Shameless Plugs
Ramit & Ian’s new book Recruit or Die came out today. Go buy 1,000 copies each and be careful not to die;) Wen, Jay and friend’s Spock is now open for the public. Feel free to plug anything else...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Blogging
I am going to Israel tonight. How you ask? In a plane. No, seriously. A reader who wanted me to chat about his business offered to pay for my flight. Wicked sweet huh? I also get to see my family,...
View ArticleThat Damn Parking Spot
I woke up this morning at 6:20am to move my car from the tow away zone that started at 7am. I barely woke up, got in my car and drove around for 20 minutes. I got behind this one car and waited for him...
View ArticleObama uses viral marketing to raise money and love
My friend Christel Hyden told me how the Obama campaign got her to donate twice as much money–and made her heart Obama more. Here it is in her words: I decided last night to finally give to Obama...
View ArticleLearning Viral: What to do when you are NOT Viral
I was thinking about this during a drive about many sites and services that just don’t have a natural or artificial viral component. Some great sites come to mind: Kayak.com, like.com, scribd.com...
View ArticleStartup Tips: Health Insurance
This is not a sexy post about marketing or product but something I was hoping to share with anyone starting or looking to start a start-up. We are a small team of 3 working on our new project and my...
View ArticleShould you give discounts?
Fortunately, my car and motorcycle have both broken within the week. Yay! Now, my mom is driving me to meetings;) Anyways, I was at JP Automotive (car mechanics) and trying to get a deal. Our...
View ArticleEmail Deliverability Hack: Adding mark as spam in your own email
With our new startup one of our BIGGEST challenges is getting email into inboxes, and we just started sending them:O If you’ve ever ran a website with more than 20 users, I am guessing you know my...
View ArticleWhy should you read Scratch Beginnings? Straight from the author…
I asked this question to Adam Shepard who wrote Scratch Beginnings which is a great story of him starting from nothing (literally) in a town and what happens 6 months later… Why should anyone read this...
View ArticleGambit is now Live
After 2 years of working at my startup (kickflip) we’ve released what we’ve been working on to the public, Gambit. There are many stories of how my 2 partners and I got to this point, which I’ll share...
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