Virtual Entrepreneur

Telegraph.co.uk: Sourcing his own stock and doing his own market research was one thing but the untimely death of his web developer meant he had to learn an awful lot about the internet, very quickly, by himself. “I was looking for a business I could start up and run myself,” he explains. He took... More

Have you got an idea to help the world – or at least some of your fellow citizens? Google wants to know about it. And the Internet behemoth will pay $10 million for your pitch. Google’s initiative is called Project 10^100 (that’s “10 to the 100th”). Google wants input from... More

Did you ever wonder about people who have the same name as you? TheStreet: For Jim Killeen, pondering the question wasn’t enough. With a little help from Google (GOOG – Cramer’s Take – Stockpickr) and inspiration from his entrepreneurial roots, he set out to discover more about his... More

NicheGeek: One of my favorite ways to make money online is with videoblogs. By videoblogs I don’t mean your own clips (though I am a big fan of talented people like ZeFrank), but rather setting up a nich video site with 100% content provided by Google Video or You Tube. This isn’t a huge... More

BIG Marketing For Small Business: Google has come out with another free cool service called GOOG-411, a voice-activated 1-800 line that connects you to businesses in your area. For example, if you’re looking for ‘pizza delivery’, say it along with your city and state or province, and it will give... More

New York Times: Hyper fuel efficiency for cars we’re still working on. Sponsorships are something we’re already expert in. To wit: the newly introduced ‘Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize.’ That’s the new name for contest formerly known as, simply, the Automotive X Prize, a $10... More

Economic Times: Over the past decade, Google has been every entrepreneur’s benchmark for success through innovation. Besides its founding duo, Sergei Brin and Larry Page, there were a handful who saw the internet search engine’s potential and backed it when it was still being run from a garage.... More

National Ledger: This is an invention that can finally help. Are you always losing your car keys around the house? And once you spend 15 minutes finally locating those where is your iPod so you can jam out on some tunes on your trip? It happens to everyone and you can’t just call it like you can... More

By Janet Meiners – Marketing Pilgrim: The Google AdWords blog had a post today that caught my attention. The AdWords Optimization Team is accepting requests from advertisers who want feedback on their campaigns. Simply fill out a request form and tell Google about your business and advertising... More

G1: A empresa 23andMe, financiada pelo Google e lançada oficialmente nesta segunda-feira (19), começou a oferecer teste de DNA feito a partir da saliva por US$ 999 por pessoa, o que ajudará usuários do site a aprender mais sobre seus genes, traços hereditários e árvore genealógica. ‘A... More