A way is presented for European entrepreneurs (and Americans also) to look at the American market in a way that will permit them to identify billion dollar opportunities.

An over reliance on using the cheapest forms of communications by many entrepreneurs – particularly those outside the US – results in lost venture capital, lost customers and lost partners who simply could not hear what you had to say. So put Skype down and pick a regular phone to make all those critical calls (and they’re all critical by the way).

Total apps downloaded at iTunes will soon exceed the total number of songs downloaded on iTunes. Who would have believed this to happen and to happen in such a short period of time.

HTC Android Gets an “F” in Branding. It actually launched on the Home Shopping Network. I kid you not! Stupid is as stupid does.

How we phrase a question leads us to different insights and conclusions about products, markets, business plans and how we see things. You can ask: why do people love the iPhone? Or, you can ask: Do I love the Android? Do I hate AT&T? Do I hate Apple? With the new iPhone coming out and AT&T gouging it’s customers it’s time Sergey and Larry started asking: Why doesn’t anyone love me?

Commentary and insight into a statement made by Loic Le Meur, founder of seesmic, who stated during a recent presentation on social media that “social media is not a [marketing] campaign”. He’s right, marketing campaigns are more like war – they hit you between the eyes. Social media is more like love – you seek it out and fall in love. So what do you think? Love or War?

Daniel McVay, second place winner in the South Florida competition of the Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship says he doesn’t need an advertising budget because he’s going to get all his customers through word of mouth and social media. Roll forward 20 years with that thought and ask yourself: Is this the death of advertising?

Hello World! Patrick Kedziora joins the world of blogging. Looking forward to finding his product/market fit or blog/reader fit. He will be mostly blogging about technology, business development, and finance – in one form or another.