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Stubhub VS New England Patriots, Fans lose
Recent news - Stubhub just handed over 13,000 customer names to the New England Patriots. Why? Because the Patriots think that buying and selling tickets online should be banned. Here are my thoughts:...
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More customer support troubles with Comcast...
Wow, what is it with Thursday, February 7th? I've been having terrible experiences with not just United, but now with Comcast. I first tried setting up recurring payment on their website, but...
View ArticleWhen you don't get your way, ask six more times.
I've read in many books and blogs that six or seven is the magic number for how many times you must ask someone to do something before they buy in. The more I think about it, the more I believe it....
View ArticlePopular Question: Do I plan on dropping out of school?
I'm often asked if I plan on dropping out to start a company. Plenty of people see school as being absolutely useless, but the older people I speak to (30+) tell me to stick in school, party my butt...
View ArticleIf you want me to write about your startup, bribe me!
OK, seriously. Stop spamming me with your startup pitches. Just read my blog, does it look like I'm Michael Arrington, writing about all of your new startups? No! If I want to write about you, it's...
View ArticleFailure = Good! Without it, we'd be couch potatoes.
My young entrepreneur friend Mazy told me about a Facebook group where everybody was talking about what they would do if they knew they couldn't fail in life. In anything! Of course, the majority of...
View ArticleMommy, when I grow up, I want to be a consultant!
Clarification: I've received lots of emails from people (mainly consultants) who tell me that I should reconsider what I wrote. I want to reassert that I have nothing wrong with there being...
View ArticleRecruiting a dream team to help with your business and life
Over the past year, I've learned a lot about successful leaders and entrepreneurs. The remarkably successful ones aren't working 247 on their businesses because they were smart enough to recruit a...
View ArticleEvery company needs a big, hairy, audacious goal!
The following post was inspired by Jim Collins, author of best selling books Built to Last & From Good to Great A big hairy audacious goal (BHAG) is something everybody and every organization...
View ArticleCompanies win, lose, or go nowhere. Going nowhere is the absolute worst.
The following post was inspired by a breakfast conversation I recently had with a successful entrepreneur: If there's a single thing you should take away from business school, it is to ignore sunk...
View ArticleMoney hungry entrepreneurs
This post was inspired by a discussion in my psychology class about how money doesn't buy happiness Few of us are born entrepreneurial. We're geeks! We're engineers. We love computers, we love...
View ArticleNerds
Since childhood, I've associated computer science with geeky and socially inept little boys, and for rational reason: because all of the computer geeks I knew were in fact geeky and socially inept...
View ArticleWhy Google shuns college dropouts and poor students
Disclaimer: I am by no means saying that college dropouts or students with poor grades are dumb -- I'm simply defending the hiring practices of Google and why their practices hold rational meaning to...
View ArticleI'm super picky with companies! Why and how I'll choose my summer internship.
Update: I've received over a dozen emails and phone calls from companies who want me as an intern this summer. I'm inching towards the final phases of my search, and plan on making a final decision by...
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Small Problem VS Big Problem
I’ve come to notice that too much of my time and energy is spent worrying about small problems in business: among them being an intern not working hard enough, a small feature taking too long to...
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Outsourcing Done Right
While many of my entrepreneur friends complain about not being able to find great engineers to join them, my team and I have been looking for more creative ways to source talent. The most obvious and...
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Day in the Life as CEO, 1 YR Later
About a year ago, I wrote about how I spent my day as a startup founder/ceo. It’s pretty interesting to reflect on it, because my role is pretty different now. I no longer write code, I no longer do...
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Day in the Life as CEO, 1 YR Later
About a year ago, I wrote about how I spent my day as a startup founder/ceo. It’s pretty interesting to reflect on it, because my role is pretty different now. I no longer write code, I no longer do...
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How much money should my company raise?
Over the past few weeks, I’ve come to notice that companies known for raising absurds amount of money are often founded by entrepreneurs who’ve succeeded multiple times before. Off the top of my head,...
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How much money should my company raise?
Over the past few weeks, I’ve come to notice that companies known for raising absurds amount of money are often founded by entrepreneurs who’ve succeeded multiple times before. Off the top of my head,...
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