In Marc Andreessens guide to hiring his first criteria is Drive. Here’s a quick quote of what he has to say about drive. I define drive as self-motivation — people who will walk right through brick walls, on their own power, without having to be asked, to achieve whatever goal is in front of them. [...]
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The Drive To Succeed
June 9th, 2007
When Buying And Selling A Site Is An Easy Decision
June 9th, 2007
Back in 06 BlogMedia Inc was faced with a decision. A decision to expand our growing network of sites by acquisition. At the time I was actively involved in expansion by building out new sites. BlogMedia Inc had the available personal capital on hand by borrowing from one of the partners to invest in a [...]
Ask For Forgiveness Later Learn Today
June 9th, 2007
One of my favorite movies is Eragon. Easily my favorite quote is “I always say, better ask forgiveness than permission.” While I don’t really suggest you go out and find the resources you need on Torrents. Sometimes its the only way. A few books I recommend you searching for. And I’m a popular seeder so [...]
Developing A Strong Monetization Strategy
June 7th, 2007
Money is a big concern of any web developer, or software developer too. One of the biggest successes you can have in web development or software development is to develop a cohesive above ground monetization strategy. One of the things people often ask me about is monetization strategies. I see people float from one and [...]
The Genesis of Telegraphik
June 4th, 2007
It’s a little bit much for me to imagine I’ve been involved in web publishing as a business since 1999 but that’s the tale of it. I didn’t know this industry as anything but what it has been. I’ve seen big shots from the ‘old media’ reign in the new media. And I’ve seen folks [...]
The Twitterization of Personal Thought
June 4th, 2007
When I think about what kind of blogging I was doing 10 years ago. That’s right thats about when I started blogging. It was largely personal. Today I don’t really blog, as far as personal journaling goes. But I do Twitter. Yet I still see a huge role that blogs, or the blogging platform has [...]