First of all, I want to be absolutely clear that I mean no disrespect to Andrew Hyde, the man behind the original Startup Weekend. I think it was a visionary idea and the inspired debate alone makes it worthy of…
Relocating to Research Triangle Park…
I spent this past Saturday at BarCampRDU. As I mentioned previously, some good questions came up relating to general business development, marketing and sales. But several folks who had recently relocated, or who were considering relocating, were curious as to…
Remembering Dead Technology…
I recently moved house and have finally been going through all the various boxes of things I thought I really needed and kept. One of the boxes had a bunch of old backups, including a fancy-schmancy Zip 100 disk. Damn…
Bloggers: Do you use MadKast?
I just discovered MadKast via Brad Feld’s blog. If you don’t know who Brad is and don’t know his blog, you should. He’s a VC, but in a good advice-sharing-knows-what-he’s-talking-about kind of way, as opposed to the arrogant-not-going-to-give-YOU-money-but-will-provide-insults-for-free kind of…
Thoughts and Updates from BarCampRDU
First of all, a big thanks to Fred and the rest of the team for organizing the whole enchilada. Second, I met someone that Dugald Wilson, who actually reads this blog. Even better, he liked it. I’ll be wearing my…
The Most Valuable Things I know…
Here’s a motley collection of concepts that have proved quite valuable to me in my career so far. 1. Sh*t or Get Off the Pot For a small company, every decision seems critical. This can lead to endless procrastination while…