December 2008
6 posts
Too Small To Fail
One of the big things we have going for us at MarketOutsider is that we are too small to fail. Right now, the economy is bringing down some hefty pressure on start-ups from (primarily) two directions: scarcity of funding, and grossly smaller valuations.
While it would be awesome to be able to keep going at the same speed, we’ve come to the conclusion that until things improve we neither...
November 2008
8 posts
Startups Need More Practical Guidance Not Fluff →
Phone-tag2.0
Last night my wife commented that she thought it was funny I couldn’t “just call” anyone anymore, that I almost always email them first to make sure they are available or set up a time to call.
For me this is just the process of expecting, but optimizing “phone-tag”. Email, twitter, and SMS have made coordination frighteningly efficient. Certainly more efficient...
Soon...
I have a few posts queued up, just need a day with more than 4 spare minutes to finish them up and post.
T-Mobile G1 Android phone review
Machine Learning/Data Mining book list
Depression 2.0
Why I’ve been so damned busy the past few weeks
What a week...
What I really need right now is a vacation, unfortunately I won’t be getting one… at this point, I’d settle for just some sleep.
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5 Pieces of Hard Advice
I spent today at NWEN’s Entrepreneur University in Seattle. It is a yearly event where NWEN gathers a lot of the local experienced entrepreneurs, investors, lawyers, and such to give seminars on various aspects of the start-up. The final keynote pitch was given by Clark Kokich, CEO of Razorfish. He had five pieces of hard to take advice that he’s learned over the years while failing...
CNN Holographs
I’ve seen it getting a lot of derision, but I, for one, think the system is pretty cool.
I agree with the critics that it is a bit uneccessary in this context, but that is beside the point. CNN has a new cool toy, and they got buzz playing with it, so a win for them. What other news networks make you feel like you’re living in Sci-Fi?
Between the touch walls and the holographs...
Stubbornness
My answer to the ubiquitous “what is your greatest weakness?” question is stubbornness.
It certainly gets me in trouble at times. In poker I tend to stay in when I shouldn’t, I don’t give in on arguments with my wife nearly soon enough. I could certainly be better with the whole “live to fight another day” thing.
However, as the cliche goes, It also ends up...