Paul Graham went back and asked the founders of all the startups he’s funded about what surprised them about starting a startup. In other words, what did they wish they knew going in that they do now? The list is intriguing. Here are the biggest: Be careful with cofounders. Startups take over your life. It’s
Read More...I have a preternatural fear of skeletons. The origins of this fear go like this: when I was 8, on some nondescript day leading up to Halloween, I was walking past my father’s darkened den, which was situated at the end of a long hallway. Back then, house phones were beige and weighed the same
Read More...Jason Fried: Making money takes practice, just like playing the piano takes practice. No one expects anyone to be any good at the piano unless they’ve put in lots practice. Same with making money. The more you practice the better you get. Eventually making money is as easy for you as piano is for someone
Read More...Article in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune on 37signals’ CEO Office Hours. 37signals is an outstanding example of a company that has very literally embraced the transparency, authenticity and openness other companies claim to want but seldom demonstrate.
Read More...Previously, we have discussed the value of Oracle BI apps for PeopleSoft, and we have examined some key implementation considerations. Today, in this final post on the topic, I would like to chat about the biggest buzzword of them all: ROI. The key question for many customers is this: does it really make sense to
Read More...Relatively short post today, which means not much in the way of editorial, simply because I’m slammed and have embarrassingly little time to tell you about the time a bunch of us, when we were 11, went out into the woods and made spears out of dead saplings and began to wage a sort of
Read More...From swissmiss comes the following video, a great example of (exercise in?) modern culture-building. Performances like this illustrate a company’s culture and personality more than any website, blog or piece of marketing collateral could ever hope to.
Read More...Aside from the sudden but obvious realization that summer is, in fact, dead, the best thing I have to share with you this week are some pretty fantastic links. Enjoy. Science does not back up the “cool down” theory of exercise/training, and likewise scientists say that ‘lactic acid theory’ is bunk. Like apples? Here’s a
Read More...Now that I have provided my opinion and thumbs up approval of the Oracle BI apps, let’s discuss the nuances of implementing them. With all of Oracle BI’s pre-built ETL, data structures and reports, one would probably think it should be very straightforward. Well, if your shop is totally vanilla and you accept the metrics as
Read More...Some astonishingly good links for you today. But first I want you to understand that I recently bought a new table and chair set, and everything came packed in a 523 lb. box (yes, 523 lb.) that I had to wrestle to the ground and dissect with a box cutter, after which I settled in
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