Untethered Dreams

At a recent Meet the Angels event in Atlanta, the panelists made sure entrepreneurs knew that angels “should be a last resort”. While this was shocking for the entrepreneurs, the panelist described working with Angels is “expensive and onerous” and suggest that if you can avoid it, you should. So what’s an entrepreneur [...]

Regardless of the business you’re in or the one you’re trying to break into, I can’t underestimate the value in attending conferences. Conferences are where you learn more about the field you’re interested in through talks, seminars and speaking with other attendees. Conferences are also where you meet others in that field’s community – experts, [...]

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research on December 1st, 2008, the US economy has been in a recession for all of 2008 starting in December 2007. A recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of “negative growth” (stupid oxymorons) or the GDP.
According to the NBER, the expansion that ended in December 2007 [...]

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research on December 1st, 2008, the US economy has been in a recession for all of 2008 starting in December 2007. A recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of “negative growth” (stupid oxymorons) or the GDP.
According to the NBER, the expansion that ended in December 2007 [...]

I have neglected this site for some time between working some special projects for Felthos Foundry and receiving a promotion at work climbing yet another rung on the ladder to becoming a corporate slave. The new position unfortunately steals a bit of my time hindering my dreams of becoming untethered from the corporate life.
My [...]

Twitter is one more way in which you can promote your blog, and if you use Wordpress as your blogging platform, then one very useful plugin is one that automatically publishes your latest posts to your Twitter account.

Read the title again. When it comes to your tools, mainly your computer and your Internet connection, you do not want to be that. Spend the incremental amount of money up front so that you have the fastest computer and Internet connection you can without breaking the bank. In general, you should not be faster [...]

Over the several years my padna and I have worked several projects for Felthos Foundry while maintaining our current sites and infrastructure at the same time. Our biggest complaint that we felt kept holding us back from releasing different sites, products and services was time.
We both have “burn rates” in our personal lives with [...]

Recently while upgrading the backend software for more than a dozen sites we run, I encountered different settings on each and every site. This had/has two impacts on me. First, I had to modify the script I had written to automate the upgrade process for each individual site which changed a thirty [...]

A simple concept, but such an important one. As we’ve learned the hard way, particularly if you’re starting out your online business as a side gig, focusing on 1 product or service is a critical factor in your success.
Try not to get carried away with trying to implement all of your ideas at once. Pick [...]