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Financial Analysis of a Lemonade Stand

I’m in business analysis mode. This parody of a business analysis of a lemonade stand made [...]

Sync is a Holy Grail

Sync is one of personal computing’s holy grails. Here’s an interesting article on why it’s difficult.

I think that this problem is well on its way to being solved by Ray Ozzie at Microsoft, with MS’s Live Mesh product. Live Mesh may be the next killer OS feature: with Live Mesh, you can painlessly have everything [...]

What I've been reading...

Lots of interesting reading going on at my house these days…here’s a few interesting snippets:

There aren’t enough hours in the day, and I’m always looking to improve how I spend my time. Here’s Ben Cashnocha’s “information diet”/routine.

I love being an entrepreneur – the challenges and the rewards fit my risk profile and personality. But [...]

Anthony Sloan – You’ll be missed.

(photo credit: Ed Ellinger)

Today I heard of the passing of a friend of mine, Anthony Sloan. Anthony’s passing during his sleep was a shock because he was young and healthy and it came without warning.

Anthony was an avid and accomplished mountain biker. He was an equally avid photographer; although quite [...]

Signs of the Coming TaxApocalypse

Long Or Short Capital is typically a wonderfully satirical Wall Street blog (albeit with a total crap comment system). In today’s post about the the Obama Adminstration and the Chrysler bankruptcy, however, I found no humor whatsoever. A line had been crossed, and there was no parody of truth; there was only clear and [...]

Post du Jour - Localized Twitter Marketing

Andrew Hyde has a great post today about how non-internet business can (and should) use Twitter for cheap and effective marketing. Andrew is an expert at community building/marketing, and his points are spot on:

The Easy:

Talk to your customers.
All Positive, All the Time.
Be A Character.
Talk To Other Stores.
Ask Questions.

The Not So Easy:

Realize you don’t own your [...]

BS du Jour - Chrysler profitable in 2012

From docs submitted in bankruptcy court, Chrysler claims it will be profitable in 2012.

This, after losing $17B in 2008.

No way.

Chrysler, you have products that nobody wants, that are obsolete, and are not price-competitive. The auto industry in general is broadly over-supplied. There is nothing out there that leads me to believe that you can or [...]