Seth Godin hit on a topic that I've thought about a lot over the last few months during my back-and-forth trips to Santa Monica -- it's complacency, lack of initiative, or downright zombie-ness. He talks about the state of affairs at the Javits … [Continue reading]
Fruitful namestorming event!
I admit that I wasn't really liking ooGooRoo -- it was pretty much a placeholder from the start, that I thought I could keep there for the foreseeable future. Try again, Mr. Smartypants. I've quickly learned that for me, it was imperative to pick … [Continue reading]
I hired an awesome lawyer, Chris Hurley — Beacon Law Advisors — the train moves forward!
It's a small thing in the bigger picture, but I'm excited to note that I hired a lawyer today -- I'm particularly excited because: a) he was referred by a friend who I really trust b) we've had a number of extremely positive working sessions … [Continue reading]
Creating ‘Stoke’ around your product
I had a great day today -- caught up with Joel (one of my early mentors) and had a thought-provoking few hours, as usual. He's an amazing guy -- has worked with an amazing string of computing pioneers (Visicalc, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon) which … [Continue reading]
Seattle Startup Open Coffee Club
Great turnout today at the Seattle Open Coffee Club for startup networking and java juice -- really enjoyed hearing about ideas being pursued. Thanks to Judy's Book CEO Andy Sack for organizing this burgeoning group -- Seattle needs more of these … [Continue reading]