In: entrepreneur
22 Oct 2015The startup world loves to embrace failure, though it’s usually in a “launching companies is hard and don’t always work so don’t sweat it” kind of way. Failing in a more personal sense, like not accomplishing a goal you have set for yourself, is different. It hurts. And frankly, it should. Most personal failures are […]
In: entrepreneur| ideas
9 Jul 2013Every now and then I’ll search Twitter for the name of my startup (“SideTour“) to see what is being said about our company. Today I took a look and found several tweets mentioning this posting on Freelancer.com. As I write this, the average bid price (among the 34 bidders!) is $5757. While I’m flattered the […]
Long-time Internet entrepreneur Jason Calacanis recently shared an epiphany he had regarding startups. A critic of Facebook, he has come to appreciate the value of the company’s developer-driven culture. His new belief is that the primary cause of Facebook’s success (and, to be fair, mistakes) is that within the organization, developers are empowered to create […]
In: entrepreneur| ideas
22 Nov 2010In the course of meeting with aspiring entrepreneurs and people with big ideas, I have come to hear the same thought shared over and over again: “If only I knew {something}.” Within the world of web start-ups, this is often programming. “If only I knew how to actually code, I could launch my business.” But […]
One of the Co-Founders of SideTour, former TechStar (NYC Summer 2011), ex-NBA'er, and past TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon Winner.