Connecting the dots of life and business

It was 10 years ago today I incorporated my first business. To me, it seems impossible how time has flown by so fast. I’ve been blessed with many great experiences, some hard-to-swallow lessons from colossal failures and a couple good wins.
Now, I’m elated to find myself back at my original business, focusing [...]

Hi there again! I’ve taken a healthy hiatus away from blogging for the past eighteen days. I find my personality is very passionate and I tend to immerse myself into my latest interests. My break has been not only enjoyable, but highly productive. I have been able to dive deeper into a [...]

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 [...]

This is part two of my interview with Robin Wolaner. We discuss the benefits she’s seen of social networking for both her startup and personally. Specifically, she references examples of LinkedIn and even MySpace.
If you’re catching up, be sure to catch the first part of our talk, then head over to LinkedIn and add [...]

Many startups turn to friends and family for early funding. I’ve never personally done this (successfully), but I have tried. I owned a business with my brother and we both put in capital. Our parents and friends didn’t invest and I can only imagine the headaches. Peter Ireland offers some simple [...]

Facebook isn’t the only site garnering attention from college kids. Dan Scudder founded DormItem.com, a site that aggregates items for sale by college kids. He has a couple revenue models and is currently a student at Babson College. This is the first of four video clips from my interview with Dan. If you’re [...]