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by wschroter 19y ago
Although I focused a lot on control, which is a very big issue, I think it comes down to trust as well, which is very difficult to understand until the deal plays out. Having sold a few companies myself I can tell you it's nearly impossible
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by wschroter 19y ago
It's new business. I was thinking about all the cool star wars action figure names and the spelling just kind of grew from there. I should have added the phoenetic version I suppose.
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by wschroter 19y ago
It sounds odd, but even when we were billing $150 per hour for Web work (through our agency with 100+ people on projects) the margins weren't that great. I'm not making a big sales pitch for working with a consulting firm (I sold mine and
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by wschroter 19y ago
it's a good idea to meet Christian, the founder of the event. he's a very open, personable guy and his networking like a madman out there. if you're in the area, it's worth stopping by.
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by wschroter 19y ago
I've watched this cycle happen so many times with indy consultants that's it's ridiculous. Of course there are situations where you may be so good that work just keeps getting fed under the door, but it's the rare exception.
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by wschroter 19y ago
The % that you get is only a small point of taking on money. It's all the control and day-to-day mechanics that you are really giving up.
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by wschroter 19y ago
I did say it was "..as much WORK!" - as in, it's really hard to maintain a social life.
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by wschroter 19y ago
I'm just trying to figure out where anyone suggested I was talking about "balance". I was saying that from time to time you need to unplug in order to get re-charged to work harder. Did you see the part that said I worked for 3 years witho
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by wschroter 19y ago
How is it "wrong?" I'm surprised to hear you of all people have such a strong opinion against what I've written.
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by wschroter 19y ago
Feb 1 / Mar 2 / Apr 3 / May 4 / June 5 / July 6 ... barely six months
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by wschroter 19y ago
That was the most obnoxious view of our youth I've read in a long time. Well done.
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by wschroter 19y ago
@ Tichy - I really like your point about a younger generation missing out on an older trend. Perhaps we're just used to seeing more opportunities creep up from the younger generation than vice versa. Point well made.
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by wschroter 19y ago
haha.. 300 baud modem on a c64 (brown, not grey) running color64 and DMbbs, baby. Oh how great it was to be 10 years old.
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by wschroter 19y ago
It's not that the "teen" apps are the ones that matter. Don't take Facebook / Myspace so literally. It's pointing to the fact that major opportunities are being created that are obvious to one generation and almost oblivous from another.
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by wschroter 19y ago
I think as a gen-x'er we grew up in a time period (the dot com era) where much of our careers was defined by a major generational/technological change that provided us a great deal of opportunity. For that, we are aware of how these shifts
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by wschroter 19y ago
You're totally on point with what I'm saying. It's about the fact that when you get older the crowd you run in is worrying about mortgage payments, spouses and kids. You don't have the time or curiosity to engage new stuff and share it wi
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by wschroter 19y ago
It's funny how often these articles go scanned versus read. A few points of clarification 1. Thanks to migpwr for pointing out that facebook was just an example of the generational gap, not the point of why facebook is good or bad. 2. The g
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by wschroter 19y ago
Facebook isn't the all-telling oracle. It's the fact that my ENTIRE CLASS is not on it from 1992 and the entire class is on it in 2007 that demonstrates the significant generational gap.
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by wschroter 19y ago
In all fairness I should have titled the article more toward what I'M losing over 30!
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by wschroter 19y ago
I tried to be pretty specific in the title by using "The Founder"
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by wschroter 19y ago
Cogswell - sorry I don't have the link, but check Mark Andreesen's blog on the view of the dot com bubble and how over-hyped the failure rate was. He made some good points about how, despite all the lavish stories, a good number of compani
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by wschroter 19y ago
That's funny - I thought this was my blog post. I covered the same question a week ago - http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/5/18/someone-already-thought-of-my-idea-_-now-what/10156/view.aspx
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by wschroter 19y ago
Tunisia is deifnitely the answer.
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by wschroter 19y ago
Disagree. You can do it with one if you know what you're doing. I'm on startup #9 and it's growing faster than ever with only one person at the helm. Let's just agree that every case is different. There's no ONE right answer here.
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by wschroter 19y ago
It's sweet - we're launching companies with hardly any cash and the burn/pain isn't nearly that bad.
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by wschroter 19y ago
I'm having a really hard time figuring out why any of what Mike said is a bad thing.
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by wschroter 19y ago
My short-handed response would be that you need about 200,000 or more uniques per month before it becomes meaningful to advertisers. There are sites with less traffic that get targeted ads, but if you're talking about doing something other
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by wschroter 19y ago
Historically the companies that bragged before they were successful imploded the fastest.
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by wschroter 19y ago
what constitutes a negative post?
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by wschroter 19y ago
Sabat - I'm actually looking for a place myself in the bay area, so I do know how expensive it is. If you can convince an investor to pay you $200k to vet your idea, all the power to you my friend. But I have to advise you that it's not s

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