Every day ordinary people live extraordinary true stories. A few weeks ago I met Amanda Lindhout. She’s a smart caring person working hard to raise the level of woman’s education in the failed state of Somalia. The story doesn’t start there. We’ve all heard of the pirates of Somalia, kidnapping ships off the nearby coast.…
Read More Comfortable lives do not lend themselves to extraordinary thingsLast week I finished a course on building a Startup by Steve Blank. The guy is a genius. Here’s 5 slides worth your time.
Read More 5 slides from Steve Blank’s course on building a startup worth your timeAlmost everyone has it wrong about how to get market traction in a startup. It doesn’t matter if you are bootstrapping your company or have raised 35 million dollars. A lot of companies hire a sales team right away. They are looking to scale their business and jump on the sales wagon. WRONG. Don’t hire…
Read More How not to get market traction in your startup?It is no secret that keeping ones focus in business is challenging. I’ve found this especially true in a startup. That uncertain phase after you’ve got a few early adopters and now are going after the early majority. It can be tough crossing that chasm. Customers went from liking your product because it was new,…
Read More How to maintain your focusHave you ever experienced creative block? You need a good idea and you can’t seem to think of one? I used to run a small clothing company out of my house. I was doing everything from designing t-shirts to manning events and following up with sales. Then my creative juices stopped. I was having a…
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Mac MAMP server setup on your local computer
Welcome to part 4 of the MAMP tutorial. In this post we will go over setting up php.ini on your Mac’s localhost.
Read More How to enable and setup php.ini on a Mac with OSX 10.8 + (MAMP Part 4)
Apple MacBook Pro phpMyAdmin
Welcome to part 3 of the MAMP tutorial. In this post we will go over setting up phpMyAdmin on your Mac’s localhost. Part 2 walks you through installing mysql on your localhost read. Part 1 shows you how to setup up Apache on your Mac.
Read More How to setup phpMyAdmin on a Mac with OSX 10.8 + (MAMP Part 3)Without practical business experience, going to conferences and reading books on starting and running a tech business can give people the wrong impression. Starting a new venture appears to be really easy. Have an idea, go through a tough grind, come out the other end prosperous and successful. Best case scenario, you start a new…
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apple mac MySQL Start screen
Welcome to part 2 of the MAMP tutorial. In this part we will go over setting up Mysql on your Mac’s localhost. Part 1 goes over everything you need to do to setup PHP on a Mac with OSX 10.8+ (Mountain Lion)
Read More How to setup MySQL on a Mac with OSX 10.8 + (MAMP Part 2)
Github plus Ubuntu
A quick tutorial showing you how to install and setup git on an Ubuntu server and pull a repo from Github.
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