Op-Ed Columnist – The New Untouchables – NYTimes.com

Those who are waiting for this recession to end so someone can again hand them work could have a long wait. Those with the imagination to make themselves untouchables — to invent smarter ways to do old jobs, energy-saving ways to provide new services, new ways to attract old customers or new ways to combine […]

Op-Ed Columnist – The New Untouchables – NYTimes.com

Those who are waiting for this recession to end so someone can again hand them work could have a long wait. Those with the imagination to make themselves untouchables — to invent smarter ways to do old jobs, energy-saving ways to provide new services, new ways to attract old customers or new ways to combine […]

JFDI

Image by makoworks via Flickr I stumbled on to this great blog post by @msuster talking about what it takes to be an entrepreneur.  His post can be summarized in four letters, JFDI, which stands for Just F**King Do It. Entrepreneurs make fast decisions and move forward knowing that at best 70% of their decisions […]

How far are you willing to go?

Image via Wikipedia I’ve had the pleasure of having front row seats to watch my friend Jason develop his business Jackthreads (check it out, it’s a private shopping community) over the last 4 or so years.  Things are going very well for Jason now as his membership and revenue numbers continue to explode month over […]