Archive for: March, 2007

Free Business Ideas: Everyone wants to be Famous

March 30th, 2007 20 Comments Noah

It is Friday and that means free ideas for you. I have to do work so I will keep this short. People like me want to speak at conferences. People coordinating events want to get speakers. Sometimes it is hard to find conferences or the right people to speak. Opportunity: Create a common ground for [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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