerous changes since then. The first StarCraft II product, Wings of Liberty, was released on July 27, 2010.
Five Reasons Why Your Mission Statement Probably Stinks
I can probably count on one hand the number of great company mission statements I've seen in my over two decades in marketing. While most business owners have been told that they need to have a mission statement, not everyone has been instructed on how to create one that's useful and meaningful. By definition, a mission statement communicates the fundamental purpose and values of a business or organization.
10 Essential Online Resources for Preparing Your Small Business Taxes
With record-keeping and quarterly payments, tax planning is a year-round event for the small business owner. Tax-related activities, tho February 14, 2011
How JavaScript & HTML5 Are Remaking the Web
The Future Web Series is supported by Elsevier's SciVerse Application Marketplace and Developer Network. The SciVerse applications platform enables developers to build apps based on trusted scientific content. Learn more. HTML5 is no longer just a buzz word. It — along with JavaScript and CSS3 — is quickly helping reshape perceptions of what a web browser and web standards can achieve.
50 Life Secrets and Tips
Memorize something everyday.Not only will this leave your brain sharp and your memory functioning, you will also have a huge library of quotes to bust out at any moment. Poetry, sayings and philosophies are your best options.Constantly try to reduce your attachment to possessions.Those who are heavy-set with material desires will have a lot of trouble when their things are taken away from them or lost. Possessions do end up owning you, not the other way around. Become a person of minimal needs and you will be much more content.Develop an endless curiosity about this world.Become an explorer and view the world as your jungle. Stop and observe all of the little things as completely unique events.
Five Tax Write-Offs You Might Not Know About
A slew of new breaks are now available on common expenses for some growing companies. Entrepreneurs might find tax time a bit less taxing this year and next due to some new write-offs covering a range of common expenses for growing businesses. Here's a quick look at five breaks aimed at certain businesses that you'll want to know about: 1.
Cogito » Blog Archive » The Ontology Myth
For the past year, I have been observing a phenomenon in the US market, that of the spread of the ‘myth’ of ontology. Ontologies are important elements for understanding text through semantic analysis, but they are insufficient (and, often, not even necessary) to resolve the problem of how to handle unstructured knowledge. Nonetheless, according to this ‘idea,’ they say that if you have a complete ontology, you don’t need anything else.
201 Ways to Arouse Your Creativity
Arouse your creativity Electric flesh-arrows … traversing the body. A rainbow of color strikes the eyelids.
Let Your 'Story' Frame Your Business Plan
Don't think of it as a formal document but as a collection of your stories, combined with concrete goals. I believe stories can contain as much or more truth than pure "facts." Think of the power of the phrases sour grapes, crying wolf, or the emperor's new clothes. Don't they tell us something instantly, regardless of historical fact, because we understand the story? My favorite part of an investment pitch or an elevator speech is where the entrepreneur talks about how some ideal customer has a problem and this new business solves it.
Categories, Links, and Tags
Ontology is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags This piece is based on two talks I gave in the spring of 2005 -- one at the O'Reilly ETech conference in March, entitled "Ontology Is Overrated", and one at the IMCExpo in April entitled "Folksonomies & Tags: The rise of user-developed classification." The written version is a heavily edited concatenation of those two talks.
20 Free Social Media Icon Sets For a More Shareable Website
If your blog needs a face lift, the creative types who power the web are here to help. Sometimes a few well-designed, tastefully placed icons can add a little class or creativity to an otherwise neutral theme. Social media links, which we'd argue are a priority for any blog, are a great opportunity to add some texture.
