Business Partner Difficulties and My First Failed Business
This post is originally from an email I wrote to a friend who was having a tough time with a business partnership where I talk about my first failed business.
Lessons Learned from UberNote Failed B2C
The backstory, UberNote Online Web Notes started as a side project built in a townhouse north of Baltimore on nights and weekends...
9 Ways I Benefit from Watching Shark Tank
With the return of Shark Tank this week I decided to write up all the ways I benefit from the show. If you aren’t familiar with the show, I highly recommend you check it out. Basically business owners come into the...
Just because you can build it. Doesn’t mean you should
I’ve probably been burned by this at least 1/2 a dozen times. There are friends of mine who I know have/are doing the exact same thing (you know who you are). Here are the steps of a start-up in the mind of a...
Wanted! Equation on how should I value my time
My friend Jay and I had a brief twitter conversation about being guilty https://twitter.com/wjhuie/status/283748389278056448 of wasting time on little things. I read this article awhile back (How should a startup founder value...
Are businesses really in the business of creating jobs?
I’ve been reading a lot about job creation lately and came across the following article: Small Business: A Misunderstood Beast – Yahoo! Finance. This article really brought to light something I haven’t thought...
Productivity Tipping Point
There are times I am extremely productive and other times I am just scatterbrained and all over the place (can be good too, but not when you mean to be productive). I believe there is a productivity tipping point; a point where...
Good funding stories vs evil funding stories
I just finished reading http://blog.uservoice.com/entries/how-we-almost-didnt-raise-800k-in-the-worst-investment-market-in-years and can’t help but feel inspired. If you have the time and are interested in funding, it is a...