Free Business Ideas: Everyone wants to be Famous

March 30th, 2007 19 Comments Noah

Welcome to Noah Kagan’s Okdork! I am really glad you found me. Don’t go just yet. If you’re killing time at work, enjoy marketing, online communities and other business things; then you are at the right place.

You should check out my Okdork Virgin Guide to get started.

If you like what you read why don’t [...]

Advertising on Okdork?

March 29th, 2007 29 Comments Noah

Grouporation = Group + Collaboration
Background: Okdork is a decent site you may read once and awhile. My goal is to drive growth of the site and not money. Mehul suggested that I allow people to sponsor/advertise on the site in some way.
Problem:I don’t really care to put ads and the point of this site has [...]

How to Tell you Work at a Start-Up

March 28th, 2007 21 Comments Noah

Going from Intel (100,000+ employees) to Facebook (250+) to Mint (6+) I have experienced a lot of different cultures, teams, experiences and more in just under 3 years.
The easiest way to tell if you are working at a start-up is:
If you died, would the company stop?
Give that line a few seconds…ready? Okay, so let [...]

That’s right. Just sit there, read this, keep hoping and wishing!

March 27th, 2007 8 Comments Noah

This post is part of User Generated Tuesdays. If you want to be read by 1,200+ new friends please go here. If you want to post something now check out Okdork Public.
This post is written by Adam Gilbert who writes GuruGilbert.com and runs MyBodyTutor.com.
I left Ernst & Young on January 12th to go after my [...]

Spend $500 of Noah’s Money

March 26th, 2007 12 Comments Noah

I was recently at an amazing dinner at Aqua SF with Andrew, Akash and Dave (thanks for treating!) where everyone at the table was using Prosper.com.

I heard the name before and thought it was some shady place where loans happen. IGNORED. Nothing really happened when I saw them on sites a few months back. But, [...]

The Best way To Kill Your Business

March 23rd, 2007 27 Comments Noah

“Is to ask for opinions.” -Noah

With almost any idea I have ever had there are always people who have said it would fail. I realized last week the best way to crush your ideas or stop you from succeeding is to ask a lot of people.
Okay, I missed you guys/girl too much. I am [...]