iBegin – Local Search That Works

Back in April, I posted about Ahmed Farooq's up and coming online "local search" contender - iBegin. What initially drew me to the site was the iBegin: The Craigslist of local search Digg article which at the time was receiving plenty of "diggs" and praise from the technical and ...

nPost – A Goldmine of Entrepreneur Interviews!

I started posting interviews on The Closet Entrepreneur because 1) I thought it would be a cool way to meet successful & up and coming Entrepreneurs, 2) I wanted to discover the intricacies of starting a business from individuals who had already done so, and 3) I wanted to share ...

Part-time Paradise?

This Fall will mark my one year anniversary working part-time. I was tinkering with the idea of leaving work entirely to pursue my entrepreneurial dreams, so I consider myself very fortunate to have an understanding manager who was willing to make a win-win situation out of it all and ...

April Entrepreneur of the Month!

You may be wondering why I'm bringing you April's Entrepreneur of the Month on May 1st. In a nutshell, the interview with Ward Andrews, a.k.a. Mister Shape, has been painstakingly edited and revised - an attribute that lies at the very heart of Mister Shape's business and design philosophy. ...

Business Backwards 101

The history of LoveSac was suggested to me by Josh when I had told him that I was thinking about starting a business (circa 2005). One year down the road and I'm still figuring out what I want to do, yet the LoveSac story remains a great reference for ...

Keep an Eye on iBegin

I initially came across iBegin on digg where it was receiving a good amount of praise by the normally critical digg community. There was a fair share of negative comments alluding to the superiority of Google and other established local search sites, yet I came away thinking that this ...

Got Skills, Get Myzoox

Although my condo renovation has been a bit of a nightmare, it has also served as a source of many interesting findings. One such finding is that there is a lot of money to be saved if I only had connections with people who did things on the side. ...

Talking Trash

Back in January, I came across the Junk Guys while looking for an appliance removal service for my condo renovation. One of the guys who showed up was Matt Montoya, cofounder of the Junk Guys and a former manager at an auto glass company. Matt and his brothers-in-law ...