January 2011
5 posts
Pitch vs. Pitch Deck
When my Co-Founder and I started out on our journey to seek investment we thought that we absolutely needed a kick ass pitch deck. For awhile I felt like building this deck was my full time job and really it was. While my partner in crime definitely helped out a lot he needed to be coding so I had to make it happen.
The funny thing is outside of showing it to our friends and family and lawyers we...
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The Startup Community
About a year or so ago, I didn’t really know anyone in the startup community. I’d been searching for a Co-Founder for several years and finally found the perfect match. When it came time for us to launch our first venture together, we really had no clue that a great community already existed.
We talked about starting a meetup or a tech club of some kind to stir things up and wondered...
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Desperately Seeking a Co-Founder
Finding a Co-Founder, or even a developer for that matter, can be really tough given your circumstances. There’s no doubt that a ton of extremely talented developers exist out there, but if they’re that talented, their likely busy working on a cool startup themselves or working at a cool company.
Over 10 years ago I made a decision that I regret now, that was to get into...
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Ideas are Cheap
The title of this post is a direct quote from one of my favourite guys in the startup scene. I can’t believe how much truth there is to this statement. A year or so ago, I believed ideas ruled the world, now, I recognize the importance of a great idea, but how do you know its great? Even the greatest idea means nothing unless it’s in the right hands. Execution should be right up...
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Wired a Certain Way
This is my first blog post and I plan to become an active blogger. I plan to blog mostly about entrepreneurship and tech with some occasional food, music, movies and sports talk worked into the mix.
To kick it off, I’ve chosen to share my thoughts on the entrepreneur. I believe entrepreneurs are a special kind of human being and are wired a certain way. What I mean by this is, whether your born...