Tag Archives: startup

Laws Affect Business; Businesses Affect Laws (repeat)

There was a “pro-business” Supreme Court ruling yesterday that scares me as a small business owner. At issue were campaign contributions from corporations to political campaigns (and I assume PACs and the like).
The losing side is lamenting that under the new ruling, the wealthy will have a greater influence over politics by using corporations as [...]

Check out TennesseeStartups.com

One of the goals that I have is to help nurture the entrepreneurial spirit in my community. Specifically we have a growing technology community that has some thriving startups (as well as some not-yet-thriving startups). I want to help them work together and promote the city / state as a whole.
That is why I [...]

Nashville Startup Weekend Day 2

Time for updates from Nashville Startup Weekend. I am getting a little tired, but I will try to take notes again…

PlaydateThe app is deployed at Moms get Out.com. There is an API. They are getting close. I think they will actually get this thing launched. Congrats so far! Nashville Parent magazine [...]

The Value of Implementation

Just a little self-promotion.
Check out an interview with me on the North Carolina Startup Blog about the value of an idea.
It was fun to revisit and I am looking forward to hopefully working more with the Startup Blog Network.

Idea Valuation Revisited

It looks like I am going to get an opportunity to revisit the valuation of ideas.
I’m preparing an interview with a guy who blogged (jokingly) about buying new innovative ideas for $0.02 a piece (his “two cents”). Soon he started receiving offers from around the world from wanna-be entrepreneurs hoping to cash in on their [...]