Who knew that an idea to gather celebrity gossip sites would turn into a tool that aggregates and displays useful information for countless, varying topics? This tool that I am speaking of is Alltop.com (all the top stories), which according to the creators,
“helps you explore your passions by collecting stories about ‘all the topics’ on the web… At each Alltop site, we display the headlines of the latest stories from dozens of sites and blogs. You can think of an Alltop site as a ‘digital magazine rack’ of the Internet.”
One of the aggregated topics that is obviously pertinent to Phillypreneurs is “startups.” Sites that have valuable information about “startups” are featured on this Alltop page, and range from The Wall Street Journal and Forbes magazine to individual blogs. Alltop’s creators take the time seek out worthy sites through research on google, visiting the sites, recommendations via social networking sites, such as twitter, etc. Alltop subtopic pages reveal the site name and the five most recent stories, which is incredibly important for the “startups” page, as new ventures are being created at a rapid pace. Most important, they offer “diamond in the rough” sites, which is very valuable to me as I seek out unique content about entrepreneurs (I highly recommend that you visit WorkHappy.net “killer resources for entrepreneurs”).
I would like to thank the creators of Alltop, Guy Kawasaki, Kathryn Henkens and Will Mayall, for creating this useful tool that offers relevant and timely headlines (especially about startups) in an approachable site. They truly mean it when they say, “we’ve got startups covered.” Consider it a virtual library for the resources you’ll need to be a successful entrepreneur. That being said, I hope they consider adding Phillypreneurs to the “startups” page (cough, cough). But seriously, we would be truly honored. Make sure to visit Alltop’s startup page, and who knows, one day you might scroll over Phillypreneurs while you’re getting the latest update on the best entrepreneurial resources.
Alexis Siemons is a freelance writer and creative business consultant living in Philadelphia. She has a passion for language and explores it in her blog, The Lexicon . When not using both hands to feverishly type, she balances a teacup in one while working on her tea blog.
