Tools of Titans written by Tim Ferriss is a compilation of habits, tactics, and techniques of over 200 world class performers. In the book, Ferriss find three things that the majority of these super successful people do. What are they… Continue Reading
For a while, I thought that looking at Maslow’s hierarchy of needs was a good way to come up with business models. The problem was that solving needs didn’t seem to match very well with profitable industries. Farms and restaurants… Continue Reading
The other day when I was listening to Marketplace on American Public Radio I heard a story about apps. Nielsen, the marketing company measured the number of apps people use. On average we use 26.8 apps regularly in a month and no… Continue Reading
My mom works for a hotel and conference center. Sometimes she would show me some interesting conferences that would be in town. In high school, I would sneak into some of these conferences. One of these conferences was about the… Continue Reading
Why are mentors good? Why would you want them? How should you contact them? What should you expect? How would you find them? They’re good because they help you avoid making mistakes that they made. You would want them to… Continue Reading
Kevin Rose (co-founder of Digg and Milk) he has been creating a video series called foundation, where he interviews successful entrepreneurs (mostly in tech). In the interview, he asks them what advice they would give to entrepreneurs just starting out.… Continue Reading
Validate your Idea I’ll show you how to get e-mails for your idea with or without a website. The most valuable lesson I learned taking graduate classes was to check your assumptions and then recheck them. When we have to check our business… Continue Reading
My first website I spend over $1,000 before I had a single customer. Not a successful startup. And if you don’t count Google ads, then I never had customers. Why? Why did I spend all this money on a project that didn’t… Continue Reading
How do you name a company or website? Follow these steps: Make it understandable: Being early understandable is essential. Start by making a list of word that describes your business and industry. Make a list: Come up with possible name. Make it… Continue Reading
Looking at Maslow’s hierarchy of needs Food, Water, Shelter are the very first needs. You would think that food would have value and be the most valuable commodity. Farmers and water treatment workers would be the richest people in the world.… Continue Reading