As of today, it’s 500 days until I turn 50 years old. I promised myself I’d start writing more, so let’s get going. I’m not getting any younger after all. #500DaysTo50 I have a lot to say, and I’ll start saying it tomorrow. My hope is to make this a daily practice and to cover
Wow…it’s been awhile. I’ve been so hard at work on client sites that I’ve completely ignored my own. That allowed an overwhelming amount of malware to build up in my account, and Bluehost shut me down. I’ve had to delete everything related to the style of the site, and now I suppose I’ll start over.
We’re just a few days away from opening Simplur to the world, and I couldn’t be more excited. Pluralized Funds will be the equalizer for individuals to regain influence in our political system. It took me 6 years to put all the pieces together for this, and all I can say right now is that
I suffer from a shoulder injury of some kind. Rather than going to a doctor, I tried deep tissue massage with Denver therapist Cat Alletto. By the time I tried it, I was barely able to lift my arm and had trouble with simple tasks like taking milk out of the refrigerator. I didn’t have
In the past few weeks, there’s been a real blow up over “scammy” Facebook game techniques from companies like Zynga. There was also a very honest run-down of scam-related revenue techniques by Dennis Yu, who I had the chance to meet and work with very briefly at the first Startup Weekend. Essentially, the idea is
Maybe what we call a sub-venture now is really a decent-sized VC deal a dozen years ago.
Sub-venture companies can utilize open source software to quickly and cheaply build their sites and systems – saving money to be used for traffic and branding.
Funding requirements for sub-ventures may be just 10% of typical venture capital rounds, lowering pressure on the entrepreneur.
Lower your people count in a new venture and you’ll lower your execution risks.
It was 10 years ago yesterday that I incorporated one of my most successful businesses, Stilman Adanced Strategies. Unfortunately, it didn’t end up going so well for me, but the other founders and employees are enjoying some of the fruits of my labors there, and I’m glad for them…mostly! 🙂 That includes contracts that should