Incredible first eBay sale

Wow, I just sold a keyboard on eBay for literally twice what I was expecting, and five times what I paid for it five years ago. I’m actually stunned. This was my first ever sale on eBay, and now I’m thinking it is pretty likely I’ll try that again.

It was a very fancy [...]

Resume gaps are nothing to fear

This weekend in a book review on Amazon, I read someone who panned a book on startups, worrying about “gaps” in work history on the resume. The fear was that starting a business, and then having that business fail would look bad on a resume, since it would leave a “gap”. It would then [...]

Amazonian pocket money

Well that was some easy [...]

StartupNation is an inspiring podcast

I drove all day today, listening to Startup Nation’s Podcast, learning a lot and getting inspired. It was a business trip for me to pick up some equipment I bought from eBay for the business I am preparing to launch, so it just felt right to load up my iPod with a bunch of business [...]

Correcting entrepreneurial myths

I’m always amazed at how the right information finds me at just the right time. I’m in the process of launching a new business, and today I found an article at entrepreneur.com which addresses 5 (really 6) common myths about starting a business.

Myth #0: 90% fail in 1-2 years

Actually, more than 50% of new [...]