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Age: 30
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: CEO of mobileStorm
Born: Pasadena, CA
High School: Santa Barbara High, CA
College: Little here, little there
Posted in Infrastructure, People on Jan 7th, 2008
In Part 1, I discussed the benefits of offering stock options and how they help in attracting new talent, creating longer employee tenures, and providing the company with happier employees who respond with greater dedication and an increased work volume. If you agree with me and this sounds great, you need to think about [...]
The other day I was checking out my blog stats, reviewing which articles were the most popular, and I came across something very interesting. My “Raising Quick Cash” post on September 3rd by far has had more views than any other post; it wasn’t even close. It had three times as many views as the [...]
Posted in Infrastructure, People on Nov 6th, 2007
Have you heard about the vast differences between private parks and public ones? The private park (owned by an individual) is taken care of very well. It always has the best-kept gardens, playgrounds, and bathrooms. The public park (owned by no individual) is poorly run and usually has the types of bathrooms that George Michael [...]
Posted in People, Project Management on Oct 15th, 2007
If I am not traveling, my day usually starts at 7:00 a.m. I work for an hour or so in bed on my laptop, then, depending upon the day, I work out with my trainer at my house, shower, and leave for the office by 9:00. I have conference calls lined up until I reach [...]
Posted in People on Sep 7th, 2007
On a bootstrapped budget, it’s difficult to hire quality people. The irony is that you need quality people to succeed. By quality, I am not talking about someone who is seasoned and has been doing the same thing for 20 years. A quality person could be someone who is just starting out but is [...]
Posted in People on Aug 9th, 2007
If you are true start-up with no capital, most likely you can only afford to hire friends and family. There are a few reasons for this:
1. You need people you can trust.
2. You don’t have the money to hire experienced people.
3. Friends or family are the only people crazy enough to believe in you.
Hiring friends or family is [...]
Credit in life is one of the most important things you can acquire. Having a good financial credit score can get you a low interest rate when buying a house, get you a much-needed loan for your business, and possibly save you hundreds of dollars a month when buying a new car.
Your credit is carefully [...]
Posted in Communication, People on Jul 17th, 2007
In part one, I talked about staying positive for your own piece of mind, but in part two, I am going to discuss how this affects the people around you.
So here is the deal: as the captain of the ship, if you won’t come out of your quarters to steer the ship and [...]
Posted in Communication, People on Jul 12th, 2007
I have heard that 90% of businesses fail within the first five years and 90% of the ones that survive fail within the next five. This is a pretty staggering statistic if you think about it. I am sure a good percentage of these business owners have shitty ideas, another x% fail because of fraud, [...]
Posted in Communication, People on May 6th, 2007
Staff communication is extremely important. I strongly believe that a small business or start up should include everyone in the company as often as possible on multiple topics. Not only does this make people feel included, but it keeps everyone on the same page. The best way to do this is to create an email [...]