How is ZipRealty still in business?

March 12, 2010

How is ZipRealty still in business? In my opinion, ZipRealty is an enigma.  They went public in 2004 and their current CEO, Patrick Lashinsky, took the helm in 2007.  The company has rarely turned a yearly profit (only two years in its eleven year history based on my count) and in the most recent quarter, [...]

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Larger than life

February 11, 2010

NPR had a good story on the broadcast this morning about Charlie Wilson.   The former congressman died yesterday at age 76.  He was depicted in the 2007 movie “Charlie Wilson’s War” starring Tom Hanks.  What strikes me most about Charlie Wilson’s story is that his friends describe him as “larger than life”.  I wouldn’t necessarily [...]

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Marketing for startups – know thy customer

February 2, 2010

I’ve had several people recently ask for marketing advice for their startup venture. One of the things I typically want to figure out before we even get started is who the target customer is.  I ask  “who is going to buy what, and how much will they pay?” It’s a three part question and requires [...]

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Hands-on SEO

January 29, 2010

Its surprising how many SEO consultants don’t have real hands-on experience with SEO. There seems to be a lot of “hand waving”, but not “hands-on”. I gave a presentation at Tech Ranch Austin today about how to do SEO on the cheap, from an entrepreneur’s perspective. If you want to know all the steps you [...]

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Lesson from Colt

January 15, 2010

When Texas quarterback Colt McCoy was knocked out of the national title game last week, it was obviously a huge disappointment to him, the rest of the team, and Texas fans.   The hangover from the loss is only now beginning to dissipate.  Normally we see Colt being interviewed at the end of a game that [...]

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Top 10 inspirational Seth Godin 2009 posts for entrepreneurs in 2010

January 4, 2010

If you are an entrepreneur and don’t follow Seth Godin’s blog, you are missing out.  I look forward to his daily blog posts more than my morning coffee, which is saying something.   Seth has a great sense of what makes for good sales and marketing.  Even better, he is a huge advocate of entrepreneurs and [...]

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10 for 10 – The top ten best tools for entrepreneurs in 2010

December 21, 2009

As I launched my company Yigdigs in 2009, I was amazed at the number of software packages, websites, plug-ins, and services that are available to startup entrepreneurs on a budget. A few of them were much more valuable than others, so I’ve compiled my end-of-year top “10 for 10″ list. If you are starting a [...]

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Yigdigs Interview with Tech Ranch Austin

December 15, 2009

Last week I had the pleasure of speaking about Yigdigs with Jonas Lamis from Tech Ranch Austin. The Tech Ranch is a community of Austin entrepreneurs that share ideas, barter services with each other, and work together side-by-side at the ranch.  It’s one of the few places in Austin that entrepreneurial, like-minded individuals can co-locate [...]

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What are title and escrow?

October 13, 2009

If you are not sure what title and escrow are in the home closing process, don’t be alarmed.  Many homeowners get confused on what exactly these terms mean. A title policy is an insurance policy on a piece of real estate that insures against the title deeds being incomplete or not properly searched. A definition [...]

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Educational Video: Texas Real Estate Sales Contract

October 5, 2009

What to expect in a typical Buyer’s Offer Sales Contract Do you wonder what to look for in a sales contract when a buyer makes and offer to purchase your home? What’s normal? Watch this informative tutorial as we step through a completely filled out example of a standard Texas residential real estate sales contract.  Andy [...]

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