How to Start a Two-Bit Operation: Small Business Tips

As mentioned in the previous post, the focus of this working session in Chicago has been on networking and setting up a marketing plan. One of the biggest highlights of the trip so far has been attending Tech Cocktail 2, a quarterly networking event for techies and entrepreneurs in the Midwest. We’d been [...]

Following our recent successful launch of Menuism.com, we’ve been asked by many, “what’s next?” For the past few months we’ve been heads-down on building the site and the functionality, and in most techies’ minds there’s a (mis)belief that all you need to do is build “it”, and “they” will come. Early on, Justin [...]

If you already have a website and/or a blog, you’ve taken a good step to building your online presence and feedback channel with your customers, but there’s more than a couple of ways to get online.  One way that’s increasingly hard to ignore is MySpace.  If you don’t know what MySpace is, here’s the Wikipedia [...]

I just saw this free tool called Competitious on TechCrunch and it looks like it might be pretty handy for anyone looking to keep tabs on their competitors.  It’s pretty simple, but it’s probably a good start for most people.  Before this, we’ve been using a variety of spreadsheets offline and online (google spreadsheets), RSS [...]

If you’re following our blog, you might be wondering what we’ve been working on.
Wait no longer….
(drum roll)
We’re proud to announce Menuism!
Menuism is a user-contributed restaurant guide that has menus, food reviews, and provides personalized restaurant recommendations!  Check it out at:
http://www.menuism.com
If you want to follow along the menuism-specific updates, check out the blog at blog.menuism.com or [...]