Flush the Toilet: Young Entrepreneurs

Noah from Okdork.com posted this article and I think it’s right on the money:
Here are small things you may or may not have thought of to get exposure for a new startup:
1- AIM Icon: The more exposure you company can make and attention it can get the better. Tons of people comment on my Rose […]

Steve Yegge is definitely on point when he speaks about just doing something with your time instead of nothing:

I put a lot of stock in fun. And family. And trying to live my life in such a way that I won’t have any major regrets when the game’s over. So there’s the first part […]

Here are some words of wisdom from Chris Brogan’s Blog:

Time to be Creative
Let’s not go whining about not having enough time, okay? Do you own a TV? Do you watch it daily? If I hid the remote would you feel the pain?
People throw away so much time in every day. And don’t go feeling all […]

If you share the same level of intensity as billionaire Steve Balmer does in this clip, then I think that your business is headed in the right direction. Checkout this powerful speech opening, it’s HOT!

Ha, can you believe that someone has created an actual test to see if someone is fit to be an entrepreneur or not. I didn’t take the test because I don’t think that a test can measure the passion, ambition, and devotion a person possesses. Heck maybe I’ll take it for kicks, who knows.
Here’s the […]

Jason Fried of 37signals writes and interesting post on his idea of starting a business on the side of your regular job. I like his start small philosophy, makes sense to me. Here’s the full post.
Main points:
It’s hard to point to a business that launched huge and has been successful. Most of the big winners […]

Here’s an awesome article about Lockhart Steele who writes for curbed.com among many other sites. Steele is motivated, passionate, and ambitious about making it big as an entrepreneur.
Here are some key sections of the article:
PASSION
While Steele describes Curbed.com as a money-generating hobby, he would like to eventually see a hefty profit. With an equal […]

Last week I wrote and gave a link of Faucet Studio’s video blog. This is the second installment of thier show, check it out here.
Main Topics:
Looking for a PHP programmer.
They have an accountant.
Still broke with no income.
They’ve updated their wordpress blog.
Setting up a wordpress blog.
Updated video system (but still fuzzy).
Set up a new domain name.
Working […]

Here’s a small videoblog about two entrepreneurs who are working on an application (Peachkit) that provides “elementary school teachers with a simple and efficient way of publishing classroom events while keeping in touch with parents through the integrated messaging system.”
I think that the video shows a pretty accurate glimpse into entrepreneurism and the processes behind […]

Marc Hedlund just posted an article of Entrepreneurial Proverbs. The article is great because it basically touches upon everything I’ve been talking about here on Flush the Toilet, such as: ideas, pitching your business, and motivating yourself.