Connecting the dots of life and business

Yesterday, I posted a preamble for today’s post about my new startup, MoneyPath. I truly wasn’t trying to be coy and I’ll try to explain below how MoneyPath came about. To keep this as simple as possible, let me explain what MoneyPath does, who’s involved and next steps. What is MoneyPath? On the surface, MoneyPath [...]

In seems, the only thing you can read about these days is how bad the economy is and the effects it will have on startups. Howard says… it’s a bad time to start a startup. Andy says… start with a profit with first customer. Charlie says… he loves the challenge despite the odds. Mark Peter [...]

I spoke last week at the KCCE / ICEA Fall Conference about Integrating and Effectively Utilitizing Technology. While the content is most certainly targeted towards the chamber audience, I thought I’d share the slides. If you’re interested in utlitizing free/cheap tech tools then this presentation is worth a look. Integrating and Effectively Utilizing Technology View [...]

To the left is a picture of my startup partner, Rob May and Me (I’m on the right) before we interviewed a salesperson this week. We somehow showed up wearing the exact same shirt, actually we even wore the same brand! The irony is Rob and I are two very, very different people which has [...]

Some people work at Wendy’s in college and get their first job as a desk clerk, but Noah Kagan is very different. He’s worked at Intel, Facebook, Microsoft (intern) and now is at the startup, Mint.com. If all that wasn’t enough, he’s an uber networker, successful blogger at OkDork.com and organizer of the valley conference, [...]

Last week, I posted about my LA-based partners in Almost Mediocre (AM). They were my first taste of creating an audience around more than text and pics. Our videos may not be your preferred taste in humor, but we found an audience (actually, a really great one). We have sold our wares to some big [...]