The UC Berkeley Entreprenuership Blog
I was recently profiled on Web Worker Daily, one of the best blogs out there for anyone who works in the web industry, and the story was syndicated on the New York Times website. The profile was part of Web Worker Daily’s “Reader Profile” series where they ask certain readers who they are, what they do, what tech they use, and what their favorite web working tip is.
I would just like to take a moment to wish all of our readers a very Happy New Years. I hope all of you reached your goals for 2009 and have new aspirations and goals for the coming year. I want to thank you all for reading AM Beat and let all our readers know that we have dozens of great posts and features planned ahead for 2010.
Here is a list of the top trending topics according to Twitter sorted by category. It features the Top 10 mentions related to news events, people, TV shows, movies, sports, technology and hashtags.
At the Start-Up School held here at UC Berkeley about two weeks ago Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg came in to talk to a group of over 700 entrepreneurs, tech enthusiasts, and students about his experiences and Facebook in general. It is really quite the inspiring story for any aspiring entrepreneur.
Small Business Trends, one of the best blogs out there on the pulse of small businesses, has asked its readers to compose a list of 51 ways all entrepreneurs can save money for their small business utilizing technology. Seeing how a large percentage of AM Beat readers run technologically-intensive start-ups, I thought it would be a good idea to share this content here.
From an SEO standpoint, the blogosphere is a goldmine. It provides the opportunity for marketers to build targeted natural “in-content” links which are not only great for increasing search engine rankings, but also can drive significant amounts of targeted traffic.
In blogging and business in general, authority is often your most important asset. Why is it that almost every large company spends millions or billions of dollars on simply building its brand name? It is to establish themselves as an authority in their respective industries.
As new technology gains widespread publicity among the general public, the business applications it has grows immensely. A clear cut example of this is the recent popularity of text messaging. A recent survey showed that teenagers in America were sending and receiving as much as an average of 80 text messages a day. Hence, it [...]
Spending the last two months traveling around India, I was worried about the amount of Internet access I would have. After all, this blog and most of my business activity requires an Internet connection to stay in touch and get work done. Hence, I spent a lot of time planning ahead as possible before I [...]
I had the chance to head over to Cisco’s offices in Bangalore today to learn more about the future of the company and test out their new Cisco Telepresensce enterprise solution. The Cisco Telepresensce Solution is one of the most amazing applications of new business technology I have seen. It is the most realistic and highest quality video conferencing software in the world.
AM Beat is a blog written by Aditya Mahesh, a young entrepreneur and freshman at UC Berkeley who runs ZapPrep, a college admissions consulting business. This blog covers marketing, technology, and finance.
