Good article confirming HitWise and Nielsen//NetRatings data that Google Tops The Search Market again! The article is from Sci-tech, and reports on Comscore’s research concluding that in March 2006 Google continued to widen its spread with rivals Yahoo and MSN and is now at 43.1 percent of all U.S. searches.
This is nine [...]
Ever since I was young, I have been involved in activities to make money while being my own boss. I started many entrepreneur projects from selling cotton candy in front of Albertson’s food market (over $100/hr) to selling 1000s of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Gum packs in Junior High School.
When I found out about [...]
What an exciting meeting today with Sterling Francom of Miller Business Innovation Center. Sterling has been involved in Creating an Incubator for many years now for SLCC (Salt Lake Community Center). They have a fantastic operation and a lot of success. One of the companies that graduated from the Miller incubator was Alligence, [...]
Free Skype to calls to any phone in the U.S.? Well, thanks to Google News on this one that led me to itworld.com on Free Skype to landlines and mobiles in the U.S. and Canada for the rest of the year. Here are some other facts about Skype. Skype offers:
user base of [...]
It has been my dream for a long time to start a nonprofit for Utah Young Entrepreneurs. This “school” would be a training ground for high school and college students on entrepreneurship. Each student will actually start a business during the six week program. The goal of Young Entrepreneurs is to provide [...]
Thanks to the U.S. Census and Inc. magazine May 2006 for these stats on the Cities with Highest and Lowest Incomes.
Highest Median Household Income Cities:
Sugar Land, Texas - $84,842
Missouri City, Texas - $71,902
San Jose, California - $71,765
Coral Springs, Florida - $65,062
Anchorage, Alaska - $61,595
Lowest Median Household Income Cities:
Miami, Florida - $24,031
Newark, New Jersey - $26,309
Cleveland, [...]
Thanks to my friend Richard for this one on Google Search Trends. I am glad to see that Google is finding ways to release some of its search information through various products. Below is the graph for the keyword “Iraq”, and the boxes A-F indicate certain media articles or news casts.
This one is very interesting [...]
I visited the U.S. Census website and noted some interesting statistics on the States with Highest and Lowest Median Household Income. Here are some takeaways:
States with Highest Median Household Income (U.S. Average is $44,473):
New Hampshire - $57,352
New Jersey - $56,772
Maryland - $56,763
Connecticut - $55,970
Minnesota - $55,914
Alaska - $54,627
Virginia - $53,275
Hawaii - $53,123
Massachusetts - $52,354
Colorado - [...]
Alexa reports that linkedin.com is one of the fastest growing websites in the world right now. I don’t know the reason for the massive spike in traffic, but check out the Linkedin.com Growth Chart from Jimmy Z
I have seen amazing growth, but what happened at the end of April to the Linkedin.com Growth Chart. [...]
Great article on the Best and Hottest Cities for Employment in the U.S. from May 2006 Inc. magazine. The list is broken down into small cities, midsize cities and large cities, here are some takeaways:
Hottest Small Cities (employment base of less than 150,000):
#1 = Yuma, Arizona
#2 = St. George, Utah
St. George is attracting mega growth [...]
