According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. In 2005, 652,091 people died of heart disease. Moreover, approximately 37% of adults reported having two or more of six risk factors for heart disease and stroke (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, [...]
Entries from April 2009
April 28, 2009
To Forecast or Not to Forecast
Forecasting. This word stirs in me a mix of love and hate feelings. Early on in my career I had an abnormal fixation with excel spreadsheets. Business to me was about pro forma statements and linked excel formulas. I can still create a mean worksheet, but my perspective has changed.
Recently I have been forecasting for [...]
April 27, 2009
Find of the Day: Passpack
For some reason I have a knack for finding helpful things online. It started with an emailed link from time to time to my partners. Now we have taken to crowning the really good finds with the term “Find of the day” and made the discoveries into something of a game or contest among us. [...]
April 17, 2009
A New Kind of Start-up
Check out this quote from a Time Magazine article entitled The New Internet Start-up Boom: Get Rich Slow (Props to Derek from 37signals for posting this on SVN):
At no other time in recent history has it been easier or cheaper to start a new kind of company. Possibly a very profitable company.
The article goes on [...]
