Journey of a Child Entrepreneur: Scott Wainner (Part 4)

SM: How old are you now?

SW: Twenty-nine.

SM: What happened between 20 and 29?

SW: The high point was the sale to EarthWeb, and it went downhill from there. >>>

Multi-Billion Dollar Venture Ideas for Indian Entrepreneurs

For Indian entrepreneurs looking for scalable venture ideas, here is a list to work on. I have modeled one venture for each category, which you will be able to access from the Vision India 2020 series: >>>

Journey of a Child Entrepreneur: Scott Wainner (Part 3)

SM: How did the sellout craze affect you? Were people coming to you trying to buy your site?

SW: I had been in Portland for a couple of months when out of the blue I got an email from Andover, which is the company that bought SlashDot and was later acquired by VA Linux. They asked if they could partner with me. I returned their email asking what they wanted to do, and their answer was that they wanted to buy the site. >>>

3G iPhone’s Top 5 Component Beneficiaries

The 3G iPhone is out. Besides Apple, who else is a beneficiary of this major PR event? Here, we look at the top five component vendors: Infineon, Triquint, Samsung, Broadcom and Interdigital. >>>

Top 10 Web Entrepreneur Interviews

I have done numerous interviews with entrepreneurs on this forum. Here’s a list of 10 Web entrepreneur interviews that I think have the most interesting strategy discussions on how each of them are building their companies: >>>

Journey of a Child Entrepreneur: Scott Wainner (Part 2)

SM: Did you do SysOpt.com full time or was it just on the side?

SW: I was doing it on the side. When I was in high school I worked on it after school as a hobby. When it started to pass the $30K, $40K, and $60K a year mark, I started to think there could be something good going on. >>>

Google Keeps Scoring

Yesterday, Google reported Q2 earnings of $4.63 a share (excluding stock-based compensation costs), missing Wall Street’s expectations of $4.74 EPS. The company reported a weaker-than-expected 35% rise in quarterly net profit, according to Reuters. Google attributes this to lower returns from its cash pile (which is now $12.7 billion), rather than slacking online ad sales. >>>

Forbes Column 08: Web-Savvy Authors Reap Fame, Fortune

My new column on Forbes, Web-Savvy Authors Reap Fame, Fortune tells Elle Newmark’s story of how she got to a seven-figure book deal using the Internet and print-on-demand technology.