The Flexible Entrepreneurial Mind

May 23rd, 2007 17 Comments Andre

Einstein was a retard as a child. Tolstoy was considered nothing special. The great mathematician Pascal was homeschooled and forbidden to study math until the age of 15.
What does this have to do with me and my startup? You ask. Everything! Let me explain. There are two mindsets that people have in this world. [...]

How to get on TV

May 22nd, 2007 18 Comments Noah

I will write some funny things for you tomorrow about airports but I thought you might be interested that I was interviewed on tv for Prosper.com.
How did I get on TV?
A few weeks ago I wrote about my love for Prosper. Then at work we talked about contacting Prosper and seeing how they [...]

OkDork Design Tweaks

May 21st, 2007 7 Comments Ben

If you’ve been visiting OkDork.com in the past few days then you’ve probably noticed that I have been tweaking the design here and there for Noah. Today I talked to Chris Pearson for a little while and came up with some ideas that would finally “bring the site together” so to speak. It [...]

Book Review My Startup Life by Ben Canoscha

May 21st, 2007 15 Comments Noah

Bottom Line: Buy My Startup Life if you want to read a fun tale about a young person (12) start their own business and what they had to deal with. I think younger people will get more general knowledge about VCs, forming a company and overall business experiences. An older person would get the fun [...]

Psychologically Profiling of Your Site Visitors

May 21st, 2007 9 Comments Andre

Established off line industries already know everything about their customers and clients and have well developed psychological profiles, so they are pretty successful at selling their products and services. Websites and online sites also need psychological profiles of their visitors and customers to be effective and in business.
Wal-Mart knows you’ll buy more bananas on [...]

Sorry, I don’t speak CANTonese

May 18th, 2007 18 Comments Noah

I don’t speak CANTonese. That is a new language I hear from people and I have not learned it. Have you?

“But Noah, I CAN’T do it.”

Do you say can’t immediately after people ask you questions?
Are you thinking I can’t possibly do x, y or z? (Btw, What’s after Z?)
If you have spent years learning that [...]