Learning is Earning
Learning is Earning are my thoughts on why you get an MBA compared with just going out and starting a business.
Silicon Valley, NYC, Boston or Fund Bust
Synchronicity seems to happen in 3s. You hear something once, then you hear it again. When you hear it a third time, you may want to listen up. Maybe the world is trying to tell you something. Three times in...
How To Get A $25,000 SBA Backed Express/Patriot Loan?
This blog post is about how to get a loan using the SBA for $25,000. I recently closed on a loan using the SBA. I am not going to specifically say which bank I used or SBA person, I will...
Startup Business Models (for thought)
In really thinking through a start-up, and I have had this conversation about a dozen times in the past year, you have to make a specific choice as to what your business model will be. Sounds simple… Well, if you...
The Startup Chasm
Currently I am in the middle of my own start-up, called “Take It National“. And apart from my own business, I am quite often chatting with others about their start-ups, or just having conversations with people about start-ups in general....
A Summer Of Web Discontent Or Bliss
Just when it appears that the economy is failing, the stock market is chaotic, housing prices are down, and it looks like the future is bleak, there are always people who are succeeding and working. So, I am not so...
Reading The Startup Tea Leaves
As I slowly (I mean slowly) move into my new startup venture called Take It National, I have been thinking about a series of events that have happened over the past year. Its these series of events that have lead...
Startup-Rules Addendum
Startup Rules Revisited Since I wrote my last blog entry, Start-up Rules For Real People, I have had some meetings, some epiphanies, some conincidences that were quite ironic, that I have to write an addendum for those who read my...
New Rules For Start-ups For Regular People
For many years I have always met with entrepreneurs to go through their plans for their tech start-up. Not that I am any bit an expert. With mostly 18 years of corporate experience, this really puts me in the corporate...