September 2009
13 posts
Recap of feedback on “Copying Y Combinator” →
Last week I finally posted my Cambridge MBA dissertation/individual project on the web. I was amazed at the traffic it brought! But I also wanted to address some of the things that people brought…
A workflow transformed with R →
Twitter only allows messages of 140 characters, but sometimes a picture (attached to a tweet) is worth a thousand words. Jose Silva tweets: “A big change in my workflow - gone R native. Cheaper…
Everyone gets paid on commission →
The Washington Post recently laid off a columnist because his blog posts didn’t get enough web traffic.
Of course, in the old days, the newspaper had no real way to tell which columns got read and…
Understanding business development →
Business Development is a mysterious title for a little discussed function or department in most larger companies. It’s also a great way for an entrepreneur or small business to have fun, create…
Warren Buffet on scheduling meetings →
I recently heard about Warren Buffet’s approach to scheduling meetings. I can’t confirm this is true (I’ve never met him), but I hear from a reputable source that he usually doesn’t set up meetings…
Copying Y Combinator – WHY and HOW →
Have you thought about starting a program like Y Combinator in your city? That doing so would not only build a startup ecosystem but would also bring a good financial return? I studied Y Combinator,…
The talking pad →
Shared by Jed
This is simply brilliant!
Zig Ziglar taught me about the most powerful way to use a yellow legal pad. He calls it a “talking pad.”
When you’re in a small meeting (you and one or…
Safety →
A friend tonight said, “I couldn’t be an entrepreneur. I need safety. I need the certainty of knowing I’ve got a paycheck, without having to worry if my business is going to fail.”
I was…
The talking pad →
Shared by Jed
This is simply brilliant!
Zig Ziglar taught me about the most powerful way to use a yellow legal pad. He calls it a “talking pad.”
When you’re in a small meeting (you and one or…
How to pull off a slick tech demo (in 5 easy... →
On Thursday I gave a demo of Go Test It, our cross-browser testing product, at the Cambridge Tech Demo Night. The audience was a mixture of startups, investors, business owners, developers…
so cool. modern day equivalent would be zuck... →
so cool. modern day equivalent would be zuck talking to sergey and larry as they ponder the launch of wave
bijan:
Mick Jagger with Paul and John at Abbey Road, during the “Revolver”…
climbing ladders →
Do you know the story of how John Lennon met Yoko Ono?
He went to a friend’s art gallery and saw an empty room with a tall ladder going up to the ceiling.
He climbed to the top of the…
Pay for stuff →
As a bootstrapping entrepreneur, my instinct has always been to work before spend. If there was a way to spread the word virally instead of buying ads, I would. If there was a way to change the…