Nov
28th
Fri
28th
I'm just a guy with lots of stuff going on. On the business side I'm persuing some interesting projects right now, and would love to hear about yours. Personally, I'm the father of a crazy 5 year old and the husband of a beautiful, smarty, funny and -- thankfully -- AMAZINGLY forgiving and patient woman.
Nov
3rd
Mon
3rd
It's time to stamp out atheists in America
I don’t care if they have never committed a crime, they are the reason crime is rampant.
Oct
17th
Fri
17th
So maybe a recession is a good time to start a startup. It’s hard to say whether advantages like lack of competition outweigh disadvantages like reluctant investors. But it doesn’t matter much either way. It’s the people that matter. And for a given set of people working on a given technology, the time to act is always now.
Oct
14th
Tue
14th
Spend to success
So I’ve been VERY behind in doing anything post-y in way, way too long. However, I’ve been reading a LOT recently on the impending doom in the startup/tech world (Web 2.0 is DEAD! Did you know that?!) and it’s starting to kind of piss me off. I have a very simple view about startups:
You have to spend to succeed. Survival is NOT Success.
What’s that mean? Well, if you have an employee, and you feel they’re critical to success, you keep them. Period. No matter what that means, no matter what the market looks like. If you have an employee that’s just filling a seat, you fire them, regardless of the market. If you have things you NEED to succeed — employees, marketing budgets, etc — you NEED to keep them running. Your job as an entrepreneur is to WIN. Winning means the same regardless of your stage, size or cash position. If you fucked up and planned poorly, you should FAIL. If you were spending in excess because cash was cheap, you should be taken out back of your overpriced office, tied to one of your overpriced chairs, and shot. REGARDLESS OF THE ECONOMY. Success is YOUR ONE AND ONLY JOB. Anyone who says so otherwise is just silly — and wrong. You should have been doing this 2 years ago as much as today. Any investor who overlooked excessive spending before should shut their yaps now. The plan to success then should be as relevant today as it was then, otherwise it was a bad plan.
Trying to “just survive” just means you’re going to fail slower. That sucks.
Aug
30th
Sat
30th
HTC Dream / Googlephone first pics!
We’ve gotten our hands on a slew of pictures showing off a very real T-Mobile-branded Dream in all its Android-running glory.
Streamlining
So, as I promised earlier this week on Twitter, I’m working on reinventing this l’il site. No more in-line Twitter feed (which made it almost useless), and I’m trying to get a new design out this weekend.
I’ve decided to go all-in on Tumblr. Why? Having a “real blog” was intimidating. I felt the need to write an epic post every time, which lead me to post less and less, to end up posting nothing for months. With Tumblr I feel like dropping a couple words, or digg’ing some other post, or uploading a photo — it keeps things moving. Good stuff.
7 "Coffee Shops" in Amsterdam that are "Good to Go"
Amsterdam is renown for its “coffee shops.” Here are seven of the best.
Aug
12th
Tue
12th
Great day!
So I’ve found that, typically, while on the road, days that I have that start at 7AM and end at… 11:53PM, are usually pretty good. This day is no different. Going 100 MPH, pausing briefly, and then zooming off again, is always a fun experience. Having positive feedback, moving towards positive goals, and feeling productive (or at least progressive) all makes for really quick, fun and easy 17 hour days. My wife misses me almost as much as I miss her, but I’ll be home in a couple days, which will feel like a couple hours (to me at least, sorry sweetie!) if the next 3 days go like this one. Some days it just is amazing to be in this line of work.
Hooray good days.
