Archive for the ‘Entrepreneurship’ Category
Welcome, Nasuni.
What do I do? What is Nasuni? These questions and even more answered in this weeks episode of Internet End. Procrastination Fail.!
In: About me, Cloud Computing, Entrepreneurship
Listening
I hate to admit it. I mean I really hate to admit it, but sometimes is really is better to listen than to speak. I believe this is especially true for younger individuals in the workplace. We are trying to prove our worth; that we aren’t there just to set up the meeting, and so [...]
In: About me, Entrepreneurship, Management · Tagged with: Listening
Makers vs. Managers (or understanding how others work)
I read an excellent note by Paul Graham yesterday about the differences in scheduling between “Makers” and “Managers.”
His basic premise is that engineers and others who create need large, uninterrupted sections of time to get their work done. They thrive on silence and isolation because it gives them what they need to create. While managers and [...]
In: Entrepreneurship, Management · Tagged with: Makers, Managers, Managing Engineers, Schedules
Be simple.
In the vein of my post last week I saw an excellent question today that I had not heard before:
“Given what we’re trying to do now, what is the simplest thing that could possibly work?”
This question was asked by Ward Cunningham, the inventor of the first wiki and defines his opinion about software development and [...]
In: Entrepreneurship · Tagged with: Einstein, Sales, Simple, Ward Cunningham
Because I promised myself I would
I promised myself I’d record every business idea Tristan and I have and talk through, regardless of how bad or impossible they are. (You should have seen the list from the first time!) Today we share the first:
In: Entrepreneurship · Tagged with: Idea, Projector
There’s a reason TV ads are 30 seconds long
Over the past few months, I’ve spent some time reflecting on the lessons I learned at Event Seek. There are many – too many to write about now. However I’ll share a few with you (and myself) every so often.
One of the most important lessons I learned at Event Seek was how important sales is [...]
In: Entrepreneurship · Tagged with: Event Seek, Sales, startups
Time to stop talking and start doing
For the past two years I’ve been learning about the Atlanta startup ecosystem. It seems like everyone has an opinion on what is right or wrong with Atlanta as a place to launch a technology startup. If you polled entrepreneurs, advisors, investors or otherwise I conjecture that you would find a consistent response: ATL does [...]
In: Entrepreneurship · Tagged with: Atlanta, Building a business, Service Providers, Startup Challenges, startups
How ESPN just made gambling legal (I think…)
Have you heard about ESPN’s streak for the cash? The basic idea is that if you can predict 27 accurate “wins” in a row then ESPN will cut you a check for one million dollars. The rules are pretty simple – log into ESPN’s website to pick from their list of possible matchups.
It’s a pretty cool concept [...]
In: Entrepreneurship · Tagged with: ESPN, Gambling, New business ideas
Wrangling the Nerds – The end of an era
I’ve put up a post clarifying what has happened at Event Seek over at Wrangling The Nerds. It should give you a better sense of how we got here and what is going on with our business. As always, feel free to ping me if you have any questions or concerns.
This guy isn’t dumb and we should listen
Great OpEd in the NYT a few days ago that just came across my desk. You might have heard of the columnist before as well…
Start Up the Risk-Takers
In: Entrepreneurship · Tagged with: New York Times
