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Smart Start-Ups: How Entrepreneurs and Corporations Can Profit by Starting Online Communities

Author: David Silver

Praise for Smart Start-Ups

"Silver's new book is a masterpiece of clarity concerning the next great entrepreneurial wave, and my only problem with it was the charley horse in my elbow I got turning the pages."
-Robin Richards, founding President, MP3.com, and CEO, Notification Technologies Inc.

"Silver is a modern-day Prometheus. For community entrepreneurs, Smart Start-Ups contains the secrets of fire from the heavens. If you work with communities of any kind, you ignore this book at your own peril."
-John Szeder, former senior game developer, Digital Chocolate, Inc., and CEO, Mofactor, Inc.

"Silver dives in and pulls the naked truth out of the world of online communities. There's nothing like it on the shelves. He speaks with the best and brightest in the mobile and online community markets."
-Sean Malatesta, founder, Yack Media Services, and Vice President, Indiagames, Inc.

"Smart Start-Ups is a must-read for any aspiring Internet entrepreneur. Silver cuts right to the heart of the important fact that communities are like entire nations, but without geographic borders, and they're creating the greatest transformation since the Industrial Revolution."
-Clarence Briggs, founder and CEO, AIT.com

"Silver's book is an excellent, captivating, ingenious, and essential read for anyone who wants to know how to create wealth by starting an online community. One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way; Silver certainly succeeds in that respect."
-Kyle E. Gillman, founder and CEO, Forgefinder, Inc.

Table of Contents:

Preface     ix
Acknowledgments     xix
Introduction     1
Collaborative Participation     19
Transfer of Control     51
The Function of Cooperation     69
Appear to Lack Money     93
Rules for Creating Successful Business Models     113
Raising Capital     129
How to Launch a New Product     143
Foreign Exchange Market     149
The Metaverse Arbitration Association     161
Rent a Judge     165
Publishing and Convention Management     169
Taking Back the Automobile Market     173
Mission Statement Rewriting     177
Mocketeering     181
Launching a New Hotel Chain through an Online Community     185
Medical Research     191
Life Insurance     195
Replacing Advertising with Reputation Management     201
Community for Ardent Fans of College Sports     205
A Community of Art Dealers     211
A Group Travel Community     215
Partnering with Giant Corporations     219
MyThirdPlace.com     221
IllegitimatiNonCarborundum.com     225
ReputationManagement     229
The Association of Mobile and Online Communities     235
Bibliography     239
Index     245

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The Web Collection Revealed Standard Edition: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Flash

Author: Sherry Bishop

This comprehensive introductory book provides step-by-step instruction and in-depth explanation on three of today's most widely used Web design and development programs: Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Adobe Flash CS3, and Adobe Fireworks CS3. Readers gain practical experience with the software as they work through end-of-chapter learning projects and step-by-step tutorials. An integration chapter demonstrates how to move from one application to the other while creating a Dreamweaver Web site that incorporates both Flash and Fireworks files. Full-color illustrations and a user-friendly design combine to create a solid learning experience that reveals how to master the latest features of these popular applications.