Entrepreneurship
Announcing Dragon Army 2.0
What a journey this has been so far. A little over a year ago Ryan Tuttle, David Cummings, and I started Dragon Army. The goal: make great mobile games. We started it the Atlanta Tech Village – in my opinion the best place in Atlanta to create a startup. We launched two games, Robots Love…
Read MoreOn being nice
Paul Graham wrote an interesting blog post last month titled, Mean People Fail. Paul’s posts are always great. In the post, Paul explores the concept that unlike the past, today its going to be a much more difficult to be successful while also being mean. It was easier to be mean in the past for several reasons,…
Read MoreA reflection on the gigantic difference between failing and failure
Failing… Failing fast… Failing often… You’ve heard a lot of this talk in the startup world over the years. In fact, I have a slew of blog posts about failure. The general idea is that if you never fail – if everything you try works the first time – then you’re not trying enough new…
Read MoreHere is my bad advice when someone asks me, “when should I start a company?”
In the circles I hang in, I get this question quite a bit, “When should I start my company?” And my answer is always the same. “Now.” I should point out that many entrepreneurs would disagree with me on this, and in fact, many have. So there’s that. There are loads of studies that show…
Read MoreQuestion from a startup CEO: What are the top 3 books you would recommend I read right now?
The CEO of a young company asked me this week what the three books I’d recommend he read right now. Without hesitation, I said: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis – And no, it doesn’t count if you’ve seen the movie. This book will make you think differently about everything, but certainly business. If…
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