22 days ago I left my job. Today, I just about killed myself weaving in and of rush hour traffic on a scooter…in Rome! My, how quickly environments can change. Here’s the situation. I’m bound and determined to make the most of the next 2-3 months. I have a mini-bucket list of sorts, and a […]
A Search for Serendipity
I don’t have a ton of regrets. I might stress myself out analyzing the hell out of my decisions, but once I’ve made a decision, I typically don’t look back. Why should I? What’s done is done and you need to feel like you’re moving towards something. Now, all that being said, I do think […]
The Business of Selling Crack
I’m a huge fan of non-fiction pieces. Books, movies, lectures, you name it. I’m especially intrigued by human-interest stories. There’s just something about learning from others experiences, their hardships, their accomplishments, etc. that fascinates me. Maybe it’s because these types of stories provide a glimpse of something completely unknown and provide a different perspective than […]
Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?
Over the years, I’ve met thousands of entrepreneurs from all sorts of backgrounds and walks of life. When you’re running a small business, you quickly realize that many of the people that you interact with, especially from a business perspective, are also small business owners. I’ve always wondered what makes somebody want to become an […]
Start-up to Big Company
The The MouseDriver Chronicles finishes, the Insiders continue, and our quest to dominate the world with MouseDriver continued, right? (for those not in the know, MouseDriver is a computer mouse shaped as the head of a driver golf club….yeah, tons of intrinsic value there). Not exactly. Both Kyle and I knew that we eventually wanted […]
The MouseDriver Story: After the Book
I had the fortunate opportuntiy to speak to a group of Harvard Business School Alumni last week in Austin. Amazingly, The MouseDriver Chronicles (the book Kyle Harrison and I wrote in 2002 chronicling our startup experiences) is still selling, still being read and still generating tons of questions about the small business experience. Who would […]
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