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October 29, 2008

Living Large by Living Small

Like most in the startup community, I’ve been following (how could you miss it) the various media coverage of the economic downturn and contemplating what it means to me both as the employee of a startup and as an aspiri...

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October 7, 2008

Soliloquy: the act of talking to oneself

I ran into a friend over the weekend, and over a impromptu cup of coffee we talked about many things. One question, which has been in the forefront of my mind lately, is who do we write for? All this content we put out...

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September 29, 2008

Halloween Costume Ideas?

I have to top this homemade zombie costume I wore in 2006 (last year I borrowed a fairie costume from a fashion designer, but that was cheating). This is a 1960s evening gown from Value Village.

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September 28, 2008

Do I Work For A Startup?

I’ve noticed many 30-second elevator pitches indicate a company’s size and scope, such as “Expeditors International is a Fortune 500 global logistics provider” or “Pelago is an early stage company building Whrrl”. Whe...

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September 22, 2008

Am I an Entrepreneur?

In the upper left-hand corner there’s a text blurb where I describe myself, and it says, “23 year old entrepreneur…”. Well, actually it said ‘entreprenuer’ until an anonymous commenter was nice enough to point out my sp...

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September 18, 2008

Kevin is Headed to China – for 4 months!

Kevin and I just celebrated our one year wedding anniversary a few weeks ago, and now it sounds like he’s planning to head to China for four months on an assignment from Microsoft to work with the Chinese arm of the Shar...

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