Category Archives: start-ups

Warning: FMFD can be lethal to your start-up

Posted on November 19, 2010 by

FMFD is my own acronym for Founder’s Magic Fairy Dust*. I’ve seen the fixation on FMFD many, many times, and the frantic search for Founder’s Magic Fairy Dust can easily derail a young company (or otherwise severely impair its sanity and health). It begins … Continue reading →

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Proving it to yourself

Posted on October 28, 2010 by

Coincidentally, I’ve had separate conversations with several very talented people in the last week who seem to acknowledge that they are capable of “doing more” professionally if they pursued their own start-up — i.e. more excitement and fulfillment than they … Continue reading →

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rehashing a Livemocha blog post from Sept 2009

Posted on October 13, 2010 by

[from Sept 2009]  It’s not often in that one has the opportunity to experience, in a corporate setting, the power of an talented team inspired by a common purpose. When you get great talent together, and assemble them around a … Continue reading →

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Dogpatch Labs is taking off

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

It’s pretty exciting to see what my friend Ryan Spoon is presiding over at Dogpatch Labs in SF. Unfunded companies can incubate their new ventures there at no cost, even if they are just at the concept development stage. Ryan … Continue reading →

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