Archive for the ‘Business’ Category

Negotiating 101 for geeks 0

You’re a geek. But don’t feel bad. I’m a geek too. We geeks suck at some things. These days we do a little better with the opposite sex - geeks are more appreciated now that some of us are billionaires. But we’re still bad at some things.
As a geek entrepreneur, you can give away a […]

Should you incorporate your consumer web startup? 0

On the Seattle tech startup mailing list today there was an interesting thread started by someone putting together a budget for bootstrapping their startup. The total budget was $26k, much of which went to legal and administrative fees.
The main reason founders incorporate is to either protect themselves legally, or to make it clear, legally, how […]

Could Frind flip for $1 Billion? 0

Read/Write Web has an article about how PlentyOfFish could be worth $1 Billion. Whether or not you agree, it’s incredible what Markus Frind has built on his own. Last I heard he was still serving 1.2 Billion page views per month from 2 web servers.
Markus will have a hard time finding a buyer for POF […]

Leadership - Plow Horses vs Show Horses 0

One of my all time favorite books is “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. In it he describes the concept of a “Level 5 Leader”. These are CEO’s or leaders of companies that have had sustained success over a period of 15 years or more. Their success started at a clear point in time.
Here’s a […]