It has been an incredibly busy few weeks. Some of you recall that last week I went to Elite Retreat.
I don’t have that many impressions about the Elite Retreat itself. It means different things to different people.
I do however have impressions about my time there, the experience of my trip, and the kind of things [...]
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April 10th, 2008 at 11:19 am by Ari Shohat
Impressions After My ‘Elite Retreat’ Trip
| Business, Life Happens, P2A, Web | 1 Comment |
March 28th, 2008 at 1:55 pm by Ari Shohat
Continuing Blows to Old Media
| Business, Economy, Web | 1 Comment |
The newspaper industry has experienced the worst drop in advertising revenue in more than 50 years. According to new data released by the Newspaper Association of America, total print advertising revenue in 2007 plunged 9.4% to $42 billion compared to 2006 — the most severe percent decline since the association started measuring advertising expenditures in [...]
March 26th, 2008 at 9:59 am by Ari Shohat
Some Notes on Streaming Bandwidth Pricing
| Business, Streaming, Technology, Web | 0 Comments |
I am directing this post to my streaming media colleagues.
As some of you may know, one of my other side businesses is SteadyHost.com - we do racked servers and sell a great mix of bandwidth at reasonable prices.
Let me tell you something you probably already know - there are retail prices that companies list on [...]
March 25th, 2008 at 9:12 am by Ari Shohat
New Ideas vs Immediate Approval
| Business, P2A, Technology | 0 Comments |
The following quote via PMARCA blog:
Finally, some entrepreneurs have emotional resistance to pursuing a strategy that does not meet with immediate approval from press, analysts, and other entrepreneurs.
This is worth watching carefully — if everyone agrees right up front that whatever you are doing makes total sense, it probably isn’t a new and radical [...]
March 21st, 2008 at 9:20 am by Ari Shohat
Too Much Sun Shine Can Be a Negative
| Business, Economy, Technology | 3 Comments |
Consider the following quote by Eric Hoffer:
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
I saw this quote on another blog and thought about it for a minute. If true, what does it mean for man’s progress, technology, entrepreneurship.
I think there’s definitely a negative aspect to this. When things are [...]
March 20th, 2008 at 11:02 am by Ari Shohat
Going to Elite Retreat in Two Weeks!
| Blogging, Business, Life Happens, Web | 1 Comment |
In about two weeks I am going to San Francisco to attend Elite Retreat. No it’s not a vacation, although when you are working for yourself it often tends to feel this way (except when doing the books).
Elite Retreat is a meetup of a small group of entrepreneurs with an excellent line up of hosts. These [...]
A truly great business must have an enduring “moat” that protects excellent returns on invested capital. The dynamics of capitalism guarantee that competitors will repeatedly assault any business “castle” that is earning high returns.
Does your online business have a “moat” or a “wall”?
Never has it been so easy to compete as it is now online. [...]
March 17th, 2008 at 9:14 am by Ari Shohat
Dark Clouds of the Economy are Here
| Business, Economy, Life Happens | 1 Comment |
Some would say it’s already pouring in fact.
This via Umair, who never disappoints in puttings thoughts together concisely:
Guys, I’m going to write the Bear/macro situation in detail later. It’s really too depressing to dwell on at the moment.
Here’s the quick version. You will read a lot of complicated analyses today.
Some are very, very good. The real [...]
