Congrats to DailyStrength and what we can learn

December 3rd, 2008 17 Comments Noah

My mentor Doug recently sold his company, DailyStrength to HSW.

Things we can learn:
1- Outside the Valley. I don’t think many people realize how big the pharmaceutical market really is. So many valley companies are creating some social this or game that and neglect large opportunities of “unattractive/sexy” lucrative markets.
2- Exits. They are good. How many [...]

The difference between iPhone and Facebook app users

September 8th, 2008 12 Comments Noah

Andrew asked this question on his blog that I think about quite often.
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Let’s compare some differences between app users:

facebook app user
iPhone app user

Users Annual salary
-$5
$75,000

Amount spent to use service
$0
$200-400

Amount spent monthly
$0
$70

Which kind of user do you want?

The Gas Tank Chronicles

June 9th, 2008 30 Comments Noah

Last night I was at a friends birthday party and it was super crowded. And for some reason people love to point out the obvious, “OMG it is so crowded here!” My response is, “really, you don’t say (said with a cute face on).”
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Anyways, people complain about gas prices a lot now, myself [...]

Presenting help wanted

June 8th, 2007 10 Comments Rik

From the few presentations that I’ve done, I find that the single most useful tool that allows you to do a natural talk, instead of ‘going through a deck of slides’, is having a wireless presenter to click through. Not having to stand near your PC and being able to walk around and gesticulate makes [...]

Business Idea: School Organizer

June 1st, 2007 16 Comments Patrick

Written by Patrick at Develop Daly.
I have been searching for a while now for a one stop site that allows collaboration between students to share notes. I still haven’t found anything worth getting a class excited about. Here are some of the tools I’ve found and rated on a scale of 1-10.

mySchoolLog - 5

Design: 5 [...]

Free Business Ideas: Everyone wants to be Famous

March 30th, 2007 19 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 speakers and [...]