Catching Up On Readings: Extreme Close-Up

The Big Picture, which is The Boston Globe’s photo blog, has published wonderful photographs from the Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition. The forms and color are simply amazing. Click on the full paragraph link for all of this week’s posts. >>>

An SEO-Driven Bootstrapping Success: Benchmark Email CEO Curt Keller (Part 2)

Sramana: Essentially you wanted to execute on a business strategy that was already proven as a way of reducing risk. How did you get yourself off the ground?

Curt Keller: It would have taken a lot of money to do all the programming in the U.S. I made a conscious decision to find good resources and build a relationship with developers in India. It took me a year to find a programming group that I could trust and that was good. >>>

Replacing Founders with CEOs: A Discussion with Paul Doscher, CEO, Lucid Imagination (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: Google made a tricky situation work.

Paul Doscher: They also held to a hiring standard that was not heard of before then.

SM: The real issue is that power struggle. They had a mature understanding between Eric, Larry, and Sergey about how the power was going to be shared. Mark Zuckerberg had a clear understanding of how power would be shared, but he also had the CEO title. Sergey and Larry did not have the CEO title, but they had the power. For me, the real issue is the power and understanding how the power will drive the dynamics of the company.

PD: I would suggest that the number of companies that you can look at which are successful with those dynamics are very few. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: A Little-Known Artist at “The Crossroads of the World”

Readers in New York City might want to head over to Times Square on Monday evening, where, the New York Times reports, a billboard being used for a Sprint ad will temporarily become a work of art. The organization behind the project, ArtistsWanted.org, is a for-profit organization that aims to connect audiences to artists.

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Catching Up On Readings: Why Do Developers Turn to Apple First?

Today’s Guardian (UK) investigates why developers prefer to write first for Apple, not Android. Developers, please weigh in with your thoughts on the article. Do you think this trend will change?

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Catching Up On Readings: Special Monday Roundtable

Entrepreneurs are invited to attend two FREE online roundtable competitions next week. Digital commerce entrepreneurs are competing for 12 scholarships to the 1M/1M program for entrepreneurs as part of the BlueSnap–Elance Entrepreneur Development Program.

Monday, June 4, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT, register here.
Thursday, June 7, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT, register here.

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Catching Up On Readings: Don’t Miss Out on Opportunity for 1M/1M Scholarship

As I said before, A&N Media is offering a series of 1M/1M scholarships to entrepreneurs in Britain to stimulate entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom.  Remember only UK entrepreneurs can apply for the A&N Media  scholarships. You can learn more about this wonderful opportunity here.

Also, a total of 12 lucky entrepreneurs will receive 1M/1M scholarships from BlueSnap and Elance, which are working together to help entrepreneurs who are starting digital commerce and subscription businesses to realize their dreams.

If you haven’t done so already, you only have until May 11 to apply. You can get more information here. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Entrepreneurs in Peril

Entrepreneurs have a lot to think about. They need to hire the right team of people.  They need customer validation. Maybe they need capital. Whatever challenges face them, entrepreneurs should do everything they can to stay calm, think things through and avoid freaking out. If you’re wondering what kinds of things make entrepreneurs freak out, take a look at  OnStartups

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