entrepreneurship

Lessons Learned in 2008: Work With the Best

February 14, 2009

I’m so glad 2008 is over.  It was a difficult and stressful year—perhaps the most difficult of my short 10-year professional career. “Never again,” I’ve been telling myself in hopes of avoiding a repeat year. So I’m going to be dedicating a few posts over the next few days (or weeks) discussing some of the important things that really [...]

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Not What It Seems

March 3, 2008

For a while I’ve had ongoing conversations within my group of business friends about core businesses.  The conversation goes like this:  companies say they do Y but act like a company that does Z.  It’s a discrepancy in perception (or public relations) and actuality (which usually isn’t so public).  I was reminded of this topic this morning [...]

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Prior Art

February 25, 2008

Last Thursday I received an email from a friend, George Colombo, that pointed me to an article that Apple had filed a patent for “customized podcasts.”  I was immediately surprised and dismayed, quite frankly, because my business partner, Matt Thompson, and I had actually developed the technology (we called it Modcast) and implemented it on [...]

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Vacation Out, Reality In

April 12, 2007

So I’m back at work today after being on vacation for a week. I guess you never get used to the first day back at work. Any time I have more than a two-day weekend, I question why I’m working in Sarasota. Once I come to the conclusion that I’m here for a paycheck, you [...]

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