Chris Knudsen on Life & Business

David Walker, the Comptroller General of the United States and head of the GAO, has resigned. This is a very sad day for America.
More on David Walker here.

Bloomberg: US resembling third world country - ridicules Washington.
Romney endorses McCain - somewhere John Huntsman Jr. is smiling and nodding approvingly.
Somebody with money to burn invests $100 million in bankrupt SCO. How do I meet these people?
On the verge of bankruptcy Draper-based Linux Networx has its “assets” acquired by Silicon Gaming Inc.
Rick “The Free Capitalist” [...]

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 [...]

Remember what I said about Florida?
This is one of the most disgusting acts of police brutality I have ever seen:

The rest of the story:

“It’s hard to shock people in this modern wired world, but even the chief deputy of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office in Florida found the security camera video of a jailer dumping [...]

This is funny. On Obama, LA Times columnist, Joel Stein says:
“You are embarrassing yourselves. With your ‘Yes We Can’ music video, your ‘Fired Up, Ready to Go’ song, your endless chatter about how he’s the first one to inspire you, to make you really feel something — it’s as if you’re tacking photos of Barack [...]

I received an email from Dennis Wood at v|Spring indicating that I’ve been selected as a semi-finalist in this year’s v|100 - along with about 500 other people. I made the cut last year…thanks for the props.
The 2008 list looks a lot more competitive than the 2007 list. Yes, you still have your academics, lawyers, government-types, self-promoters, [...]

Google’s Android mobile operating platform is open source and looks way cooler than OSX on the iPhone or the Blackberry OS. I want it! Watch this:

Did you catch Sergey’s challenge at the end? A $10 million fund will give money to developers who create the best applications for Android. That’s a great idea that will [...]

I am currently hiring sales people for a great opportunity in a small and fast growing Internet company.
Great base salary, generous commissions, and benefits included.  
I prefer people with a background in direct sales or business development with previous software sales experience. Good phone sales skills and networking skills are required.
Send your resume to me [...]

Here are some random recent thoughts and observations I need to get out there…

SEO services are so widely needed right now that you have to be really screwing up if you own an SEO company and you’re not having some level of success. Most companies I visit indicate that they need outside help with SEO and PPC management. Most [...]

Buchanan is brilliant:
“With two-thirds of the nation saying the country is on the wrong course, the two parties are offering candidates both of whom played major roles in setting that course. And neither probable nominee has advanced ideas to deal with the crises America faces, nor even shown any great awareness that the country is [...]