Book Summary: Your Money Or Your Life Your Money or Your Life Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin Figure out your earnings and net worth. The idea is to figure out how much money has flowed into and out of your life. Figure out your current cash flow Figure out your real hourly wage by adding … Continue reading Book Summary: Your Money Or Your Life

We’re # 1Coyote Blog posted about how the teachers of one school district in California decided not to select a teacher of the year as a protest against the Governator’s push to link teacher pay to merit. I won’t even get into how wrong-headed it is to oppose merit-based pay (I thought that pay by … Continue reading We’re # 1

You Might Be An Entrepreneur If… Tom Evslin lists the Top 10 ways to tell if you or a loved one is an entrepreneur. The one thing that’s missing is the classic reality distortion field…

Spanish Adultery, Star Wars and Leonardo Da Vinci, You Know You Read Too Many Blogs When…. Another potpourri post. Apologies for the lack of time. Coyote Blog points out that the Spanish stock exchange is going to require company directors to declare any extramarital affiars that they are having. Love the Star Wars version of … Continue reading Spanish Adultery, Star Wars and Leonardo Da Vinci, You Know You Read Too Many Blogs When….

Organization Man Just got off the phone with Bill Grosso, who shared with me his simple trick for organizing his work. He has a three column Excel spreadsheet. In Column 1, he lists the project. In Column 2, he lists the person. In Column 3, he lists his quick thoughts. When he needs to talk … Continue reading Organization Man

Publishing is the new Entrepreneurship I’ve been saying it for a while (okay at least a couple of weeks), but publishing is going to be the next big thing in entrepreneurship. Blogging is just the tip of the iceberg. Even dead-tree blogs are in.

Quote of the Day In case you didn’t see it in the comments of my previous post on Paul Graham’s latest, Matt Josefowicz chimes in with the quote of the day: “Entrepreneurialism is one thing that can never be outsourced.” I did a Google check and nothing came up, so you heard it here first!

Kids Love Robots As part of my continuing coverage of the steady evolution of robots into ruthless killing machines, I’m linking to this story of how the Roomba can help parents get their kids to clean their rooms and go to bed. I have got to get me one of those!

Weekend Roundup: Guns, Blood, and Micro-publishing No time for long posts, so I’ll just lay it on you. GunsAmazing stuff on what might be the next generation of projectile weapon. “Imagine a gun with no recoil, no sound, no heat, no gunpowder, no visible firing signature (muzzle flash), and no stoppages or jams of any … Continue reading Weekend Roundup: Guns, Blood, and Micro-publishing

Paul Graham and the Implications of Frictionless EntrepreneurshipThe always interesting Paul Graham has a new essay out about why undergrads who want to be entrepreneurs should start companies rather than pursuing the traditional path of working for someone else. In summary, his point is that entrepreneurship is cheaper than ever (if not easier), and that … Continue reading Paul Graham and the Implications of Frictionless Entrepreneurship