TechCrunch says that Google just bought Aardvark for $50 million. Everyone wants to know where to eat, where to go on vacation… These are Google questions and Yelp questions! But for specific, tough-to-Google questions like my lint-brushing sign language, Aardvark is uniquely useful. Why Google bought What the hell is Aardvark (vark.com) ? It’s like a Yahoo Questions that works.

But spend a few minutes with Chance and you’ll see that he’s refined a system for dependably launching online products — profitably. In his career, he has built 7-figure email subscriber-bases and personally created products and marketing that have sold over $25 million via direct sales and marketing methods. They don’t rush out and go spend three, six, twelve months building a product. While most online companies struggle to get hits to their sites, Chance Barnett is attracting customers and racking up sales . Most people don’t know

But spend a few minutes with Chance and you’ll see that he’s refined a system for dependably launching online products — profitably. In his career, he has built 7-figure email subscriber-bases and personally created products and marketing that have sold over $25 million via direct sales and marketing methods. They don’t rush out and go spend three, six, twelve months building a product. While most online companies struggle to get hits to their sites, Chance Barnett is attracting customers and racking up sales . Most people don’t know

When Google opened up its mapping API it made Maponics’s Flash-based idea less appealing. - After Google came out with its product, Maponics shut down its Flash-based product. The company works with Google, Trulia, infoUSA, Yellow Book USA, CitySearch, and other big online brands. - The first company he founded failed, but now Darrin Clement is running a multi-million dollar mapping business that he founded and bootstrapped. How did he go from having to close down his previous company to winning so many customers at this one?

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Tell me a bit about your background. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic. That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations.

I recently wrote a post about avoiding the “ Deferred Life Plan ” and some related thoughts about personal productivity that came from Tim Ferriss’s book, The Four Hour Workweek. would love to say that I’m the productivity guru.  Unfortunately Like many of you, though, I’m always struggling with productivity drains and in search of improvements. I Unfortunately my wife reads my blog and she’d log in and add comments to dispel this rumor (she keeps me honest .  Like

As a product guy slash nerd, I often notice when I encounter a user experience that is particularly good–and also when one is not so good. Tags: General Produc Today I want to highlight one of the former. The The experience in question was great to me because aside from being a good experience, it is an iconic example of [...] ...Tags:

Hello, and welcome to Google Armed Insurgency! You may be surprised or even confused by this new feature on your Google Dashboard. This product’s in private alpha for now! How Google Armed Insurgency Works But don’t worry, I’m here to explain how it all works. You see, on Wednesday the Iranian government shut down Gmail service throughout the country .

It has been almost a year since I left Google, yet I am struck how often I refer to lessons I learned there as I make daily decisions for KlickFu. thought it might be helpful to summarize some of the most important things I learned at Google, some of which may be fairly obvious, [...] ...Tags: Tags: Entrepreneurship General Innovation Produc I

Today’s topic, and a personal favorite is Google Apps.  Here at Startup Army we’re using a combination of Google Apps and Microsoft Office to keep ourselves organized and productive.  In case you’re unaware, Google Apps is a suite of applications that enable users to collaborate through e-mail, calendars, documents and customized sites. Hey Everybody! [Pause Pause for Simpsons Fans] The team has been on my case to get on this whole blogging thing and the time has arrived.