Derek Scruggs

Jim Lejeal is a very successful entrepreneur who I really admire. He’s done countless VC rounds with a few different companies, so he really knows the ins & outs from the entrepreneur side. He makes it look effortless - every now and then I’ll see a press release about another deal he’s done – but […]

Paul Graham just posted a new essay about PR. I wrote him an email with the comment below, then decided to post it here.
Paul excerpted the following as an example of plain-jane mainstream newspaper writing, which he later contrasts with the more authentic voice of many bloggers:
Joshua Schachter used to be a lot like the rest […]

Just posted on my Click Thru Stats blog – a free e-book on the the Business Case for RSS.

I need to get an oil change. I remember seeing a sign near a local Midas Muffler offering four oil changes for $60. But I wanted to call them and verify what that included. So I searched on “Midas Muffle Boulder.” The first result was “Local Results for midas muffler boulder” and took me to […]

A classic from PostSecret.com.

Noted writer Dave Taylor (who also happens to be my friend and business partner) is running the Blog Smart workshop on May 5 in Boulder, Colorado. If you’re ready to learn how business blogging can change your company, saving you money on marketing while increasing visibility and gaining additional sales, this is a great place to […]

Remember Googlezon? I think it’s right on schedule. MacWorld reported today that Google is “delivering factual answers for some queries at the top of its results page, to save users from having to navigate over to other sites and look for the information.”
Here are a couple of examples:

What is the population of Portugal?
Who is Jane […]