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How to build a small business in college
A startup that is ramen profitable generates enough cash to pay all expenses, including the founder’s living expenses. Instead of taking a part-time job, securing a paid internship, or living…
John D. Rockefeller’s 5 Startup Lessons
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…
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…