SkillSlate Raises $1.1 Million in Funding Investment co-led by Canaan Partners and First Round Capital New York, NY – October 20, 2010 – SkillSlate (http://www.skillslate.com), a website for easily finding individual service providers such as tutors, dog walkers, and personal trainers, today announced the closing of its first round of institutional capital, co-led by Canaan […]
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A Half-Hearted Effort by Paul Graham
This comes directly from Paul’s http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html 18. A Half-Hearted Effort The failed startups you hear most about are the spectactular flameouts. Those are actually the elite of failures. The most common type is not the one that makes spectacular mistakes, but the one that doesn’t do much of anything—the one we never even hear about, […]
Man in the Arena – Awesome Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
Man in the Arena “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who […]
Entrepreneurial Overdrive
Entrepreneurial Overdrive – This is a characteristic that I believe every successful entrepreneur must possess. It’s the ability to reach that extra inch when you are tired or feeling like giving up. Its that extra sales call or line of code that you write at the end of a long week or while you’re dying […]
Its True about True Ventures…They’re cool guys
So, I had a cup of coffee this morning with a guy from true ventures, and was definitely surprised at how cool this dude was. I mean, I have met and know a ton of VCs in the web space and many, not to generalize, are so full of themselves that its a breath of […]
KickApps Launches Social Media Strategy Division Led by Alan Wolk and Justin Chase
* Although I spent a few great years at KickApps, my opinion is as objective and un-bias as possible. I have to say that this was another great move by Alex Blum and his team. KickApps already has solid technology which over the years has evolved and is going through a hyper-innovation period at the […]
Skillslate: Good Idea
So I spoke to Taylor VanAlle of Skillslate.com today and thought that the idea was pretty cool. She called it the “Match.com” for finding a handyman, dog walker,tutor, or any other individual service provider focused on people as opposed tocompanies. They guys and gals are based in NYC, of course a startup at the moment, […]
I Actually Like Facebook Ads
Yep, I can’t believe that I am saying it but, yes, I actually really like Facebook ads. And there are a few reasons why:First off, they are relevant to me. Because they are so focused on me, I actually like on them and are quite interested in learning more. For example, I am a big […]
Wanna-Bes vs Doers
This is a topic is really gets under my skin. Its like putting a team together to play a basketball game and everyone comes to try outs, and then first game; and then some come to the game but don’t play. And before you know it your stuck playing the game alone. The problem is […]
Mr and Mrs. Mediocrity
This is a concept that I learned selling books door-to-door with The Southwestern Company. Current President Dan Moore used to speak about the concept of Mr. Mediocrity and how it effects success. I am using Mr and Mrs. Mediocrity 🙂 So who are these creatures? These are the little voices that say “I’ll do it […]