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Behind Croc's

How does Croc's make money? © *hoodrat* For those who have seen the strange creatures from Colorado called Crocs, many ask themselves how can a shoe that does not look that nice sell so well? My mother in law loves the shoes and will not wear anything else. I see them all over the place...

Being an Entrepreneur...

We have talked many times about what it takes to be an Entrepreneur. The Business Pundit Blog has a listing of some of some important information you need to have that is part of your business plan and a listing of common traits of an entrepreneur which we have gone over but always is good to ...

The Top 10 Changes In My Business Thinking

...it has been public - published right here. I have asked the new owner to give me a login to the new Businesspundit, so that I can come post here and there when I feel like I have something to say and ...

New Businesspundit RSS Feed

Starting Friday, this blog will have a new RSS feed through Feedburner. Please adjust your links and use .

My Exit Interview

... but instead there will be a team of very good writers contributing diverse perspectives and ideas. Businesspundit will be much better than it is now. Be sure to visit Friday to check out the new desi...

How You Can Finally Make Some Money From Reading This Blog

...ay for that. If you are interested, have questions, or want to send an intro, send email to rob-at-businesspundit-dot-com....

GE Stock is Great When Immelt Says It Is

Here is an interesting blog post from the Wall Street Journal about how to know when GE stock will go up. London-based analysts for Morgan Stanley have been tracking GE's stock price against the number of times Chairman Jeffrey Immelt and Chief Financial Officer Keith Sherin use th...

My New Blog and new RSS Feed

...l be writing just a few times a month, but much more in-depth stuff. You can pick up the RSS feed . Businesspundit will be bringing on a team of a few really good writers. A new design and a diversity...

A Look at the OverPraised American

...st of" list. Click through to read the rest, and remember that posts like this are exactly why Businesspundit is the best blog ever!...

2/13/08 Carnival of the Capitalists

The latest CotC is is up . Be sure to check it out. Also, Jay is looking for hosts so sign up if you are interested in editing the links one week.

The Struggle With Skepticism

...y good batting average), it will probably cause bitterness more than anything else. So what's a businesspundit to do? That's why I prefer to keep to myself as much as possible. The less time I...

From Creationism to Evolution: How the World's Most Powerful Idea Has Shaped My Thinking About Business

This blog became successful because in the early days of blogging, when most blogs were personal diaries, I never wrote about my life. I have also tried to steer clear of any religious, political, or scientific controversies, particularly as the increased exposure led to many people I know readin...

Which Superbowl Players Own Businesses?

Here is an interesting article that I missed last week. Some of the players in last weekend's Super Bowl are business owners, and this Entrepreneur slide show looks at some that are the most savvy.

2/6/08 Links

Here are some interesting links from around the web. Michelle Leder digs in to Microsoft-Yahoo . Hoover's is getting into the B2B social networking game. You can see a demo here . Here is an interesting list of famous people who have filed bankruptcy. A good list of things to...

2/5/08 Carnival of the Capitalists

The latest Carnival of the Capitalists is up, so be sure to venture over and check out some great business blogging. Jay is looking for hosts, so if you are interested, contact him through the site.

30 Good Posts You May Have Missed: A History of Businesspundit

My first post was on March 12, 2003. I wrote about 80 posts a month, until June when I picked up the pace to over 100 posts a month through November 2003. But the blogosphere was different then. There were no aggregators, and people often relied on blogs to serve that purpose. Over time - as the k...

The Lesson of Doing Things You Like

... news... reading it, talking about it, thinking about it. I frequently have conversations with Mrs. Businesspundit that go like this. Mrs. Businesspundit (responding to my blank stare out the car wi...

Active Value Investing

I recently finished the book Active Value Investing: Making Money in Range Bound Markets , by Vitaliy Katsenelson. Before I go into the review, a word of caution... please do not take up value investing, or active value investing because the book sounds interesting. Investing is like a marriage ...

How Five Years of Blogging Has Changed Me

...st of them, they will tell you this same thing. Randomness Matters There is no way I could build Businesspundit from scratch to the traffic levels that it has today if I had not gotten such an earl...

Best Companies To Work For 2008

Fortune magazine has released the 2008 list of the Best Companies To Work For . Google tops the list again, and many of the usual suspects like edward jones and Starbucks are near the top. Check it out to see if your company made the list.

The Week's Carnival of the Capitalists

The latest Carnival of the Capitalists is up . With only 9 entries making it this week, it's worth your time to click through and see if something catches your interest.

Adaptive Vs. Creative Strategy

The concepts behind strategic thinking are relatively simple. Look at your assets, your competitors, market opportunities, execution capabilities, and then mix it all together to maximize the outcomes you have decided are most important. In practice, doing that effectively is much more difficult ...

The New Carnival of the Capitalists

Visit the new carnival of the capitalists , read Jay's comments, and leave your own thoughts.

The Beginning of the End, How I Can Help You, and You Can Help Me

... part of the problem I have with fundraising stems from the fact that "Rob May" and "Businesspundit" are not equivalent in the minds of most people, and thus doesn't help me wh...

My Biggest Regret of 2007: I Wish I Spent More Time On Facebook

Have you ever read the book "Wisdom From Golden Years?" The book features interviews with a handful of 80-somethings who are reflecting on their lives and talking about the things they wish they had done differently. There are common themes throughout the interviews. "I regret that...

The Last Carnival of the Capitalists as We Know It

The latest Carnival of the Capitalists is here . Be sure to check it out for some great posts. I have a bit of insider information that tells me there are major changes planned in the next few weeks, so this may be the last CotC under the current model. Stay tuned to Jay's blog , and the C...

The Top 10 Businesspundit Posts of 2007

...site that I've been informed of but cannot yet mention publicly. I think you will enjoy the new Businesspundit. I'm not hanging up the keyboard for good, just slowing down to a couple of posts...

Best Blog Awards

... Businesspundit has been nominated for the Performancing blog awards for the category of Best Business Blog . So go vote! I only have 5 weeks left of writing, and trust me, this blog is going to g...

Which Facebook Users Are Worth the Most?

Todd and I decided to have another page added to our How Much Am I Worth facebook app. Since it assigns a profile valuation based on social networking activity like number of friends, number of photos, etc., we were curious to break out valuation along demographic lines to see if there were d...

12/31/07 CoTC

The New Year's Eve edition of the Carnival of Capitalists is a bit late, but is finally up here . Be sure to check it out for some great business blog posts.

Why incompetence creeps up the corporate ladder

I think that The Peter Principle is a fairly well-recognized, if not universally accepted, phenomena , but up until recently I had no idea that there is a real, well-studied psychological tendency that drives it: the Dunning-Kruger effect! It's something of a staple in popular culture...

Why The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Ruining Your Business

Do you remember the first time you were promoted to a position that required you to determine the compensation of people underneath you? Or even worse, have you ever worked in a company where someone made the social faux pau of discussing their salary and it led to all sorts of comparisons, compl...

Turn Your Weaknesses Into Advantages

Shawn Hessinger over at BootStrapMe write about how people bootstrapping their own businesses need to turn those weaknesses of yours into advantages . What are the weaknesses? Pretty obvious: a lack of money, a lack of resources, and the lack of a fully baked product to sell. The point to take ...

Let CW market your blog

So we have been doing that for some time - adding blogs to the network but nobody really know that we were doing that with EXISTING blogs. I outlined that a little here . In a nutshell - why should you think about it? Simply - It's more fun together, less hassle and often more money for yo...

Join the CW blog network with your blog

...ou have a success story? We had several existing blogs joining us in the last years. For instance Businesspundit , Wangtam , Wappblog all existed before and joined the network. ...

Selling My Facebook MP3/Podcasting App

A few months ago I bought a Facebook app for MP3s because it was buggy, but has a lot of potential as a podcasting app. I had it fixed and grew the userbase, so I'm ready to sell it off. If you are interested, you can find out more about the auction below. If you have questions, send me an email...

ShoeTube: Video and Social Networking for Shoe Lovers

I buy about 4 pairs of shoes a year - 3 pairs of running shoes and a pair of tennis shoes. I buy a pair of Dress Shoes about once every 3 years. So I don't think I'm the target market for the new website ShoeTube.tv . The site is a video and social networking play for people who l...

Christmas Eve Carnival of the Capitalists

The latest edition of the Carnival of Capitalists is up at Micro Enterprise Journal . Be sure to check it out for some great business blog reading this holiday season. For more info, check out the CotC homepage .

Sponsored post: Business opportunities of the week from our sponsor, PartnerUp

We are PartnerUp , the largest online social network geared solely toward entrepreneurs and the new sponsor of Business Pundit. Each week we'll be highlighting a handful of great business opportunities for entrepreneurs from the PartnerUp service. PartnerUp is a free service that helps yo...

12/17/07 Carnival of the Capitalists

Rob Sama, one of the original and most consistent supporters of the Carnival of Capitalists is hosting today's CotC . Be sure to check it out for some great business blog posts from the past week.

Bootstrapping Your Business Is Better

Shawn Hessinger over at BootStrapMe brings to light an interesting observation from Forbes Magazine about whether or not to bootstrap your business. In short, if you can bootstrap it, you don't have to be sidetracked by the demands of raising money or give up equity in your new venture. ...

The Google of Eden: Will All This Data Bring Out The Worst In Us?

But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die - Genesis 2:17 Ignorance really can be bliss. Human beings aren't the angels we think we are. Everyone has a little bit of Dr. Jekyll and a little bit of Mr. Hyde, and if we are...

12/10/07 Carnival of the Capitalists

Jay has the latest carnival of the capitalists . Be sure to check it out for some very good business blog posts. For more info, check out the the Cotc Homepage

The Brand of LeBron James

Fortune magazine has an interesting article about basketball star lebron james , and the unique business approach he takes to his personal brand, as compared to other professional athletes. Instead of just lining up endorsements and cashing checks, James is seeking equity in the compani...

Businesspundit Christmas 07 Giveaway

We're giving away an apple Nano this week, right on time for the holidays! This blog is teaming with goWholesale to find out more about how you use the internet to source products and services for your business. The Apple Nano will go the person that gives us the best tip on using the w...

12/3/07 Carnival of the Capitalists

The latest Carnival of the Capitalists is up at One Man Band , so check it out for some of the best posts of the past week. For more information, or to become a host yourself, visit the CotC homepage .

The Future of Media and Advertising

Are the economics of media changing to look more like the economics of retail? That's one of the arguments made by John du Pre Gauntt. John teaches a course I've been attending on "Understanding the Convergence of Media and Marketing." He wrote an excellent short essay about his...

Guest Posts For December

...me, I'll be taking guest posts. So whether you blog or not, if you want to write something for Businesspundit and make sure a few thousand people see it, email it to me. I won't take anythin...

Has Google Bitten Off More Than It Can Chew?

Brent Schlendler asks if Google is spinning out of control . Google is a company convinced of its own brilliance and its clear vision of the future. Being a hotbed of Mensa members will do that to you. As will stumbling early onto an obscenely lucrative business model. The same thing happened to...

Marketing To a Captive Audience

I took this picture at a gas station in Lexington , KY on Saturday. What you see is a speaker mounted to a gas pump at a Shell Station. When I started to pump gas, a recording came on and said something like Hey! Are you feeling a little run down? Pop inside and grab an energy bar before yo...

11/26/07 Carnival of the Capitalists

Money Walks has the latest Carnival of the Capitalists check it out for some great business blog posts from the past week. My favorite post of the carnival goes to Wally Bock for Please Lord, Not Another Trademarked Leadership Concept . I agree.

What The Free Wall Street Journal Might Look Like

If Rupert Murdoch makes the Wall Street Journal free, here is what the front page might look like in a year or so. To compensate for the lost subscription revenue, a free WSJ will have to make up for it with ad revenue. To do that, they will have to attract a more mass market audienc...

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets

I recently finished Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics . Where do I begin with a book that takes a shot at pretty much anybody and everybody, including the authors themselves? To say that this book is skeptical or contrarian is like saying Warren ...

11/19/07 Carnival of the Captalists

SEO ROI has the latest carnival of the capitalists . There are lots of great posts, so be sure to go check it out. For more info, visit the CotC homepage .

My New Blog URL

...ields I've come to love over the last few years, but is not mainstream enough to write about on Businesspundit. I want to start exploring ideas and engaging discussion on that topic so that I am w...

Understanding the Stochastic Success of Social Media Tactics

We put our video on Youtube so it will go viral. - a corporate executive whose shall remain anonymous to avoid embarrassment. I actually heard the statement above from multiple times from multiple executives, over the last few months. As many of you know, though, putting your video on YouTub...

11/12/07 Carnival of the Capitalists

Business Opportunities and Ideas has the latest Carnival of the Capitalists . Be sure to check it out for some great posts. For more info, or to host the carnival yourself, visit the CotC homepage .

Mark Cuban on Selling Powdered Milk and the Need for a Single Success

Mark Cuban's speech at Blog World Expo contained several funny anecdotes, but my favorite was his story about one of his first business ventures. He sold powdered milk. As Mark explained it, he thought it tasted as good as regular milk, you could store it longer, it just seemed to have a lo...

Social Media and Sponsored Twittering

Is twitter a frivolous tool? That is what many people (me included) have said in the past, but now Beam Brands has sponsored a live twitter of Robby Gordon at the Baja 1000. Jason Falls of the Social Media Explorer blog came up with the idea because Beam Brands is a client of his. I...

BlogWorld Expo - The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly

I haven't blogged more about Blog World Expo because I don't like to live blog sessions (I'd rather pay close attention), and the combination of time changes plus a little too much beer has made my sleep patterns pretty lousy. I've been too tired to get motivated to write. But t...

Day 1 WrapUp of Blog World Expo

If you ever decide to come to Blog World Expo , I highly recommend paying the extra money to come out for the pre-conference executive and entrepreneur sessions. Let's face it. The main reason I'm here is to network. Networking when there are 200 people is so much easier than when there ...

Is the Constant Connected Society a Liability to Career Advancement?

The book I chose for this week's plane ride is a biography of Joseph Schumpeter . A little over 100 pages in, it's a fascinating life story so far. Schumpeter's father died at age 31, and his mother left the small town their family had inhabited for generations and moved to a much la...

Travel Day Links

Since I've been packing and will spend the rest of the day on a plane to BlogWorldExpo , here are some interesting links to read. Ten signs of an incompetent manager. Win $1000 if you can correctly value splashpress media. Research shows that light humor in the workplace is a good th...

11/5/07 Carnival of the Capitalists

The latest Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Small Business Essentials . Check it out for some good business blogging. If you want to host an edition of the carnival yourself, check out the CotC homepage for more info.

The Economic Power of Positive Thinking

New research shows that optimists do better in life, but that you can also be too optimistic . "The differences between optimists and extreme optimists are remarkable, and suggest that over-optimism, like overconfidence, may in fact lead to behaviors that are unwise," said Puri ....

Update on the Sale of Businesspundit.com

...ith regards to selling this blog, I'll start giving more status updates now that my days as the businesspundit are numbered. I'll be blogging here until mid February, when my contract with Cre...

How Much Is Your Facebook Profile Worth?

I am fascinated with how things get valued, so when I read that Microsoft's investment in Facebook valued the company at $15 billion, I wondered how they negotiated that valuation. Todd and I started discussing what it is that drives value for Facebook, and decided that, since it is prima...

Fads, Finance, and Free: How To Really Make Money on the Web

Service businesses are great for boostrapping. You find one customer, get a little cash, use that to do a little marketing, find a few more customers, get a little more cash, and it feeds and feeds on itself until the next thing you know, your plate is full of customers and you never had to borro...

Attending Blog World Expo Next Week

I fly into Las Vegas next Tuesday night for the Blog World Expo . I'll be there with Todd Earwood and Jason Falls , along with a few other Louisville executives that don't have blogs. So if you are going to be there and want to grab coffee, let me know. I don't enjoy losing money ...