About
SLentrepreneur Magazine
SLentreprenuer Magazine is a publication dedicated to business in the virtual world Second Life.
Created and conceived in January of 2008, the magazine seeks to present valuable content on all aspects of Second Life Industry. Sections include Second Life Profiles, News, Features, Second Life Traffic Report and the SLENTRE.COM FREE classifieds.
SL entrepreneur Staff
Avarie Parker, Publisher and Co-Editor
Sl entrepreneur is a collaborative effort by an international team of Second Life residents. Avarie Parker, aka Lisa Peyton is a real life web designer and internet marketing specialist. Have a suggestion for an article? Email avarie.parker@gmail.com.
Cheyenne Palisades, Co-editor
Sigmund Leominster, Managing News Editor
Sigmund Leominster is a freelance writer and his articles can be found in a number of SL periodicals. As well as being an observer the world of business that SLentrepreneur magazine focuses on, he also writes on men’s style and human interest stories. His blog can be found at SL on SL (http://sigmundleominster
In RL, Siggy is VP of R&D for an international technology company, and writes and lectures on language and communication.
Mariana Stallion, Managing Feature Editor
Peter Stindberg, Staff Writer and Translation Expert
Peter joined SL in October 2006 out of professional interest, but soon found the true value are the interesting people from all over the world and their unleashed creativity. Having a strong background in marketing and PR, Peter launched his translation and text-creation service bureau in summer of 2007, developing it into the premier service provider for language services and copywriting in SL. Peter joined SLENTRE.COM early on and contributes his experiences as freelance journalist and book author. Peter loves fashion and scripting, is married to SLENTRE.COM photographer Gina Glimmer and lives most of the time in his office at Beachwood if he is not modeling or exploring Second Life. Peter’s blog can be found here - http://stindberg.blogspot.com
Gina Glimmer, Staff Photographer
Rezzed on 11/11/06 at Ahern, Gina has been active in different roles such as newbie mentoring, counseling and training, before starting a carreer as professional photographer early September ‘07 - rooting on several years of photographic experience in RL. As owner and founder of Glimmer’s Gaze Photography she has work on display in several galleries in SL as well as on sale on SL Exchange and OnRez. Gina’s main focus is on architectural landscapes and human avatar besides a variety in themes of freelance photographic work. She is also available for custom work such as profile pictures or fashion shots.
Gina loves Italy and her husband, and walking barefoot most of the time is her hallmark.
Draxtor Despres, Reporter and Videographer
Draxtor Despres is a hardworking journalist, filing for a variety of outlets.
His weekly SL reports are highly regarded as the premiere showcase for what this world has to offer and his stories on Virtual Guantanamo or the William Gibson appearance in SL have earned Draxtor invitations on many a panel discussions. He recently started his own production company http://www.draxtor.com and delivered promotional machinima for clients such as Manpower Inc., Dresdner Bank and Warner Brothers. When the sun sets though, he can often be found behind a piano or strumming his guitar, which was handmade in Ludwigsburg, Deutschland.
PrinterBrian Dowd, Staff Writer and Advisor
President of Semper International, (http://www.semperllc.com/) a full service niche staffing firm focused on the print, graphics and interactive media industries. Regan helped finance his degree from Musicians Institute in Los Angeles by running a printing press, a skilled gained from his family business. . As a struggling musician—a guitarist—on the West Coast, Regan supplemented his income by continuing to run a press, ultimately becoming a pressroom manager. In 1996, Regan joined Printstaff (now Semper International, opening an office in San Francisco and overseeing West Coast operations. He ultimately moved to Boston, where he became President focusing on strategic positioning and managing the recruitment process, overseeing hiring and training, skills testing, and conducting statistical analyses to measure success. He also helps manage the company’s sister company, Printworkers.com, the print industry’s leading job board. As a forward-thinking visionary, Brian has been a speaker and contributor of articles on the subject of the staffing challenges facing the graphic arts industry and recruitment using Virtual Worlds. Parlaying his interest and intuitive learning skills developed from video games, Brian is a member of the IDGA, and is actively consulting firms in the business merits of building a presence in Virtual Worlds such as Second Life. Regan brought Semper into Second Life and in early 2007 making it the first staffing firm to open an office for recruiting purposes.
Shava Nerad, Staff Writer
Vette DeCuir, Staff Writer and Fashion Industry Expert
Cybergrrl Oh, Staff Writer and Columnist
Cybergrrl Oh is a seasoned business reporter in both her First Life and Second Life. She is a regular contributor to SLNN.com covering real world businesses in SL. In FL, she covers women’s business issues for Entrepreneur magazine, WomenEntrepreneur.com, and Entrepreneur Mom on WorkItMom.com among many others as well as a tech blogger on WebWorkerDaily.com. Her personal blog can be found at http://cybergrrloh.blogspot.com/.
Makenzie Irling, Staff Writer
Makenzie is just starting to get her feet wet in Second Life. In real life she is an English major pusuing a career in writing or advertising. This is her first venture into writing here and she hopes to gain knowledge and experience.
Seikatsu Koba, Staff Photographer
Seikatsu joined SL on March 16, 2007, and began playing withSL photography shortly after becoming a resident, but it wasn’t until September2007 that she started making my work public. She also teaches English as a Second Language at ESL SL; ajob that she finds challenging, fun, and most of all, very rewarding.
Lucam Oh, Staff Writer
Lucam Oh nasce il 4 maggio 2007 e per sei mesi viene tenuto prigioniero, assieme ad un gruppo di sfortunati avatar builder, nella land di Experience Italy con il compito di ricostruire prim su prim il famoso quartiere dell’EUR di Roma. Alla fine della titanica opera di costruzione si trova improvvisamente disoccupato e inizia un disperato vagabondaggio attraverso le peggiori land di Second LIfe che lo porterà ad un passo dall’autodistruzione. Attualmente si guadagna da vivere facendo il consulente immobiliare e il fotografo di architettura
Billy Laffer, Staff Writer
In world, I am Billy Laffer, Executive Director of Laffer Designs, a successful (by my definition) prefab home design business.
