Blake Imeson

A guy I met while at college pinged me on Facebook and asked: I was looking at starting a small graphic design/ website design company and was wondering if you had any pointers or tips on the best way to start, and how to develop a client base. I was thinking about starting by bidding [...]

I’m on a workation right now (this was last week, just got around to publishing now). Yep, I am sitting poolside in sunny California. (no jealousy)  This has been a glorious week of exploring the San Jose/Los Altos/San Franciso area. The work part of this vacation comes every morning when I get up before 6 [...]

AlphaLab is a startup incubator in Pittsburgh. I got to go see their “demo day” last year. It was really fun to see all the innovative companies. One of the most awesome presenters and coolest products was “the Resumator“ The brains behind the startup, Don Charleton, has written a very insightful post about his experience [...]

I’m a passionate advocate of autodidactic learning, in other words, educating yourself. Here is a quick tip that I use to keep learning about a niche I am passionate about. In my case it is WordPress. In your case it can be anything you are crazy passionate about. My advice to young entrepreneurs is find [...]

Not Seth Godin again…Yeah I am a Godin fanboy, I will admit it. Check out this gem from his post today… The best time to do great customer service is when a customer is upset. The moment you earn your keep as a public speaker is when the room isn’t just right or the plane [...]

Entrepreneurs thrive on market imbalance and chaos. Profit comes from inequalities and disorder in the marketplace. Entrepreneurs make money by bringing balance to these disorders. Price of a good is high in one area of the world and low in another. Entrepreneurs will buy in the one and sell in the other. Producers may be [...]

“In the business of mining, don’t mine sell picks and shovels.” Chris Brogan shared this at PodCamp3 and it was a theme touched on by several people at PodCamp. Here’s what it breaks down to… In the ever-expanding internet world there is an over-abundance of UGC (User Generated Content). People are starting blogs, twittering, posting, [...]

Just got back from my yearly eye appointment where I always seem to hear bad news and the Ophthalmologist started to make small talk… Him: where do you go to school? Me: Grove City College in Pennsylvania. Him: What are you studying? Me: Entrepreneurship! Him: [usual perplexed laugh] that’s cool. So… planning on going it [...]

I am about to start my junior year at Grove City College. The cliche is true; it flies by! Looking back on these 2 years I have learned so many different things and found myself wishing I had known them at the beginning of freshman year. With the help of some great fellow entrepreneurs and [...]