10 days ago I ran, and completed my first mini-marathon. 13.1 miles. It was a big feeling of accomplishment for me, because when I decided to do it 12 weeks prior, I had never run more than five miles...and that was just once (despite 5 years of college basketball LOL)
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Recently I closed an angel investment in backupify. It's my first investment since last year's move into Member Minded.
Both are local, Louisville-based companies run by guys that I know well and trust. That's about where the similarities stop.
Backupify was a pretty easy call for me for the following reasons:
Rob May, ...
Fred has a good story today about how increasing price can often increase value perception and demand.
I agree and would add that pricing doesn't effect only the customer's behavior.
It can have a significant impact on the members of your team as well. There is an inherent responsibility ...
Three knocks at the door. Mechanical, almost lifeless in pattern.
As soon as I opened it, I knew what this was about. There is no other reason that he visits me.
"Hello....do you know what day it is?" He stood there, an unimpressive fellow. His belt was adorned with a gun ...
The Dodd Bank Reform Bill working its way through Congress. It has provisions in it that crush startups. Oh, BTW Fred, this isn't "shrapnel"....this, along with this is the result of them taking dead aim at entrepreneurship and the private sector.
The most offensive provision is that in order ...
The light flickers above my head. A few footsteps shuffle along in the distance, but it's too dark to see their owner. He didn't sound like he had anyplace to go anyway.
I've heard bad things about this pathway, but I'm not scared. Those kinds of generalities can ...
Dear local restaurant,
Stop treating your thirsty customers like shit. Saving 40 cents on 1000 straws is no way to run a business.
Thin straws are terrible. They make the soft-drink super fizzy. How could it be any other way, after such a violent ascent to my mouth?
Dr. Pepper, coke or sprite? ...
