Derek Scruggs

An excellent postmortem about Enthusiast Group:
I feel like I have learned — the hard way — some truths about grassroots content and online community. This column is my small attempt at preventing you from going through similar business heartache

It’s nice having a respected rock star columnist as your partner, even when […]

As you may have heard, my latest venture failed. It was an angst-ridden time leading up to the decision to close our doors, but once it was made, life brightened considerably. No longer were we a train going down a track, sensing that the light at the end of the tunnel was actually another train. […]

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This is a pretty neat idea.
CBS Corporation has rolled out the ”CBS Mobile Zone,” a wireless high-speed network enabling New Yorkers with Wi-Fi-enabled devices to access the Internet for free. That means snappy Web browsing, making voice over Internet (VOI) calls, watching Web video, and listening to Internet Radio for free, all thru out midtown […]

I’ve been a devoted practitioner of Getting Things Done for almost five years. During that time I’ve experimented with lots of software to help me manage my to-do list, and I’m excited to have found the best one yet: OmniFocus is still in beta, but it ships January 8 and you can bet I’m pre-ordering […]

One of the big memes of the whole Web 2.0/social media phenomenon as it relates to business is the importance of listening. Stop talking about how great you are and start listening. To your customers, your advisors, your employees, the blogosphere - you get the drift.
But what do you do if they don’t say anything? […]