Posts filed under “Entrepreneurship”
A Strong Team isn’t Afraid to Piss Each Other Off
Working in a small company can be quite taxing. We recently downsized to three full-time employees at Uloop, meaning that we all have more work and consequently more responsibilities and more stress. As you would expect, more stress also breeds higher tempers and shorter fuses – myself being no exception. If you’ve ever worked with [...]
How Would You Like Your Own Website…For Free?
For the past three years, I’ve been building websites for startups, and now I feel like it’s time to give a little of that back to another passionate entrepreneur. So, if you have an idea for a website, here’s your chance to make it happen for absolutely no cost. Just fill out the form at [...]
Women Entrepreneurs: Why are Good Ones so Rare?
I was fortunate enough to sit down with a really interesting and exciting entrepreneur this week. The truth is, I sit down with a lot of really exciting entrepreneurs, but this one was different; this one was a woman. But plenty of women own and operate businesses, right? The problem isn’t that there aren’t any [...]
Yahoo! is Officially an Uncool Company…Oh Wait, That’s News?
This week, Yahoo! launched their first revamped home page in four years… And nobody gave a shit. Let’s be honest, the internet giant is now just a boring, stuffy, old curmudgeon in the world of the web, and they proved it doubly with their latest memo to employees today that forbade them from telecommuting. None of [...]
Are You Going to be a Good CEO? Here’s How You Can Find Out
Robert Scoble has always been one of my big influences. His job is to go around and interview CEO’s and founders of interesting startups, so he’s definitely got some know-how when it comes to business. He posted this answer on Quora, so I figured I would share. The original question was “What separates the top [...]
The Hypocrisy of Religious Business Leaders
I was born and raised in the religious south – Tennessee to be specific. Business leaders are conservative; politicians talk about “intelligent design” in schools; workers don’t get unions. This is all part of life in the “Bible Belt.” As an agnostic in this environment, it has always amazed me how corrupt allegedly “Christian” business [...]
How Do You Gauge Your Happiness?
One of the funniest things I’ve noticed in our society is the disconnect between happiness and material wealth. The common myth states that by making more money, one can become happier. By making more money, one won’t worry about physical health. By making more money, one will be able to buy the things he wants. [...]
Everybody’s Got an Idea. Ideas Suck. Action Doesn’t.
I can’t tell you how many times somebody I went to college with has come to me with their first “great” idea. They’re excited. They have a sudden burst of pure joy as they express their vision, and they look at me with an unquenchable thirst for something new. They see all the fame, glory, [...]
Be Unique, and Don’t Wait
So many young, aspiring professionals and entrepreneurs talk about how they would do something unique, exciting, and world-changing if only…_______… Fill in the blank with whatever you want – money, time, knowledge – the point remains the same. Rather than take the first steps to pursue their dream, they sit and worry about why they think [...]
Marketing isn’t about Content Creation, it’s about Platform Creation
When people talk about content marketing, they usually insinuate writing articles by the company on a blog somewhere out in the wide world of the web. I’ve got news for you, blogging, link-building, and company-generated content are not the way of the future. The Best Brands Don’t Highlight Themselves; They Let Their Customers do the Talking [...]