There are so many different types of businesses, it’s hard to give blanket advice to everyone starting up. What works best for a single person, home-based biz won’t be completely the same as a tech company developing a new software product. When I wrote 5 Things You Shouldn’t Spend Money On When Starting a Business […]
You Don’t Have To Play With Yourself Anymore
ilovetoplay.com is a new social network for people looking to play with other people. Sports that is. From their site: ilovetoplay.com connects sports participants. This service helps you find the people you need to connect with so you can better organize your sports activities. Just about everyone and every activity in sports can use and […]
JobLoft Gets Out of a So-So Deal But Still Needs to Dump Norrie
Two quick points about the final Dragons’ Den episode last night: The JobLoft guys got out of a so-so deal with the Dragons. It wasn’t a ton of money, they had to give up a big chunk of the company and more importantly it really wasn’t clear what involvement the Dragons would have. That was […]
Startup Success From a Statistical Perspective
Dharmesh Shaw over at OnStartups relates some interesting points about
Things to Remember When Bootstrapping Your Start-Up
Now that’s a boring title…but it is the point of this post, and it is important. First, what is bootstrapping? (Sadly, that’s what my father asked me as he nabbed my credit card and bought himself an Aeron rocking chair.) A very simple definition from Wikipedia: “Bootstrapping means starting and operating a business with little […]
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