I’m usually skeptical of “networks” and aggregators, but aftering meeting David of MindPetals.com this past week for lunch, I’m a fan of what he is building. MindPetals.com came onto the scene (according to this Alexa graph) in June 2006 and has been a community site for entrepreneurs. Bloggers who cover entrepreneurial topics are found by Mind Petal scouts and have the opportunity of having their blogs listed on MindPetals.com. Their respective posts are fed thru RSS to MindPetals.com and summaries appear on the site. MindPetals.com acts as an aggregator of entrepreneurial posts but then sends the viewer to the respective blog the posts exist on… which is what sealed the deal for me.

I want to own my content (I’m not selfish, but if I put time into writing it, my site should benefit), not have it indexed elsewhere for other people to monetize. I’m happy about the stance MindPetals.com has taken in this regard and am proud to not just have my blog indexed for users to view, but have been extended an invitation to the MindPetals.com Advisory Board. When I met with David at lunch, we talked about how MindPetals.com was founded, where he wants to take it, and how he plans on getting there. We mutually agreed on many different aspects of this and am excited to help guide MindPetals.com strategy.

Feel free to check out MindPetals.com and leave your comments. I’d love to know how I can help make it a better place for the entrepreneurial scene.

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