Entrepreneurship

Dealing with Online Reviews

I estimate that I’ve written north of 800 reviews. Books, vacation spots, restaurants–I just like writing. I like forcing myself to think critically about the things I purchase and experience. I’ve also been involved with businesses and products that have

Letting Someone Handle the Business Side

It was early in my undergraduate studies when I was first approached by someone with a startup idea. I didn’t know the would-be founders particularly well, but I quickly realized that they had no technical skills whatsoever. They were going

I became involved with a SaaS startup last August. Stripe was the natural choice of payment processor. It’s been a learning experience. Rather than mindlessly recount the myriad benefits of using Stripe, I want to provide some of my personal

Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley by Antonio García Martínez Rating: ★★★★★ Date Finished: December 1st, 2017 Reading Time: Ten days; Audible Liar’s Poker—remember that book? I wonder how it was received in 1989. It’s now

If you spend enough time on the internet and enough time pondering ways to make money, you’ll become aware of freelancing. More specifically elancing, though I’ll use the terms interchangeably. Elancing is the practice of performing freelance work that is usually both

4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss Rating: ★ Date Finished: October 15th, 2017 Reading Time: Three days A seminal propagandist work poisoning the minds of Americans young and old. Though Tim Ferriss dedicates more than a few sentences to his musings

Hello, Startup: A Programmer’s Guide to Building Products, Technologies, and Teams by Yevgeniy Brikman Rating: ★★★★★ Date Finished: September 13th, 2017 Reading Time: A week What’s special about Hello, Startup is how thoroughly the author is dedicated to his craft.

When Tai Lopez first let us into his garage in 2015, some were captivated by his pursuit of knowledge. Others turned him into a meme. He was standing next to a Lamborghini, surrounded by shelves packed with books, and claimed

My review of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t by James C. Collins. Rating: ★★★★ Date Finished: March 16th, 2017 Reading Time: A week I enjoyed reading Good to Great. The author’s writing style