Archive for June, 2006

The Tinkering Entrepreneur

tin•ker
n. To manipulate unskillfully or experimentally
As an entrepreneur, you probably like to tinker. You probably like to ask a bunch of questions to the point that you get annoying. You might like to experiment with different machines by taking them apart. Or you may even like to take peoples’ sentences apart while they are speaking […]

Capture Your Ideas

Ever get one of those ideas that just hit you so damn hard? They tend to come at night before you go to sleep and they leave you restless in bed sorting out all the little intricacies and subtleties of the novel idea.
It’s like you mind goes on auto-drive and just starts mapping-out the idea […]

Entrepreneurship is an Art

Running a company is like learning how to play chess: it’s easy to learn how the chess pieces move, but it’s pretty damn hard learning how to actually beat someone with that understanding.
Yes, the basic principles of a company are to 1.) think of an idea 2.) provide a service 3.) make a return on […]

Spending that cash!

How much money do you spend on your business? If you’re like me, you spend money for things like servers, phones, and development. We all run different business, so we each have our own lists of monthly expenses.
Back in the day when I built my first site, I was spending money like a mad man; […]

We You Me: The World!

We are the future. We are the future. Let me say it again: We are the future. Yes, that’s right. All of our efforts, ambitious, and dreams are going to define the world to come. Isn’t it just amazing knowing that what you are doing as an entrepreneur is going to affect the lives of […]

Focus on making that Goal!

In light of the World Cup I’ve been playing more soccer than usual lately. I love soccer, don’t you? I’m not that good, but I don’t really care; I just love playing and having fun. Yesterday I was kicking the ball around and taking some shots. My shot was really off and I continued to […]

Starting a business? Then start one!

Many people are constantly asking me what type of business they should start. That’s a pretty broad and open question, wouldn’t you say? Well, honestly, I really don’t know what type of business you should start.
There is no possible way that I have any right or authority to tell someone or even recommend to someone […]

Quote: Louis Pasteur

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Chance favors only those minds which are prepared
—Louis Pasteur

Business Moods

I don’t know about you guys, but I get business moods. One day I’ll feel like I’m on top of the world with my business and how things are going, and others days I’ll feel like everything is falling apart because things just aren’t going my way.
I consider myself extremely determined, because no matter how […]

Free is Good, Great, and Profitable.

My younger brother picked up film about a year ago. He’s pretty good at what he does and I’m definitely proud of him. He’s passionate and hungry to succeed with what makes him most happy in life. Awesome.
He isn’t the savviest person when it comes to business, so I always try to lend him my […]