Archive for April, 2007

Finally. a form of exercise that might really catch on with the busy entrepreneur!
Let’s call it “Brew, Chew, and Bike - Exercise for Entrepreneurs”…
You can jump on, talk business, sip your bottled water, chow down an energy bar all the while gently peddling so the whole contraption doesn’t come to a complete standstill.

We wouldn’t want anyone to have a glimmer of hope at work unless, that is …
Check out today’s Dilbert

With the soaring price of fuel, cuts in airline pilot training expenses had to be made somewhere…

Picture courtesy Cybersalt

Nick Douglas in ValleyWag:

World of Warcraft account now expensable
College dropout programmer buddy needed a job
Bought a domain with lots of x’s in it
Wanted to get in Fast Company
Dad had nothing else to invest in
If all else fails, you get to keep the chairs
Developing a taste for beef ramen
Found […]

Another reason why we’re entrepreneurs:

IN PRISON: You spend the majority of your time in a 10X10 cell.
AT WORK: You spend the majority of your time in an 8X8 cubicle.
IN PRISON: You get three meals a day.
AT WORK: You get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it.
IN PRISON: You get time […]

If you saw a bunch of bikini clad babes holding up signs that read “topless car wash”, would you stop? Would you pay $5?

Is this a sustainable business model?

I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have been done already.
I shall never move quickly, except to avoid more work or find excuses.
I will never rush into a job without a lifetime of consideration.
I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect […]

Most of our funding is in place. (We’re waiting for our other contacts to “get back to us”.)
Our CEO has a solid record. (He’s done time.)
We have a “first mover” advantage. (We have 65% market share … in Bangledesh.)
We’ve got a solid lock on the technology. (We only have to figure out […]

The stockbroker’s secretary answered his phone one morning.
“I’m sorry,” she said, “Mr. Bradford’s on another line.”
“This is Mr. Ingram’s office,” the caller said. “We’d like to know if he’s bullish or bearish right now.”
“He’s talking to his wife,” the secretary replied. “Right now I’d say he’s sheepish.”