Anxiety
Image via Wikipedia There’s been some anxious moments the last few weeks in the startup I’m working on. It’s the typical fears that you deal with in this stage of a startup (basically, what if we fail?). I’ve been deep down this fearful road before, but this time it feels different. I’ve been able to watch […]
2009 to 2010 thoughts
Image by bitzcelt via Flickr We are now less than one week away from the end of 2009, and the first decade of the 2000’s. As I look back on 2009, there are a lot of great lessons, ups and downs, victories, and losses, but ultimately a significant amount of progress in my life. Life […]
How far are you willing to go?
Image via Wikipedia I’ve had the pleasure of having front row seats to watch my friend Jason develop his business Jackthreads (check it out, it’s a private shopping community) over the last 4 or so years. Things are going very well for Jason now as his membership and revenue numbers continue to explode month over […]
“Make meaning not movement”
I was having a discussion about entrepreneurship yesterday with a friend and I mentioned that I can see one of entrepreneurs at one of the startups I’m consulting for really starting to get anxious about money. I mentioned that I could see their anxiety manifesting itself in pushing for more…more time, more phone calls, more […]
no regrets about going with my gut.
So I was watching the Techcrunch 50 tonight live on ustream while waiting for Julie to get off the phone before watching Mad Men, and just as I was about to switch it off, I saw a name I recognized. The upcoming presenter was a company called Yext, a company I knew. My jaw hit […]
Tinker don’t perfect
I’ve spoken to several entrepreneurs this week as well as spent some time thinking about my past endeavors, and one thought keeps popping in my head: “tinker, don’t perfect.” When I look back on some things that I’ve worked on, some of them things I REALLY was passionate about (have some thoughts about passion, […]
lessons in failure
I enjoyed Fred Wilson’s post this morning on failure (inspired by Obama’s speech to students a few days ago). He wrote this, quoting from Obama: you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time He goes […]
Connect the dots looking back…
Image by via CrunchBase I was listening to a Venture Voice with Scott Heiferman of Meetup.com this morning, and I had a thought about connecting the dots. When asked how or why he started meetup.com, he talked about being in NYC in 9/11 and the need for in person interactions inspired him, but the thing […]
Building for the long term
Image by jdlasica via Flickr I’m a big Zappos.com fan. I think every pair of shoes I currently own came via Zappos.com. Their selection and service are amazing, and they make the shoe buying experience very simple. But the thing I really love about Zappos (which I know has been discussed to death on the […]
NY Times article on unemployment leading to entrepreneurship
I enjoyed this article in yesterday’s times about people who have become entrepreneurs after losing their jobs in the most recent recession. I guess this is really unsurprising, and there have been numerous articles about this of late, but it’s always nice to see. It seems with each new downturn, there is a significant upturn […]