I was at a bank today, one of the nice big ones (the mighty KCB, in fact). Guess what? I was in line for a hole hour and, get this, there were only two people ahead of me in the queue! The lady who was serving us kept disappearing into some back room for long […]
[Continue reading…]The 13 Principles of Starting a Start-Up
June 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Paul Graham shares 13 sentences on startups. (Click the link for more info). 1. Pick good cofounders Cofounders are for a startup what location is for real estate. You can change anything about a house except where it is. In a startup you can change your idea easily, but changing your cofounders is hard. 2. […]
[Continue reading…]How to do what you love
June 22, 2009 by 4 Comments
How many people do you know who really love what they do? How many people would keep on doing what they do even if there was no pay? I bet there aren’t so many such people, are there? But yet, we are always told that to really excel at something, you need to love doing […]
[Continue reading…]Respect
June 17, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday I had the good fortune to make a presentation to a potential buyer to one of the companies that we are trying to sell. The young man just oozes self confidence and, I must say, some cockiness. He was very interested in the company up for sale and we spent a good while talking […]
[Continue reading…]Scribd and Other Web Delights
June 13, 2009 by 1 Comment
Scribd is a social publishing site where millions of people share documents. It has been called a youtube (sort of) for documents. Scribd lets you upload Word, PDF, text (.txt), PowerPoint, Excel, PostScript, and LIT (.lit) files for private use or public sharing. Why would you share your documents with the world? Well, Scribd’s CEO, […]
[Continue reading…]How to Start A Business With 3000 Or Less
June 10, 2009 by 9 Comments
Whether you’re starting a business on the side while still employed elsewhere, a student or homemaker looking for extra income, or unemployed and trying to figure out what to do, there are plenty of opportunities for you to start up a side business inexpensively. We’ll take a look at 10 such opportunities and, most importantly, […]
[Continue reading…]Starting Your Own Business; The Gruesome Details
June 6, 2009 by 2 Comments
Inari Media has an interesting series of posts on how to start your own small business. The series of articles is really very well written and should be helpful to anyone wanting to step out into the world of entrepreneurship. Here’s how Inari Media describes the series: As a freelancer, I deal with a number […]
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