Distribution. Distribution. Distribution.
Sep 03
Earlier this week there was a post about an entrepreneur losing 4 million dollars in sales due to his reliance upon Google as their primary sales+distribution channel. The same problem faces Demand Media with their IPO, Zynga with diversifying beyond Facebook, and many other startups that are primarily platform plays dependent upon the mercy of the platform overlords. As an entrepreneur I...
What To Look For In A Technical Co-Founder
Aug 25
This is the second part of a two part series of posts. The first post was entitled What To Look For In A Business Co-Founder. It seems that potential technical cofounders are approached by business cofounders a lot more than business cofounders are approached by technical cofounders. I thought about why that was after writing the post. In essence, I think it comes down to the fact that...
What To Look For In A Business Co-Founder
Aug 15
This is the first part of a two part series. The second part will obviously be: what to look for in technical cofounders. This post is something that I’ve been meaning to write for a while, but after reading two nonsense articles on Hacker News this evening I was immediately prompted to write this. A startup is a lot of work and no one skillset can handle it all. When you’re...
They Will Steal Your Idea. They Cannot Steal What Really Matters.
Jul 20
“If you were the inventors of facebook, you would have invented Facebook”- Mark “Jesse Eisenberg” Zuckerberg If you’re in the tech scene you have most likely seen the theatrical trailer for The Social Network, a movie with a semi-sensational edge on the founding of Facebook. The quote above really stuck out at me, and made me realize stealing an “idea”...
How To Succeed Like Apple
Jul 13/* First off, this is not a fanboy piece. Apple’s successes do not depend on others having to fail. The other companies mentioned below such as Microsoft, DELL, and Google are doing pretty well. I have no intentions of starting a flamewar or Android/PC/Google/etc. debate. */ Everyone seems to think Apple is superhuman with a magical business crystal ball. When they launch a new product...
Email Newsletters Are Still A Serious Business
Jul 01In late 2009, I wrote an article about the fascinating and very lucrative business behind email newsletters. In the world of Twitter, Foursquare, and Tumblr, it’s not the sexiest of businesses. In the past 9 months, a ton has happened in the space. New entrants have emerged and past entrants are doing even better. Let’s take a look: Help A Reporter Out (HARO)- A few weeks...
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