What is more important than a great idea? The people you bounce that idea off of!
The worst idea is the one that is never shared. You might have the beginnings of a great new product, but if it only lives in your mind, what good is it? This is the primary importance of networking. [...]
We’re waiting for…
Waiting for what? Think about the phrase. What does it tell your boss? What about that venture capitalist you are trying to woo?
It says that you aren’t leaders. Your team can’t improvise. You are not problem solvers. You just don’t have what it takes to be successful. In a nutshell, that phrase says [...]
30 Nov, 2006
Posted by: Jason Drohn In: technology
I was asked an interesting question last night that I wanted to share.
To frame it, we had been talking about ‘vertical search,’ or a specialized search engine that filters content from a limited number of sources. For example, a programmer might go to one vertical search engine to learn about different advancements in PHP, but [...]
This section is perhaps one of the hardest for people in general, let alone entrepreneurs, to handle. You need to be brutally honest and ask yourself, “What am I good at or what do I enjoy doing (or both)?”
Once you have answered that you have identified a major strength. Welcome to the world of innovation. [...]
29 Nov, 2006
Posted by: Jason Drohn In: technology
How many times have you designed a logo and needed to put it in front of a graphics team or a client in some far off place? Other than email, there really wasn’t any good solution. You just had to operate on a whim and hope that it was right.
I just stumbled across a new [...]