Tracking the Success of Private-for Profit Educational Institutions

Tracking the Success of Private-for Profit Educational Institutions

This is the first of many posts about private-for-profit educational institutions and their strategic moves. Strayer a private-for-profit organization recently released its financial results for the past three months—the highlights are listed below: Revenues for the...
Lawrence Lessig on FREE Culture

Lawrence Lessig on FREE Culture

I just came across this link to a presentation I attended given by Lawrence Lessig at the Open Source conference in San Diego in 2002. The website provides a place where we can share and build upon Lawrence’s ideas. This was the beginning of the web, it was a...
Keeping the Internet FREE

Keeping the Internet FREE

Over the past few months, there have been lots of talk about how the ISPs in the United States are going to start charging you with respect to ‘how’ you are using the internet. For example, if you are using your high-speed cable connection as a phone service then the...
Marketing Research & Resources

Marketing Research & Resources

I can build and design any kind of site you want. My challenge has been to make money from the sites.  Lots of good ideas but as noted several times on this site and others, there are sites that aren’t very attractive or built with the latest/greatest technology who...
Doing Business at a Distance: Advice to Developers & Buyers

Doing Business at a Distance: Advice to Developers & Buyers

As a business/contractor who’s been stiffed on several projects, I thought I would put down things every online contractor and business should know when doing business at a distance. With the recent rise of working at a distance/virtually with someone and often never...

JupiterResearch: Consumer Resistance to Paid Content Stays High

Consumer resistance to paying for content online remains high, though adoption is up slightly, according to a new JupiterResearch report. The New York market researcher found adoption is up from last year, albeit 64 percent of adults still said they wouldn’t pay for...