Processing Of Information: The Entrepreneurial Filter
I unfortunately don’t have a great deal of time to read a lot of…anything. But, I still scan headlines, read a few blogs, and magazines. I also listen to NPR on WAMU on my commute back and forth to work.
Everything I read and everything I listen to is processed through my entrepreneurial filter. The [...]
Will it be Anti-Climatic??
Last night, I put up the todo list on my whiteboard for the soft launch of Tickets with a Twist on Sunday. Today, I’ve been wondering about what the launch will feel like. Launching WhyGoSolo was such a monumental event to me (us) and this one…like I mentioned in another post, feels so much different.
This [...]
Thinking Through Execution: A Mental Run Down
Last night I was sitting at my computer with a plethora of thoughts rapidly floating in and out of my mind while I stared at my computer screen. I was immobilized and became unproductive. I decided to turn off my computer, turn on some classical music and think through all the things that need to [...]
Lunch with Jeffrey Lyons the CEO of Ideabreaker
I escaped my duties today to have lunch with Jeffrey Lyons the CEO of Ideabreaker. I met Jeff through VenCorps and we decided that it would be good to connect since I was coming to New Orleans, where he happens to live. I wanted to hear more about his startup and he wanted talk about [...]
The Difficulties of Getting Stuff Done
Since having the most expensive breakfast of my life at the W in New Orleans this morning I’ve been running around trying to accomplish various things for my two current jobs (the Marine Corps and my startup.)
Burning the candle from both ends is really wearing me out. It would be one thing to work [...]
Services or Products, Products or Services or Services and Products?!?
My initial business was a life coaching practice where I got a taste of being in the service business. There were many shortfalls to selling coaching services. To start out with - people hadn’t heard of coaching, second – people had a real hard time seeing the value of coaching and therefore a reason why [...]
New Business Sans Partners
I am now single in both my personal and professional life. When we launch the new company, Yut Media, Inc., it will be without any partners. There are a few people who have a stake and a say in the company but no business partners in the traditional sense.
Back in May of 2007, I thought [...]
Pressed Against a Deadline – Tangled in Loose Ends
Who wants to be in my shoes? For the last few weeks I’ve been working my eight hour a day job that has taken me on the road to San Antonio, New York, Philadelphia and next week to New Orleans, while managing to move from my home of four plus years to a room I’m [...]
Fear of the Known!??!
I started my first business about three years ago upon getting out of the Marine Corps after ten years of service. At the time, people said to me “You’re very brave and courageous to start your own business” – I thought it was an odd thing to say. I was excited about the potential and [...]