Supporting Other Entrepreneurs

Posted on 05. Jul, 2006 by in Entrepreneurship

I consider myself a loyal reader to quite a few blogs on the internet. A lot of these are my friends’ blogs at the MindPetals Entrepreneur Network. Others are simply blogs which capture my attention and motivate me within. One of these blogs is Entrepreneurs-Journey, written by Yaro Starak. Yaro as an Internet Entrepreneur prides himself on his excellent communication skills and his good judgement and honesty.

As a result I was a bit shocked when people started “attacking” him due to an article that he had written promoting an Adsense Master’s Ebook product. This product contained details of how to obtain Adsense templates. Now for many of Yaro’s readers, they thought that this was intrusive because of a number of reasons:

  • They thought Yaro was promoting a tool that Spammers and Splogs could use in an effort to build up Adsense money.
  • They knew that Yaro hadn’t even reviewed the product and so the information was of little use to them
  • They thought that Yaro was becoming too greedy as he was trying to get more revenue through affiliate links

All of this information may have been true, but I think that the commenters’ behaviour on Yaro’s blog was totally uncalled for. Instead of recognising how much hard work and effort Yaro had put into maintaining Entrepreneurs-Journey, and all of the valuable information he had written, they still chose to take a “cheap-shot” at him, giving him stick for one mistake he made.

Due to all of Yaro’s harsh criticism, yesterday he decided to change the focus of Entrepreneurs-Journey more towards actual entrepreneurial articles. While this may be better for the site’s ranking and SEO, I think that this move will cause the breakup of the site. Yaro even says that he doesn’t mind if he posts “Once per month”. In my opinion, I don’t think that this is sufficient to maintain his current readership of about 1500 subscribers. And I definitely believe that it is the cruel work of a few of his commenters that has lead to his decision.

Instead of criticising, I think that more entrepreneurs like Yaro should have stood up for Mr Starak, and should have protected his blogs and businesses from any major backlashes. As entrepreneurs we do not only have a duty to innovate, but we have a responsibility to help others, and to change things around us. If more people had helped Yaro out of his difficult situation then he would not have been put under so much pressure resulting in “sleepless nights”. However, he has vowed to write another blog focusing on personal development, this may even turn out to be even better for his internet empire. I hope so…

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7 Responses to “Supporting Other Entrepreneurs”

  1. Yaro

    05. Jul, 2006

    Hey Adnan, thanks for coming to my defence, I really appreciate.

    I just want to clarify, I won’t be reducing the amount of posts I make to Entrepreneur’s Journey to one per month – it was the new personal development blog I was talking about that I may not post to very frequently.

    I certainly plan to keep up the current pace on E-J since I have lots to say on the topic of Internet entrepreneurship.

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  2. David Askaripour

    05. Jul, 2006

    Wow…that’s a shame. We all live and we all learn, right? I’m sure that Yaro will be just fine; he’s an excellent dude and I truly appreciate his work as well as many others…

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  3. Erica

    06. Jul, 2006

    Hi adnan, thought I’d say …well….hi. I have suscribed to your blog today, after reading a few great posts in succession. Your blog is fresh and interesting in a saturated market. Well Done. Keep the good work up.

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  4. adnan

    06. Jul, 2006

    Sorry about the misunderstanding Yaro. Im glad that you’re still keeping up the pace on EJ, because it is a really useful resource and it would be a shame if the traffic slipped.
    Hey Erica! Glad to have another fellow entrepreneur following the site! Feel free to browse through my Archives or contact me if you have any queries. And thanks for subscribing!

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  5. JafarK

    07. Jul, 2006

    Hey, Adnan, great to read an article on internet entrepreneur ship. I feel that this is one of the most lively blogs in these topics. I really appreciate you post in all the topics. As you know, i have been pondering around since summer and therefore i decided to join you guys as a YE. But… I am quite far from that rank and extend my invitation to you and other YE to help me develop my blog. Your help will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, JafarK.

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  6. Matt (Mithrill)

    07. Jul, 2006

    Glad to hear that Yaro isn’t stopping. I think that it is sad that people are willing to turn on someone so quickly.

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  7. adnan

    07. Jul, 2006

    Thanks for your encouragement Jafar. Im also glad that Yaro is taking the criticism in his stride. People are always quick to point the finger, and Im just annoyed that they didn’t realise how much Yaro has given back to the entrepreneurial community through his blog and podcasts

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