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Entrepreneurship

Setting up a Helium Hotspot with After-Market Antenna

Tim February 13, 2021 Crypto, Entrepreneurship 14 Comments
Setting up a Helium Hotspot with After-Market Antenna

Introduction Update: This is my most popular blog post after 5 years and over 150 articles. Thank you for clicking! I wrote a follow-up article providing more information about how to obtain a miner and other ways to invest in

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Computer Science and Business (CSB) at Lehigh University (and alternatives)

Tim February 5, 2021 Education & Employment, Entrepreneurship, Tech 6 Comments
Computer Science and Business (CSB) at Lehigh University (and alternatives)

I enrolled at Lehigh University in 2012 and graduated with a Computer Science & Business degree in 2016. Almost five years have passed since then and I’m happy to report that I can be considered a conventional success. On top

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Rewardful Provides the Perfect Stripe Affiliate Integration

Tim January 20, 2021 Entrepreneurship, Products & Reviews No Comments
Rewardful Provides the Perfect Stripe Affiliate Integration

Over the years, I’ve been involved with a few SaaS products and other businesses that use Stripe for billing. These were never wildly successful enterprises, but that’s the truth for most of us trying to hustle online. We’re happy with

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Remembering Element Search + Win

Tim August 28, 2020 Entrepreneurship, Essay No Comments
Remembering Element Search + Win

Back when the internet was a simpler place, Element, a company that designs skateboards and skateboarding gear, put together a sweepstakes program. All you had to do was install a search box with Element’s branding and use it to Google search

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Trading Strategies in Runescape in 2007 Part 3

Tim February 11, 2019 Entrepreneurship, Gaming No Comments
Trading Strategies in Runescape in 2007 Part 3

In part 1, I geeked out about what Runescape was. In part 2, I covered some of the most likely strategies for enterprising merchants. In this post, we’ll don our black hats and explore the darker side of Runescape’s markets. Wildly

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Trading Strategies in Runescape in 2007 Part 2

Tim February 10, 2019 Entrepreneurship, Gaming No Comments
Trading Strategies in Runescape in 2007 Part 2

In part 1, I provided historical context. I explained what Runescape was and why Runescape was so great in the mid-aughts. I also provided details pertaining to the machinations of the in-game economy and the player-to-player trading system. In this

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Trading Strategies in Runescape in 2007 Part 1

Tim February 6, 2019 Entrepreneurship, Gaming No Comments
Trading Strategies in Runescape in 2007 Part 1

Back in 2007, Runescape was one of the most popular games on the internet. Today, an “old school” version of the game, released in 2013, that preserves beloved late-2007 mechanics regularly has over 100,000 concurrent players. This warms my heart.      

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The Roach Motel Business Model

Tim February 1, 2019 Entrepreneurship, Essay No Comments
The Roach Motel Business Model

I tried to do some honest research for this article, but nearly every person I surveyed was hesitant to admit whether they’d stayed at a motel. The motel has a bad reputation because the lodges are commonly located in seedy, desolate areas frequented

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Is Forced Redirection of New Tabs Ethical?

Tim November 10, 2018 Entrepreneurship, Essay No Comments
Is Forced Redirection of New Tabs Ethical?

Whenever I eat lunch near a computer, which usually happens every day, I open a new browser window with all of my favorite news sites pre-loaded. During a short lunch period, I cram in as much information and as much food

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Session Expiry During Checkout

Tim November 3, 2018 Entrepreneurship, Essay 1 Comment
Session Expiry During Checkout

I spend a lot of time online shopping. I’ve encountered a bevy of payment systems, each with its own quirks. By now, though, payment and checkout processes are overwhelmingly fluid and user-friendly. For more than a year, I’ve been involved with

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Recent Posts

  • Skip the Lead-in to Alpe du Zwift February 17, 2022
  • Best Pull-Up Bar for Wide Doorways January 30, 2022
  • I Got My Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards Graded! January 20, 2022
  • Best At-Home Gym Equipment for Runners January 20, 2022
  • I Sent My Childhood Pokemon Collection to PSA January 20, 2022
  • Blueprint for Newberry Park’s Perfect Track Season December 21, 2021
  • Fall 2021 NCAA DI XC Championship Recap November 25, 2021
  • Best Knife to Carry While Running November 5, 2021
  • How to Prepare for PoCV11 November 3, 2021
  • Is the 1-of-1266 Pontiac Solstice Coupe Actually Collectible? September 6, 2021

My Most Recent Books

Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
liked it
Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
by William Poundstone
Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler
really liked it
Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler
by Antony C. Sutton
My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
it was ok
My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
by Emanuel Derman
Slaughterhouse-Five
it was amazing
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
liked it
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
by Benjamin Wallace
Pulphead
liked it
Pulphead
by John Jeremiah Sullivan
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
really liked it
The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
by Taylor Larimore

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