Archive for September, 2008
Posted on September 25, 2008 - by Jeffrey
I pre-ordered the HTC Dream (Gphone) for tmobile!
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So I totally gave in and ordered the new Google Phone running android from tmobile. The phone actually doesn’t hit the market until October 22, but I’m sure it will be mobbed everywhere the week it comes out and if I know myself…I will need to have it. The phone supposedly sells for $170-200, but because of my phone addiction I had to take a hit in my wallet and pay some other upgrade fees. The total worked out to $299 +tax…so about $100 more.
Now I have to wait till the 22nd of October to get it and use its new 3G service 
I wonder how much smarter it will make me?
UPDATE!
Posted on September 22, 2008 - by Jeffrey
Who is going to pay when we flip the switch?
I tend to talk about this a lot in my daily business discussions and I always encounter heat on it. The issue is simple:
There are so many great free services on the internet, one day these companies offering them are going to have to “flip the switch” so to speak and turn a profit. What will happen then?
- Will people just use someone else?
- What happens when no one is left to give away free stuff?
- Will most people just stop using these services entirely?
This is why it is so important to have a real business model in place or an actual product to sell. If you are just building a super cool service that feeds off of another awesome service with no business model in the hopes that you will get bought out, you may want to rethink you exit strategy.
This is where I see the future of internet business models:
Posted on September 20, 2008 - by Jeffrey
Talking about the Lifecasting Culture
My friend mike and I “life-cast” a discussion about lifecasting… lol Why do female lifecasters seem to be so popular even though they barely talk about anything? Is it just a form of soft-core voyerism?
watch it on (youtube)
Posted on September 17, 2008 - by Jeffrey
late night snack?
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Hmmm…an odd late night snack after a hard days work?
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late night snack?
Posted on September 15, 2008 - by Jeffrey
It’s Nice to Go Out and Talk Tech
This last Saturday I headed into the wonderful city of New York with one of my business partners Stoppay. We attended a party for Laughing Squid which is an internet hosting company that seems to be gaining some speed in the Web 2.0 niche.
At the event I experienced a feeling that I had almost forgot about from prior years. It is the ability to have a free flowing conversation about technology and not have to explain anything. We had a great time talking about in-depth concepts ranging from video and streaming to web 2.0 monetization strategies with a gentleman named Justin.
As the night went on we drank ourselves a little further down the rabbit hole and managed to end up at McDonalds somehow. Ugh… Till the next crazy tech meet up!
Posted on September 10, 2008 - by Jeffrey
If I Could Be Like Mark…
Like Mark, if I could be like Mark… Mark Cuban is the man, I was watching him speak late last night on the techcrunch50 and he is as real as they come. I love when people in business say it how it is and talk about working and playing hard. at one point he says:
I never thought about it as work
He talks about how you have to enjoy life and play it how you want too, your rules. Times when he was broke or getting ripped off. All characteristics of someone who has been in the trenches and learned what it takes to win.
When he got ripped off from an employee for over $80,000 he just said, “time to dig in”. That’s the game we play, can YOU bounce back?
Posted on September 9, 2008 - by Jeffrey
Let me guess…You Have a Great Idea and No Business Model!
What is going on these days with all these presentations at the Tech Crunch 50 having nothing more to offer than a good idea? When the judges ask the presenters on how they will make money, this seems to be the general consensus.
Well, it’s complicated
Are you kidding me? When did it ever become the standard to figure out how you are going to make money after you have a product? How does anyone in their right mind put their life, time, family and money into a business when they don’t have a clue how it will ever generate a dollar?
Necessity is the mother of all invention
Posted on September 8, 2008 - by Jeffrey
Cooperative Competition
I go back and forth on this topic from time to time; sometimes I feel it’s good and sometimes not. In any negotiation, there is a winner and a looser. Same goes with cooperative completion. If you are all trying to work together, there has been some sort of agreement or verbal understanding that everyone has come too.
This situation is no different.
The reason I go back and forth on the subject I because when it’s good for me, I like it and when it’s bad for me, I don’t…We’ll Duh!
Recently a business associate of mine came back and wanted to work together after we had previously talked about doing something exclusive. Since that, he had gone and basically slept with everyone else in the business and currently has some sort of light partnership with them. Business is business so I am not offended that he went a different direction.
Posted on September 1, 2008 - by Jeffrey
Can You Take Being in the Spotlight?
Let’s face it… If you are going to do anything in business that ends up being big you’re probably going to get thrown in the spotlight from time to time. Being in the spotlight can take shape in many forms and some will be easier than others. I have been in the spotlight a few times in small business environments and as I am getting older and more successful, these moments are coming more frequently and are bigger.
Everyone wants to be the Guy behind the Guy
In almost every business venture I embark on I always end up being one of the main faces of the company. Why? It’s not because I am smarter per say… It’s just that I am willing to face the heat so to speak. Being the face of a company or project is an important element in business relationships and necessary to satisfy the overall flow. If you can’t take people threatening you with lawsuits and other claims on how they will ruin your life on a regular basis than this may not be for you. Don’t take that last sentence lightly, it will happen more and more depending on how much you play the game.
Business is Dirty
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