The Ass Wiping Business

February 18th, 2009 22 Comments Noah

I was having some delicious Ryowa ramen with a friend in Mountain View today when he asked me questions about an LED business his friend runs. I immediately quipped, it’s no ass wiping business. Oy vey, here goes Noah again. What does that mean?
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People will ALWAYS need to wipe their asses regardless [...]

We are hiring and “interesting” job descriptions…

February 11th, 2009 10 Comments Noah

Okay, I am swamped with work and my startup is hiring two people. Though you guys could help:
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PHP Programmer
- Must be able to do the work of 3 Americans or 10 outsourcers:)
Data Manager
- Must love bitch work and have a good attitude.
Opportunity for growth, make lots of money and fun included. Email me, job [at] [...]

Startup Stories, Jason Satler founder of Iwearyourshirt.com

January 5th, 2009 10 Comments Noah

I think I met Jason while at Mint.com and he’s doing something cool with this new iwearyourshirt.com. I feel like I’ve heard of this type of idea before but I was impressed when he said he has 200 of 365 days sold already! Here’s his story on wearing your companies t-shirt:

1- Why are you doing [...]

Why I threw away your Company Christmas Card

December 25th, 2008 14 Comments Noah

Recently I started receiving some holiday cards from companies we’ve worked with and I threw them away right after I opened them. Why you ask? Let’s do a multiple choice test:
a) Cause I am Jew and don’t celebrate Christmas.
b) You didn’t bother to write my name or anything personal to me / the company.
c) You [...]

Dailymile.com launches, go get healthy

December 19th, 2008 5 Comments Noah

I am back in the bay area for the holidays and loving the cold weather. Anyways, while I was in Austin I had the chance to meet Ben & Kelly of Dailymile.com who I met through a Eric Stephens of Mahalo and BeerMenus. We quickly became good friends and I’m proud to see them launch [...]

Startup Stories, Alyssa Rapp founder of Bottlenotes

December 1st, 2008 7 Comments Noah

If you want to meet a woman who can change the world, then Alyssa Rapp is definitely a top candidate. She has more energy than many women combined and it’s exciting to see her passion for whatever she touches. Okay, this was cheesy enough. I interviewed about her startup Bottlenotes where she talks about the [...]