Start by writing software for smaller companies, because it’s easier to sell to them. It’s worth so much to sell stuff to big companies that the people selling them the crap they currently use spend a lot of time and money to do it. And while you can outhack Oracle with one frontal lobe tied [...]
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July 2, 2009
Quote: We would rather have 40% of…
We don’t want to own 100% of many things because the collaboration has been enormously beneficial…We would rather have 40% of a big success than 100% of a failure.”
- Carl Johnson, cofounder, Anomaly
July 1, 2009
Today I am Friends with a Celebrity
Andrew Smiley, a friend from our small group and local southsider, was featured on the front page of the indystar today (he’s on the left in the picture above). Nice work, Andrew!
June 21, 2009
Quote: Too many men I have known live lives seeking…
Too many men I have known live lives seeking fame, fortune, recognition and rewards, comfort and meterial things, and financial security. Their priorities begin there, and – since those things don’t tend to leave time for anything else – they usually end there.
- Tony Dungy, former head coach of Indianapolis Colts and author of Uncommon
Happy [...]
June 19, 2009
Quote: Running a start-up is like…
Running a start-up is like being punched in the face repeatedly. But working for a large company is like being waterboarded.
- Paul Graham, Y Combinator founder and Start-up guru
April 29, 2009
Fear and Swine Flu
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, [...]
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. [...]
