Entrepreneurship
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008Trying to think of a business idea for your start up? If the answer is yes, but you’re drawing a blank on the actual idea — you’re in luck. Paul Graham from Y Combinator has put together a great list.
Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World
Saturday, February 9th, 2008There’s a great book review over at NextBillion.net for the book The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World. I’ve got a long list of books to read (currently reading a long way gone by Ishmael Beah), but I’m definitely going to add this to my short list.
Seattle Lunch 2.0 Happy Hour @ Avvo
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007I hope to see everyone at Lunch 2.0 at Avvo next week. It’s not really a “lunch” this time — instead, Avvo has decided to turn Lunch 2.0 into a happy hour from 4-6 on December 18th.
217 Pine St, Suite 300
Seattle, 98101
Details can be found on Upcoming.
Seattle Startup Index for December
Monday, December 3rd, 2007I’m glad to see my employer, Zillow, is number 3 on Marcelo Calbucci’s Seattle Startup Index for December.
Also, a congrats has to go to the guys over at ActiveRain for making the list this month.
[via Brier Dudley’s blog]
Young Seattle Entrepreneurs??
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007Matt Goyer from Redfin makes a good point — where do all the young seattle entrepreneurs hang out??
He also made a couple more good points — yes, Naked Truth was a success. And yes, those tequilla shots were fun.
Thanks again to Redfin (and all the others) that sponsored the event and made it happen.
See You Seattle Entrepreneurs Tomorrow at the Naked Truth
Monday, July 23rd, 2007I’ll be at the Naked Truth (along with several other Zillow employees) tomorrow night in Capitol Hill, an event put on by Madrona Venture Group and Redfin aiming to connect entrepreneurs with journalists. They’ll be some big names for the panel discussion to kick it off — Rebecca Buckman from the Wall Street Journal, Fred […]
MindCamp 4.0 for Seattle Techies and Entrepreneurs
Saturday, June 30th, 2007I’m looking forward to meeting local Seattle entrepeneurs and tech gurus tomorrow at Seattle MindCamp 4.0. The festivities begin at 10 am. See you there!
Where:
Tukwila Community Center
12424 42nd Ave. S
Tukwila, Washington 98168
A Guide to Spending $100 on SEO - 7 Experts Give Their Thoughts
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007SEO is something every entrepreneur building a web business needs to think about. Though it was written a month ago, there’s a very interesting article over at SEOish that I just found. It’s worth reading for those interested in search engine optimization (SEO) and figuring out the best way to spend $100, $250, or $500. […]
Why William Wallace Signifies the Web 2.0 Entrepreneur
Sunday, June 24th, 2007I’m not sure what made me think of this, but I was thinking about the Braveheart clip that I posted a couple days ago and I realized it can easily be related to the web 2.0 generation.
In today’s world, William Wallace is a Web 2.0 entrepreneur and the “Nobles” signify traditional business executives.
William Wallace […]
Why NOT to Do a Startup
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Like many others, I have an entrepreneurial mind and am planning to start a company at some point down the line. However, there are certainly reasons NOT to. Marc Andreessen has an very interesting post titled “The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 1: Why not to do a startup.” Though I’ve never hired anyone, I […]
Seattle Lunch 2.0
Friday, June 1st, 2007I attended Seattle Lunch 2.0 (the Seattle version of Lunch 2.0) today down at Wetpaint’s offices in Pioneer Square, which is a very cool space. The event was organized by Josh Maher and I applaud him for putting together a fantastic event to bring together the Seattle tech industry. Trevor from Google, who works on […]
Kiva.org - Loans that Change Lives (Using Web 2.0 Concepts)
Sunday, April 8th, 2007Kiva.org, which I found when my colleague Arjun shared a note on Facebook (BTW - FB is becoming a publisher), has an amazing web 2.0 approach to benefit entrepreneurs in 3rd world countries fight poverty by focusing on microfinance (giving 3rd world businesses & entrepreneurs a way to borrow money). By the way, if you […]
Having Trouble Naming Your Business?
Saturday, April 7th, 2007Check out this How to Name Your Business resource on ThinkVitamin.com.
A Tool for Businesses to Efficiently Monitor & Respond to Social Media?
Thursday, March 1st, 2007Social media is rapidly becoming mainstream with the rise of blogs and user-generated sites like Del.icio.us, Digg, YouTube, Myspace, and Reddit. The point being that there are hundreds or thousands of conversations occuring online that businesses need to monitor and respond to — but very few tools to do it. Will some entrepeneur out there […]
Reaffirming the Importance of Networking
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007As an entrepreneur in the tech space — network your ass off. New research is out from Informs.org that says “cultivation of strong and relevant social networks among a firm’s managers can be an important determinant of the success of a startup venture.”
Thanks to Businesspundit for highlighting this.
Don’t Accept Things the Way They Are If They Suck
Thursday, February 1st, 2007So, I was IM’ing with Amy Bohutinsky right before I left the office about my opinionated nature. Half jokingly, I mentioned that much of the reason I’m highly opinionated is because “I don’t accept things the way they are if they suck.”
In all seriousness, I do think a large reason that I constantly voice my […]
Seattle Networking Wednesday January 31st
Sunday, January 28th, 2007Update: This event has been moved to Thursday, February 1st
My friend, Tim Reha (now working on a start up in the new media space - New Media Synergy), is putting on a networking event at his Pioneer Square loft tomorrow Wednesday night from 6-9 pm if you’re interested. Cost is $25 that includes refreshments. I’ll […]
Venture Philanthropy
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007There was an absolutely fantastic article in the LA Times that my best friend e-mailed me today, titled “Network Philanthropy: The men behind EBay are leading a high-tech revolution that is turning charitable giving on its head” (registration required). I really encourage you to read it — very good inspiration if you are […]
The Importance of People to VC Investing
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007Fred Wilson has done it again — another fantastic article. This one titled “Founders and Management” (fairly long) and posted on the Union Square Ventures blog — it details what Union Square Ventures looks for in management teams that they invest in. I would summarize further, but I don’t want to give you a reason […]
Success & Seizing Opportunity
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006In my opinion, there are two primary factors that make someone successful- passion and seizing opportunities. I believe a majority of people realize opportunities are everywhere– but only a small number of those people actually take the initiative to act on the right opportunities. Mark Cuban just blogged on a very similar subject with his […]
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