June 2012
6 posts
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A growth hack for Path
Path is truly a remarkable technology. For the past few weeks, I’ve only used Path and I have nothing but a glowing review. Path is the mobile app I wish Facebook was.
I’ve pondered Path’s goals on adoption, engagement, and capturing the market. From Path’s demo video, their focus is middle America, the nuclear family, and close friendships. Path is designed to foster...
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Is Winter coming? Naw, its just a cold.
Facebook is up this week. :-0
No, you are not in the Twilight zone.
Since Paul Graham’s doomsday letter was sent to his portfolio, the mood in the Valley has felt a little muggy and snickery about Facebook’s “failed” IPO. Entrepreneurs and investors fear Winter 2.0 has arrived with several publicly traded tech firms are trading depressingly low and failed tech...
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Doctors work like entrepreneurs
While most of us in techonology sector do not regularly visit a doctor, I learned that entrepreneurs have more in common with physicians than at first glance.
In a new study released by Wakefield Research, there is a shocking number of physicians who do not exercise or de-stress from their professional life. A doctor’s schedule seems to reflect a schedule of an entrepreneur:
43% of...
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Employees, think like an investor
This week, I am visiting my family in Texas. I decided to take break from the insanity of buzzwords and ideas with no gravity that is prolific in the Valley.
I discussed my life in the Valley with my family and what it is like to work in a startup. My parents, as most Americans, worked their way up the corporate latter to a title that starts with a “C”. I described the...
Alex's Tech Thoughts: True Colors and Motivations →
alexstechthoughts:
There are certain events in an entrepreneurs career when things will happen that demonstrates other people’s true colors.
I remember reading a blog post (somebody find it please!) about when you are raising money you should have some sort of adverse situation to see how the prospective…
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What is "work"?
On my way back to Tejas, I was sitting in SFO with a friend. Our flight was delayed for about four hours, so I opened my computer to started working on my JS skills. He asked me if I was working and I responded “What does it mean to be working?”
Merriam Webster defines “work” as
Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a purpose or result, esp. in...
