Video SEO Basics
There have been several questions from class members about SEO and in particular, video. The following info from here is provided as background info - read/study to the depth you feel comfortable with. Hank 12:12 PM Tueday, 5/30/07
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In March 2007, video search engine, blinkx, wanted to help online video users and publishers [...]

Visit To Purdue Research Park (PRP)

Our visit to PRP yesterday provided  a great background on the Park, both from the perspective of the “manager” Tim Peoples, and of two incubator firms. I have been part of the interfaces Tim has with new companies and can personally vouch that under him, the Park is “the real [...]

Odds & Ends Tuesday
 
Suggest ENTR200K readers look @ the comments on last Friday & Saturday’s blog entries; Donna made comments. She informed me in a private email that she has contacted www.zentation.com about becoming part of their video input choice, along with video.google.
The “boomer” computer system I recently purchased from an eBay dealer arrived Thursday. [...]

Lessons Learned From Entrepreneur Interviews
 
As part of the recent Mid Term exam, my Maymester 2007 Intro to Entrepreneurship & Innovation class at Purdue University was required to interview an entrepreneur, make a 5-7 minute video of the interview, make a ten minute stand up presentation of their effort in class, and write a paper addressing [...]

Learn from a 17 year old young girl!
 
*Nobodies* can build up their contact list with little effort!
Posted on May 21st, 2007 by Jessica.
Categories: Jessica’s Life, Business, Social Science.
Many people ask me how I get access to meeting successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and investors. People seem to automatically assume that without a jumpstart, they’re [...]

Mid Term Exam Revisited
Yesterday in our ENTR200K class @ Purdue, ten teams presented their version of video interviews with an entrepreneur. The presentations in general were very well done and ranged from newsletters for parents of children, to a 40 year old construction company in Chicago, to high techs at Purdue Research Park. Certainly, a [...]

Long Weekend
 
While you are enjoying your long weekend, you might think about several things we have discussed in class that you haven’t taken advantage of - yet. One that comes immediately to mind is the power of blogs to provide information that is often obfuscated by “normal” search engines such as Google. Let’s look [...]

Linda Naimi’s Take on the “Black World of Ethics”

Yesterday, Linda did a great job of introducing the class to a broad range of definitions, derivations, and derivatives of approaches to ethical behavior on the part of entrepreneurs. She also provided an introduction to the many legal issues facing entrepreneurs such as copyrights, patents, and [...]

Further Discussion
 
We had a lively discussion in class yesterday based on Rebecca’s questions about video versus dead-tree books as a media for learning. I submit to you that, while dead-tree books are not “dead,” use of emerging digital-based media, such as the Wiki we are using in this class provides a superior learning environment for [...]

Skype-to-Donna
Yesterday we called Donna DeMarco, Co-Founder of www.viddler.com via Skype from the classroom. Pretty cool! A video of the conversation is here: The openess which Donna responsed to class questions is to be commended. There’s a lesson here for class members who go on to start their own companies…….
Today’s blog assignment is for class members [...]