Free Friday Business Idea: Anti-Bright Window Stickers

August 18th, 2006 8 Comments Noah

Do you drive a car? Do you drive at night? What really bothers me is other car’s lights. I hate getting flashed in my face and having my eyes hurt when I get home. So what is the free idea:
“Anti-Bright stickers that you can place on your window to reduce the light”

Bottomline: Go make this, [...]

Top 5 Things to do at The TechCrunch Party

August 18th, 2006 16 Comments noah

It seems like people are flying, biking and begging to go to the TechCrunch party this Friday. Most of the techy people I know ask about it and are all giggly about attending. I am not going. Why? Because there will be so many people and the really interesting ones will be mobbed. So here [...]

Top 5 Stupid Trends of Marketing 2.0

August 17th, 2006 36 Comments noah

1- Our product is Viral. That is the saying. Is there really a viral aspect of the product? No, it is just a saying that people say to make themselves feel good.
2- Paying $10,000 to advertise on TechCrunch for a month. Don’t get me wrong if I could charge it for this site I would. [...]

The Ultimate List of Eponyms aka Brands that OWN the Market

August 16th, 2006 47 Comments noah

There are so many products where the name of it is what the market calls it. You know like when you say I want a Kleenex. You actually want a Tissue but Kimberly-Clark did a great job getting us to call it Kleenex instead.

This list is incomplete. I want all of us to add [...]

Congratulations Connected Ventures

August 15th, 2006 11 Comments Noah

This is huge news. The guys from Connected Ventures have sold a majority stake in their company to Barry Diller’s Interactive Corporate.

These guys are the creators of:
College Humor: funny content

Busted Tees: funny t-shirts
Vimeo: community video sharing
Nice work Zach and Jacob.
My thoughts on the deal:

I wonder how the guys will change working for someone else [...]

5 Great Questions for Interviewees

August 15th, 2006 6 Comments noah

If you haven’t noticed this week is all about lists. Enjoy.
I love interviewing people and being interviewed. Think about it. When else do you get to talk about yourself so much and not be called conceited? One of the hardest parts of interviews is thinking of thought provoking questions for the interviewer. I will save [...]