I've been working on the social shopping of Storenvy for well over a year. It's been our goal to create a completely original shopping experience online while giving away free online stores. We want to make it fun for both shoppers and sellers. So what are you waiting for? "Go sign up!":http://www.storenvy.com/join My Storenvy Profile: "http://www.storenvy.com/NewMonarch":http://www.storenvy.com/NewMonarch 0 true 2009-11-07T15:46:43-08:00 article false 21 true storenvy-launches true 2009-11-07T15:46:43-08:00 2009-11-09T22:06:25-08:00 Stop following so many RSS feeds. Stop following so many people on Twitter. If you're following over 500 people on Twitter, "_you're doing it wrong_":http://www.slapyo.com/wp-content/wrong01.jpg. The temptation for those of us just venturing out to make our mark on the face of the great abyss know as the Internet is to feel like we need to stay on top of every single trend, technological advancement or piece of news that comes down the wire. *News Flash: You don't.* Once you've got your idea, _stop learning new stuff_. Reduce your info diet to something manageable and ignore everything else. No one ever got rich through information overload. In "my presentation on Web Entrepreneurship":http://joncrawford.com/entries/web-entrepreneurship-presentation-at-kcrug at KCRUG, I mentioned a small handful of links that I think are important for would-be Ruby on Rails startup boostrappers to follow regularly. Along with a few blogs of some friends, these are the only RSS feeds I follow. h4. Ruby * "The RailsEnvy Podcast":http://www.railsenvy.com/ - Entertaining and informative. I always listen when I'm on a jog. * "_A Fresh Cup_ by Mike Gunderloy":http://afreshcup.com - Excellent daily digest of Ruby news. Add to your Mail.app and get a new post every morning when you check your email. * "Rails Inside":http://www.railsinside.com/ * "Rails Tips":http://railstips.org/ * "Alltop - Ruby":http://ruby.alltop.com - Not an RSS feed, but this site skims the top of a all the major Ruby blogs. h4. Non-Ruby * "_Signal vs. Noise_ by 37signals":http://www.37signals.com/svn - My affections for these guys have been waning, but it's still a good resource. * "Seth Godin's Blog":http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ - Read about marketing from the marketing guru himself. * "JonCrawford.com":http://joncrawford.com (Just kidding.) Even with these links, remember to be smart. Read the headlines. If the headline isn't about something that could possibly make you money or help you with your dream project, skip it. You don't need to know everything. In fact, you'll be worse off, if you do. 0 true 2009-05-13T21:58:19-07:00 article true 19 false a-healthy-info-diet true 2009-05-25T10:33:56-07:00 2009-05-25T10:51:17-07:00 I had the privilege of speaking at the Kansas City Ruby User Group last night on the topic of Web Entrepreneurship. For the uninitiated, I work full-time on a web startup called <a href="http://www.storenvy.com">Storenvy</a> of which I am the sole developer and co-owner. I've learned quite a bit over the last year through that process and through getting more involved with the Ruby on Rails community. My presentation is in no way exhaustive, but it does cover four topics that I think are very important for any would-be web entrepreneur to be familiar with before he or she gets started. Here are the video and the slides. <h3>Video (seems to load slow, might need to give it a minute)</h3> <object width="480" height="276"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4635843&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=dd4499&amp;fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4635843&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=dd4499&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="480" height="276"></embed></object> =more= <h3>Slides</h3> <div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_1430378"><a style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/NewMonarch/jon-crawford-entrepreneurship-on-rails?type=powerpoint" title="Jon Crawford: Entrepreneurship on Rails">Jon Crawford: Entrepreneurship on Rails</a><object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=joncrawford-webentrepreneurship-090513135721-phpapp01&rel=0&stripped_title=jon-crawford-entrepreneurship-on-rails" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=joncrawford-webentrepreneurship-090513135721-phpapp01&rel=0&stripped_title=jon-crawford-entrepreneurship-on-rails" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></div> h3. Followup In the coming days and weeks, I'll probably rant on some of these points a bit more. Did you agree or disagree with anything from my talk? Did it raise any other questions? 0 true 2009-05-13T21:39:02-07:00 article true 17 false web-entrepreneurship-presentation-at-kcrug true 2009-05-13T21:57:30-07:00 2009-05-14T08:09:55-07:00