John D. Rockefeller is widely considered to be one of the richest men in history, with an estimated net worth of $663.4 billion in 2007 dollars. His company, Standard Oil, was at…
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Top 10 Ways to Meet a Startup Cofounder
1. Meetup.com & Networking Events This is the most obvious way to meet a startup cofounder. Depending on your geographic area, there should be at least a handful of business,…
Choosing a blog niche
By now, we’re all familiar with Eric Ries’ famous book “The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses.” If you haven’t already, I highly…
Solving the Chicken and the Egg Problem
If you’re an entrepreneur, you’ve likely come across this problem more than once, whether it was a consumer internet product, blog, or website you were trying to create. In short, the…
My First Blog (Stats and Lessons Learned)
My first blog was a personal blog that kind of functioned as a mashup of book reviews, experiences, pictures, and philosophical thoughts. I’ve since taken down that blog, but I…
What can you execute on?
When I first started out trying to make companies/products in college, I held to the advice that it’s best to attract a cofounder and build the startup together. Having recently…
How to grow a forum community
The one year anniversary of KickstarterForum.org was on April 20, 2014. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year. I’ve never built a forum community before, and it’s pretty cool…
New Site in the Works
I’m working on a new site that leverages Facebook as the main traffic driver. It’s going to be more of a pet project/market test. I keep seeing all of these…
You were not meant to solve all problems.
This is a concept that I still struggle with, and I’m not entirely sure I’m correct about. Despite the fact that you may identify an unsolved problem or market niche,…
Most people don’t want to solve problems.
Fact: Most people do not want to solve problems, be it theirs or others. They want the solution presented succinctly and clearly. Let’s face it, solving problems is hard. You…