I have a new addiction. It’s name is Mixergy.
The site is a collection of interviews by an extremely successful entrepreneur named Andrew Warner (”Hey everybody, this is Andrew Warner of Mixergy.com where ambitious upstarts mix!”). He sold a web company a few years back and now spends his time studying what other internet entrepreneurs have done to build great companies–the best part is he puts it all (I think) on the net for everyone to benefit!
It’s an awesome resource and I’d highly recommend checking it out now. Now I’m just hoping he lands Elon Musk soon, that dude is fascinating.
I guess I shouldn’t like Jason Calacanis much, because I really believe in SEO, but he’s pretty spot on with a keynote he gave at Affiliate Summit. I love when he pokes fun at affiliates for touting their 6 figure checks and says something along the lines of “Add two or three zeros and then you can hang in Silicon Valley.”
Like anybody, I’d love to have some 6-figure checks but it really shouldn’t be the focus. Don’t build BS scraper sites, MFA blogs, or any other crap like that. Focus on building a real business that utilizes your search marketing skills and maybe someday you can hang with Calacanis and his buddies in the Valley.
P.S. — He said in the speech that his ego alert (read Google Alert) would pop up if someone blogged about him and he’d happily leave a comment. Let’s see if that happens, I’d be impressed.
