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When Can a Niche Supply Business Work
I’ve watched two niche suppliers businesses do exceptionally well over the past few years. The first, Rogue Fitness, has ridden the wave of Crossfit to a dominant market position in just a few short...
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Impressions From A Decade Without Coding
After a decade spent outside of tech, I have returned to writing code. Things have improved! Rails, StackOverflow and Heroku all make today a paradise compared to an era when Java was the ease of...
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If I Didn’t Own a Car
I wouldn’t have to spend my Sunday washing it and I wouldn’t have to worry about it getting keyed or stolen and I wouldn’t have to pay for auto insurance and I wouldn’t have to sit alone in traffic and...
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The One-Paragraph Blog Manifesto
Experiment: My blog posts will be one paragraph going forward. There’s several reasons, but the main one stems from a quote I read in an email signature a decade ago: ”I would have written you a...
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Dear Kids, About College
A college degree once guaranteed to put you ahead in life. Now, it doesn’t. I don’t think it’s essential that you get a degree for most professions. Instead, create your learning through classes,...
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Businesses Involving Bad Habits
Many new businesses attempt to fight people’s bad habits (smoking, sloth, overeating, etc.) They think “I’ll help these people and make money!” But, most people truly don’t want change. They actually...
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How to Stop Digital Piracy
How to stop piracy of movies, software and TV shows? Charge a reasonable price. In the 90s, my broke college friends went to extreme lengths to pirate copies of Microsoft Windows and Office. It made...
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The Sad Lesson of Megabus
The promise of Megabus for consumers is low prices for upscale bus trips between major cities including free wifi, new buses and no sketchy downtown bus stations. The parent company of Megabus is a...
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Don’t Read Malcolm Gladwell
Don’t get me wrong. I like Malcolm. Nice guy with a sweet head of hair. But, in a world where we’re overwhelmed by incoming information, spending any time reading Malcolm, Thomas L. Friedman or any...
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If you’re a newb angel investor, this list covers the basics. Reading from top to bottom is a good strategy with this list. Here’s an essay from Paul Graham (aka PG) about the basics of angel tech...
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