Remember: I am an individual who is a technology reporter. These are my opinions and should not reflect those of my company Technically Media, nor its technology news site Technically Philly. Online auction giant eBay bought for $2.4 billion King of Prussia-based e-commerce powerhouse GSI Commerce in March, and I spoke briefly about the deal [...]

Last month, I described the process of dissolving the Technically Media general partnership, so I wanted to close the loop by quickly sharing our process for incorporation. Mostly, this was a lesson in paying for a lawyer — doing it (mostly) right is worth paying. But I also wanted to share a few lessons I [...]

I’ve been thinking lately about advice I’d give others about starting a niche product or, really, what I’d do differently myself. In doing so, I’ve focused on business rollout timeline. The social sites of the web 2.0 world have developed something of a reputation around building audience first and a business  model second. It’s a [...]

A friend recently told me that everyone should have at least one good analogy every few months. He’s already heard my Journalism needs a catering business spiel, in which I suggest meaningful, public affairs reporting needs to be an audience or reputation grower for something more profitable. That is, if journalism is the low yield [...]

We at Technically Philly have had many short stops with sales help, making it one of our most prominent failures. Like  many startups, we found that the three of us did the best sales, particularly when we were getting started. I came across one of the better summations of why and what one could learn [...]

To increase the number of news sources in a community one needs to do two things: (1) grow audience and/or (2) grow revenue. In a followup to a prompt that ushered in a post last month, Spot.Us founder David Cohn again opens the Carnival of Journalism, in which a handful of media makers and molders [...]

The best way to get things done is to rule authoritatively. Demand and conquer. The best way to save money is to cut back, cut back, cut back. Always do more with less. You can create a trim, powerful, successful, lean and mean and impactful organization. But what happens when no one wants to work [...]

When I am unsure about something, I tend to over-indulge in the research. So, when my two colleagues and I decided that, despite our size, we thought it was worth the cost of hiring a payroll services company to withhold taxes for Technically Media from the very start, I knew I’d be indulging. In the [...]

A friend mentioned to me that, in the end, he’d rather live his life being underwhelmed, rather than always feeling overwhelmed. For him, he says he enjoys his life best when he avoids stress and appreciates simple pleasures. For me, he said, I’d rather take on some stress to accomplish something I believe has impact. [...]

Simply put, we build audiences. At the beginning of December, I left another role and promised greater details on what I would doing. Here’s a start. In the past few weeks, I’ve chosen a payroll services company, applied for tax status, requested a business operating license, closed an existing account and otherwise finalized the incorporation [...]