Michael Eagar | Internet Entrepreneur

One of the big challenges that I see small businesses and
startups having today is having entrepreneurial employees.  I hear many of
you right now saying “Are you crazy?”  Maybe, but that is beside the
point.  Let’s observe the following: 

The entrepreneurial community
has been exploding over the past 20-30 years.  30 years ago, [...]

Here are some of the Local Utah Bloggers I follow:

Alex McArthur - Everything
Amy Rhoads - Organization, Business
Blake Snow - Entrepreneurship
Brock Blake - Entrepreneurship
Chris Sandberg - Entrepreneurship
Gary Thornock - Technology, Politics
Janet Meiners - Affiliate & Internet Marketing
Jeff Barson - Entrepreneurship, Musings
Jeff Jordan - Entrepreneurship
Jimmy Zimmerman - Tech, Business
John Jonas - Internet Marketing
Joshua Steimle - Business, Internet
Kory [...]

I was amazed at the presentation I heard of Alan Hall at UVEF. Here are some highlights:

At MarketStar, they figured out a way to get products to market
The vision of Grow Utah Ventures (GUV) is to be the most powerful private entity for economic growth in the state of Utah
GUV has a goal to [...]

This week I joined a new company that has some exciting growth, Gifts That Lift, out of Lehi, UT. Their founder/CEO Wendy Bird has become pretty well known recently in the Utah business community because of the awards and recognition they have received including the 2006 top 25 under 5 from UVEF.
Most [...]

Good spot in BusinessWeek on Facebook and Chris Hughes and Mark Zuckerberg in the July 10, 2006 edition. As another social networking site, Facebook is expanding fast. Launched at the first of the year 2006, they are 100 employees strong and growing. Look for more from these two young entrepreneurs.

The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum last Thursday featured some great April Utah Entrepreneurs. The presenters were all from BYU’s Center for Entrepreneurship and it was hosted by John Richards of the Center for Entrepreneurship.
I took notes on my Blackberry, and I am really getting use to utilizing the power of this mobile device, it [...]

Great article spot in BusinessWeek Feb 6, 2006 edition on the Future Podcast Revolution. The article notes Steve Jobs taking a seat on Disney’s board, and how that will effect the future of internet and digital delivery. The article noted that we should expect to see internet only shows in the future like [...]

Is the CEO of the Future Steve Jobs? Maybe, according to BusinessWeek Feb 6, 2006 edition. Here are some takeways:

1. Strategy - Jobs insists on controlling all apects of the product from hardware to software to service.
2. Leadership - Jobs is very hands-on in his areas of expertise.
3. Culture - Jobs supports the [...]