Michael Eagar | Internet Entrepreneur

I recently said to one of the Internet companies that I consult “Just Build the Prototype!” It was a classic scenario, the entrepreneur/engineer has the perfect product idea, they keep it close and secret for many years, it has been worked on and worked on to near perfection, but it is not perfect yet, [...]

Google seems to be one step ahead of the game in its delivery of great services including thier New Google Patent Search. I think it matches a lot of the other products they have come out with in that they are easy to use and very simple. You can check it out here [...]

The new Gmail Mobile Service is a great improvement. Gmail Mobile = View Attachments. I have been able to view attachments on my Blackberry for the first time with this new service. I love it.
Gmail mobile is also much faster and very user friendly. I think they have done [...]

A great announcement today to get 1000s of Free Google Books.  Google announced today that you can download 1000s of classic books that have lost thier copyright including authors like Dante, Bolivar, Shakespeare, Aesop, and many others.  You can read about it here: Google Books.

Ebay.com has slowed in revenue growth during 2006, and in an effort to increase its performance, Ebay Partners with Google, announced recently.  The terms of the agreement are not completely spelled out, but Google and Ebay will share ad revenue.  The catch for Ebay is that its partnership with Google is only for ads outside [...]

A lot of news recently on Google Business Services - Google Apps for Your Domain. It looks like Google is entering the online business services market. Some of the services Google will be offering businesses for free and offering fee packages later include its email, calandar, chat programs, Web site development tools, spreadsheets, [...]

Earlier this year Fortune had an article on Richard Branson Oil and Ethanol that was pretty good.  Virgin, the company that Branson runs, is buying up ordinary ethanol plants.  Branson believes that oil prices will continue to rise.  Virgin is also interested in producing a hybrid car some day.  Branson believes that with our current [...]

I’ve heard that unless you have a China strategy, Silicon Valley VC’s will not invest in your company.  With the Gaming Industry booming with no signs of slow down, I wonder if it might be said someday soon that unless you have an Online Gaming Strategy, Certain VC’s will not invest in your company.
BusinessWeek July [...]

Interesting article in BusinessWeek July 10, 2006 on bloggers that Get Paid to Blog Products!  The article cites PayPerPost and the BlogStar Network that pay bloggers to write posts about about products.  BlogStar pays nicely at $5 - $10 per post.  You can post whatever you want Positive, Negative or neutral - although they emphasize [...]

With all the buzz around all the products that Google has released after becoming the search leader, I thought I would track Google’s Product Success.  Here are some results thanks to BusinessWeek, July 10, 2006 edition:

Google Maps ranks No.2 behind market leader MapQuest at #1 (with a 20% gab between them)
Google News ranks No.2 behind [...]