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Start Different 28 Mar 2012 | 11:36 am
Here’s To The Misfits… This is what entrepreneurship is all about. Perseverance. Not giving up. Seeing what others don’t see.
Freaky Scary Google Plus 24 Mar 2012 | 01:48 pm
Today I decided to check out Google Plus once more, just to see if anyone I may be interested in was posting something I care about. The first thing I saw when logging into Google Plus is the suggest...
Co-Founder Issues (Slides from StartupConf Seattle) 1 Mar 2012 | 07:36 am
Since everyone keeps asking me for the slides of my presentation about “Co-Founder Issues”, here they are. It’s short and to the point. Even Rich Barton (from Zillow/Expedia) agreed with my views on h...
Why I’ll Buy Facebook Stock: I Saw Virality Firsthand 2 Feb 2012 | 05:15 pm
I have blogged several times about my experience with advertising on Facebook versus Google. And Facebook only keeps getting better. Case in point: for my latest campaign, I experimented with the “sp...
The Startup Pitch Competition is On at the Seattle Startup Conference 10 Jan 2012 | 01:41 pm
Do you live in Seattle and want to raise money for your startup? Enter the pitch competition at the Startup Conference, taking place on Feb 16th, 2012 in downtown Seattle. 10 startups will be selecte...
Apple vs. Samsung: The Trolls Win 3 Jan 2012 | 12:11 pm
One of the hottest stories of the year is the legal battle between Apple and Android. But you can’t have an intelligent discussion on that oh-so-hot topic, because the Internet troll police will smash...
How To Win a Pitch Competition: Not with the Best Idea 5 Nov 2011 | 03:54 am
Being knee-deep in reviewing pitches for the pitch competition of the upcoming Startup Conference Los Angeles, it forced me to address the key question: how do you actually win a pitch competition? H...
How To Compute The Valuation of Your Startup 28 Oct 2011 | 04:48 am
Startup valuation is a misunderstood and complex topic. You can spend a lot of hours trying to understand the mathematical models that attempt to give you an answer. But that’s not the right approach...
The Startup Pitch Competition is On at the Los Angeles Startup Conference 2011 6 Oct 2011 | 07:32 am
Do you live in Los Angeles and want to raise money for your startup? Enter the pitch competition at the Startup Conference, taking place on Nov 15th, 2011 in Marina del Rey. 10 startups will be selec...
Who Cares About O(n) Complexity? 27 Sep 2011 | 10:50 am
A story posted on Hacker News got my blood boiling again. Why is it that software interviews always have to include questions about the complexity O(n) of algorithms? In my 20 years of programming, I...
