As I am reorganizing my life to accommodate a full time job, taking care of my son (and myself), and working on my new business ventures, I am coming across interesting stashes of information. Some of the stashes–like notes from great seminars and lists made while bored at the other ones–are full of arcane super specific information.

But the most interesting thing I have found so far are collections of links that relate to specific ideas.  One example is a group of links related to a water bottling idea I had a few years ago.  I won’t go into details, since I still think I might want to attempt to make a business around the idea at some point.  But the links included really specific details:  i.e. (1) a company selling inline filling assembly lines (I love the schematics), and (2) a link to a trade show related to the industry.

But the sheer randomness of other stashes of links is what is most intriguing.  So, for your entertainment and edification (and my convenience), I am listing below the contents of my google bookmarks before I clean it out.

(1) From Geekpreneur, an article regarding minimizing failure in a new business.

(2) a list of 50 sites to assist you in finding information on anyone, anywhere.

(3) Bizben, a site with a huge number of listings of businesses for sale in California.

(4) CookingForEngineers, a fabulous site for finding recipes that are logical and easy to follow for beginning cooks.  I love food, and I found a kick-ass ratatouille recipe there.

(5) A faxing site that allows a free fax online (I used it while in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying several dollars for each page of a 30 page real estate agreement).

(6) The Ubiquity Tutorial.  If you are not using Firefox AND Ubiquity, you are missing out.

(7) A tool to convert youTube videos to other formats.

(8) Online machine shop – allows you to design and spec just about anything and then have it made for a very reasonable price.  I truly believe that this is one of the harbingers of things to come.  Genius!

(9) Ever need a stop watch?

(10) 100 free podcasts to expand your horizons.

(11) Free summaries of business books.  They do a great job for the most part.

(12) Sun Run Solar, a different model for implementation of solar panel  technology.

(13) TED – Ideas Worth Spreading indeed.

(14) Searchengineguide.com’s web marketing guide.  Worth your time to read.

(15) TransitionCulture – a great little site about sustainability and self-reliance.

(16) Urban Permaculture Guild is a wonderful site related to permaculture, which has interested me since I lived in Taos in 1995-1996.  Beware the autoplay audio (player is in top right corner if you want to pause it).

(17) Wufoo for Forms.

Enjoy and share it if you like.  I hope this list doesn’t reveal too much about me. . .

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I just search google for my domain, and finally have the top spot.  More problematic is the fact that I am not on the first page when I search for just “2pct”.

I will need to build some links to get ahead of all of the financial articles!  But I will do it!

ButI am happy right now to finally be indexed. . .

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Greetings!

I would like to introduce myself to you with flowery adjectives and a polished sales pitch, but the origins of this site are not suited for that.  Rather, I must admit that www.2pct.com was born from the realisation that I spend entirely too much time browsing the internet to compile resources and authoritative information for my multiple areas of interest and for my day job.

The lightbulb lit up for me when I realized that my bookmarks folder, the subfolders, and sub-subfolders were begging for better organization.  As I was reading a “10 best” blog post, it hit me that my bookmarks were a pretty damned good compilation of resources.  In fact, they were better than the list on the blog I was reading.  So, I decided to write a series of posts about starting a business. . . MY business.

Let me back up.  I have another admission to make:  I am a practicing attorney.  Before you hit the back button on your browser, let me tell you how this site can help you!

The first series of posts will be about starting a business, finding financing, and planning for success in a manner that can accomodate the potential strategic changes you will need to make as you begin conducting business.   These posts will be written as I go through the process of setting up my own business online.  You will be able to watch my progress as I try to take my own advice, and hopefully a reader or two might be able to learn something from my failures and my successes.

I am not allowing comments on this site, so if you wish to contact me, please email me:  matt at 2pct.com

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