Month: September 2007

Noonhat — a fantastic idea

Fred Medlin recently tipped me off to a great idea from Seattle called Noonhat. It’s the business lunch equivalent of a blind date. You enter your email address and location, and a day that works for you, and Noonhat automatically…

Datasaurus Rex…

Back in 1997, I had a slicker mobile office setup than I have now.  This was largely thanks to the Franklin Electronics Rex PC Companion.  Here’s a picture of the little fella… This thing was awesome.  It was about the…

Thrifty travel tips for Entrepreneurs…

Travel is an area where, as we say in England, it’s possible to be "penny wise and pound foolish".  You can always travel cheaply, but sometimes cheap doesn’t mean inexpensive when you consider the big picture. For example, on my…

Major Milestones…

Get this… a)  On my recent trip to Boston, not one VC questioned the need, the addressable market or the potential of the product.  b)  Every group I met with, VC or otherwise, liked the name of the company and…

Passion… Gots to get some…

I’ve had quite the run of "Thought o’ the day" posts, so it’s obviously time for a new category of post. May I present to you the shiny new "Inside My Twisted Startup Brain…" category.  Yes, it’s just a subset…