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The Unsexy Awesomenes of Entrepreneurship

Sidenote: It’s been killing me not to blog, so I’ve decided to change my blogging style and just extend my stream of thought with quick 15 minute brain dumps here. Enjoy.

Entrepreneurship.  Sexy, right?  Kinda.

Yay, I’m My Own Boss!

When I first quit corporate, I loved this feeling.  WOOHOO NO CORPORATE HELL!  I AM NOT [...]

8 of My Favourite Startup Posts

I’ve been running around the internets like above kitteh this week since we’re planning on looking for venture funding shortly.

Here are some wonderful resources for entrepreneurs going through the same journey.  Enjoy.

8 Favourite Startup Resources (Video and Blog Posts)

1. Lean Analytics for Startups (Video)

Alistair Croll, founding partner of Year One Labs, an incubator in [...]

The Failed All-In-One Product- The One You're Building.

You’re taking over the world right?  You have a GREAT idea for a product.  You’re doing customer development.  This product can be used in so many different ways and across all these different segments and it’s so cool and 5 different types of businesses completely unrelated to each other can use it!  Cool.  Now how [...]

The Magic Behind Getting Feedback About Your Startup

I’ve been meeting with many new entrepreneurs as of late, especially with the Scrappy Startup lunches I host monthly.

I’ve begun seeing a trend with the initial set of questions that run through one’s mind when starting a company.  I had these questions too, so they always make me smile.   

Here are a couple tips crucial to set [...]

Startup Serendipity- How I Found Corkbin and Community

Dishcrawl.com has been a matchmaker for your mouth, but the memories and experiences we’ve been having offline at our Dishcrawl events have been the magick seems to capture the hearts of Dishcrawlers. I’ve been thinking about how to aggregate the active conversations found on Twitter and other social networks about our Dishcrawls that happen at after our events. Also, I’ve been wanting to find out how to maximize the serendipitous nature of our community and harness the beauty of making new friends in a more awesome way. Our Dishcrawlers and Cat have both confirmed for me that dishcrawling, yes, is about the food, but moreso, it’s about the [...]

The Redesign of a Landing Page: From Conception to Fruition

SIMILARITIES IN LANDING PAGE DESIGN
Value proposition is about a sentence and placed on the top left hand corner.
All have logo on top left quadrant.
Top right hand corner explains the product in further detail via screen shot or product breakdown.
Further information about the product below the fold. I like that.
Big clicky clicky “call to action” [...]