Derek Sivers, the ex-founder of CDBaby, has launched a new venture called Wood Egg. Since the sale of CDBaby a few years ago, Derek has been living abroad and learning a lot about international business.
Wood Egg is a series of entrepreneurial guides to starting businesses in many countries. The first series of books teaches how to start a business in 16 countries in Asia. Derek's plan is to release a new series of books every year.
What's extraordinary about this company (if the content wasn't awesome enough) is that has created a process for building the content of the books. He has created a 200-question process that someone could take and hit the streets of any country and collect the raw materials for a book. Then, he has editors who assemble the information into a book format. There are volunteer and paid positions in his company and the waiting list is long.
Medium is a... hmm. What do you call it? It's not a blog. It's not website in the traditional sense. It's a publication that carries many talented folks who write about stuff for which they are passionate. I don't like the term "e-zine."
Evan Williams (Co-Founder of Medium and Blogger) says: "Medium is a new place on the Internet where people share ideas and stories that are longer than 140 characters and not just for friends."
I've setup a little shop there and look forward to contributing.
