skip to content

Archive for the 'Entrepreneurship' Category



What I learned about business from two college dropouts

Published on May 28, 2008

If you are letting your prejudices about Microsoft or Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer get in your way of learning a thing or two about business then I feel sorry for you. Here are six great educational minutes from the All Things D conference. Watch and learn:

I hope they put up part two soon!
Do you […]

Do you dig it? Share:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • Fark
  • digg
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb

Welcome to the “new” Speaking Roses

Published on May 12, 2008

Yes, this is a blog post about Speaking Roses. Yes, they are back from the dead. After trying almost every conceivable business model and failing to the point of bankruptcy Speaking Roses has now emerged as a bizopp.
No, I’m not kidding.
You see, Speaking Roses has a Google problem. If you go to Google and type in […]

Do you dig it? Share:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • Fark
  • digg
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb

10 reasons entrepreneurs should take more vacations

Published on April 17, 2008

This is something I’ve thought a lot about lately. Here’s a quick summary on why entrepreneurs should take vacations:

You work too much
New environments spark creativity
You are getting boring to be around
Its been a long time since you’ve been on a vacation
You need to get out of the house
You need to reconnect
Its helpful to remind yourself […]

Do you dig it? Share:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • Fark
  • digg
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb

mediaFORGE launches interactive ads widget

Published on April 11, 2008

Salt Lake-based MediaFORGE, a company I thought had passed away, launches a cool new interactive ad widget. Check it out:

Its good to see these guys are still around and kicking! Have a nice weekend!
Do you dig it? Share:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Do you dig it? Share:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • Fark
  • digg
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb

A question on splitting equity among founders

Published on April 8, 2008

My friend, Lisa Ann Thomson, a local writer and author sent me this question:
Hello! I have a quick question (or maybe a very complicated question) for all the entrepreneurial types I know:
How do you divide equity and ownership amongst founders of a company?
More specifically, I have a friend (seriously, it’s a friend, it’s not me….) who […]

Do you dig it? Share:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • Fark
  • digg
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb

Ideas are a dime a dozen - most of mine suck

Published on March 28, 2008

Lately I’ve been meeting with a lot of budding entrepreneurs to talk about ideas they have or businesses they have started. I really enjoy getting together and talking with like-minded people. Just today I met with a fellow Westminster grad who has built a great little outsource programming shop. On the side, he and his developers […]

Do you dig it? Share:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • Fark
  • digg
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb

Calacanis is right (on the important stuff)

Published on March 12, 2008

Jason Calacanis wrote a blog post that created a firestorm on the Web. On the important stuff he’s right on. Here are my thoughts:

“Buy Macintosh computers, save money on an IT department.” Come on, Jason - Macs break down too. Plus, I’m way more productive on a PC - so are most other people.
“Buy a […]

Do you dig it? Share:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • Fark
  • digg
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb

In business but out of business

Published on March 4, 2008

Important notice: In the Summer of 2007, Speaking Roses filed for bankruptcy. The company’s intellectual property was acquired out of that bankruptcy by several of the former founders of Speaking Roses. Those founders then restarted the company as a new entity and are now trying to market Speaking Roses as a bizopp distributorship. Therefore, the Company discussed in the post below was the “old” […]

Do you dig it? Share:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • Fark
  • digg
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb

UEC mentor event

Published on February 27, 2008

I had a great time last night at the UEC mentor event. I was tapped to mentor the Savvy May team, which won the Westminster business plan competition last month.
It was also good to run into a couple of familiar faces. Rand Bateman was at the table next to me. His team has a cool […]

Do you dig it? Share:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • Fark
  • digg
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb

YoungEntrepreneur: The Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Starting A Business

Published on February 14, 2008

YoungEntrepreneur.com pulled together a list of the top 10 mistakes people make when starting a business. Some I agree with and some I don’t but overall its a good read. My comments are below in italics:
What are the common mistakes that new entrepreneurs make and how can you avoid making them yourself? Here is our […]

Do you dig it? Share:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • Fark
  • digg
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb



back to top