A Web Company vs A Local Shop

If I were to tell you I’m starting a new event ticket site, you would most likely tell me to back off the cliff and do something without a dominant market leader and 50,000 competitors.

If I told you I was opening up a sandwich shop, you would be a happy first-day customer, wanting to support me.

In both…

What Is So Bad About Local?

At PodCampAZ there were not a lot of statements I disagreed with.  One was that podcasting has a future (without iTunes actually creating a way for creators to sell their works, which was promised years ago).  The other one was Chris Pirillo, explaining how BrightKite scares him.  Telling people where you are is scary.  I initially agreed…