How To

Practice ownership with a portfolio

Monday, August 31st, 2009

If your plans to start a company require an investor and you’ve never purchased a stock, please do so now. Start a portfolio, and even with small purchases of public company stock, you’ll better understand the role of your angel investor or venture capitalist. You’ll better understand what they’re looking for and what your business [...]

Tell us what sucks. Please!

Friday, June 26th, 2009

A while ago, I wrote about how you should use feedback to your advantage — particularly when it comes to running a website.  Without the person to person contact of a brick and mortar business, website owners will take all the feedback they can get.  The truth is, though, it’s incredibly hard to get good [...]

A few questions to ask yourself before undertaking anything at a startup

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

If you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m obsessed with finding ways to work faster and smarter.  I’ve talked about designing and brainstorming faster with my whiteboard and Balsamiq‘s mock up tool.  I spent over 600 words describing how I organize my email inbox, and I can’t wait for Ativiti to launch so I [...]

Gmail’s Tasks complete me.. err, my work stream

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

As I mentioned in my last post, I’m listening to feedback and getting back to writing about what I know and can share on Enter Venture.  While writing this post, in fact, I realized just how far I’d strayed from what it is I do best.  How on earth could I have never talked about [...]

Baveo helps you share your newborn’s precious moments

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Newly launched Baveo is a great site for expecting parents to put the web to good use and keep friends and family updated on the progress of their newborn.