Running Around in Squares http://runningaroundinsquares.com/blog/ Because Running Around In Circles Would Be Just Too Easy! en Copyright 2008 Fri, 02 May 2008 19:52:24 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification A little Mac and Linux fun on a Friday Here are a couple animated videos that poke fun at the arguments we all have for switching to a Mac or Linux.

Switch to mac animation

Switch to Linux animation


And being a Mac guy myself, I had to include an anti-mac video to show I have at least a slight sense of humor on the topic. :)

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Look at the picture below. It seems slightly interesting, as if something is going on but not exactly sure what it could be. Now step back 6 feet and look at it again. That put a slightly different perspective on it huh?..


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Make sure you don't miss the forest while looking at the trees...
]]> http://runningaroundinsquares.com/blog/2007/11/too-narrowly-focussed.html http://runningaroundinsquares.com/blog/2007/11/too-narrowly-focussed.html Life Work advice focus Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:52:12 -0600 Via Twitter (#423665602) Link]]> http://runningaroundinsquares.com/blog/2007/11/tweet-423665602.html http://runningaroundinsquares.com/blog/2007/11/tweet-423665602.html Tweets Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:42:11 -0600 15 Commandments for Startups I don't spend much time on facebook, but I got a friend request notification this morning from someone I haven't spoken to in years and lives 1000 miles away. This my friends is one of the true values of social networks. So while I was on I checked out a few groups that I had joined the day I signed up. One of the groups was Web 2.0 entrepeneurs. One of the most recent posts in the group was by Mark Fletcher. I've done a few startups and these commandments are so true that I had to repost them for all to see. Here you go.


15 Startup Commandments

1. Your idea isn't new. Pick an idea; at least 50 other people have thought of it. Get over your stunning brilliance and realize that execution matters more.

2. Stealth startups suck. You're not working on the Manhattan Project, Einstein. Get something out as quickly as possible and promote the hell out of it.

3. If you don't have scaling problems, you're not growing fast enough.

4. If you're successful, people will try to take advantage of you. Hope that you're in that position, and hope that you're smart enough to not fall for it.

5. People will tell you they know more than you do. If that's really the case, you shouldn't be doing your startup.

6. Your competition will inflate their numbers. Take any startup traffic number and slash it in half. At least.

7. Perfection is the enemy of good enough. Leonardo could paint the Mona Lisa only once. You, Bob Ross, can push a bug release every 5 minutes because you were at least smart enough to do a web app.

8. The size of your startup is not a reflection of your manhood. More employees does not make you more of a man (or woman as the case may be).

9. You don't need business development people. If you're successful, companies will come to you. The deals will still be distractions and not worth doing, but at least you're not spending any effort trying to get them.

10. You have to be wrong in the head to start a company. But we have all the fun.

11. Starting a company will teach you what it's like to be a manic depressive. They, at least, can take medication.

12. Your startup isn't succeeding? You have two options: go home with your tail between your legs or do something about it. What's it going to be?

13. If you don't pay attention to your competition, they will turn out to be geniuses and will crush you. If you do pay attention to them, they will turn out to be idiots and you will have wasted your time. Which would you prefer?

14. Startups are not a democracy. Want a democracy? Go run for class president, Bueller.

15. You're doing a web app, right? This isn't the 1980s. Your crummy, half-assed web app will still be more successful than your competitor's most polished software application.



10 More Startup Commandments

1. You will have at least one catastrophe every three months.

2. Outsource effectively, or be effectively outsourced.

3. Do you thrive on stress and ambiguity? You'd better.

4. The best way to get outside funding is to be successful already. Stupid but true. But you, cheapskate, don't need money, right?

5. People will think your idea sucks. They're even probably right. The only way to prove them wrong is to succeed.

6. A startup will require your complete attention and devotion. Thought your first love in High School was clingy? You can't take out a restraining order on your startup.

7. Being an entrepreneur requires a healthy amount of ignorance. Note I did not say stupidity.

8. Your software sucks. So what. Everyone else's does also, and re-architecting is the kiss of death for a startup. Startups are no place for architecture astronauts.

9. You do have a public API, right?

10. Abject Terror. Overwhelming Joy. Monstrous Greed. Embrace and harness these emotions you must.


- Mark Fletcher ( http://www.startupping.com/ )
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    • ]]>     http://runningaroundinsquares.com/blog/2007/09/links-for-20070925.html http://runningaroundinsquares.com/blog/2007/09/links-for-20070925.html Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:30:46 -0600     Silly Putty On a daily basis, many of us find ourselves being pulled in multiple directions. Be it competing priorities or just too many tasks with not enough time to adequately complete any one of them. The more directions we get pulled in, the more we stretch ourselves thin. Just like pulling at silly putty..... This life lesson is compliments of my 9 year old daughter Cierra. http://runningaroundinsquares.com/blog/2007/09/silly-putty-1.html http://runningaroundinsquares.com/blog/2007/09/silly-putty-1.html Life Work stress Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:48:52 -0600 Via Twitter (#267051132) Link]]> http://runningaroundinsquares.com/blog/2007/09/tweet-267051132.html http://runningaroundinsquares.com/blog/2007/09/tweet-267051132.html Tweets Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:38:40 -0600