How to interview your guests like Andrew Warner

Young entrepreneurs lack a few key things:
1. Previous experience with startups (duh!)
2. An established network
One of the best ways I have found to meet new, influential people is to interview them for your blog or online show.  I created Future Delivery TV not only to develop the FD brand, but more importantly, to meet and [...]

Startup Advice: Start a company as an undergrad

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My business partner Yu-kai Chou and I started companies while we were undergrads.  Not only did we have a great experience that added to our skillsets, but more importantly, we were able to find out what the entrepreneurial life was like before we commited to it full-time.
Here are the benefits [...]

Free Registration to the Web 2.0 Expo and a story for you!

Web 2.0 is coming!  And I’m going to be on the first plane there!  With this free registration code, you better be coming with me!
Oh, and there is a story behind all this that you have to read if you have 15 minutes to spare!

In this crappy economy, should you start a company or keep your full-time?

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Is it really that hard to build a startup while working full-time for a corporate firm?
My good friend Jamie asked me this question last night and I had to reflect upon my experiences for a while before I could give him a solid answer.  After all, the dream of any entrepreneur is to [...]

Corporate gets you Donkeys; Entrepreneurship gets you a Princess

My dear friend Yu-kai and I always get into heated discussion.  Tonight we had a debate about a recent blog post he wrote about entrepreneurship being better than the corporate world.    We never let each other off easy, even when we agree with each other.  Sometimes it’s just fun to bash each other to see [...]

When you lose your footing, bloggers will be your crutch

Last night I tweeted this:

As Yu-kai says, I’m a very emotional person.  I wear my happiness, excitement, frustration, and depression on my sleeve so that everyone around me knows about it.  Last night I took my emotions and threw them on Twitter.  I was not looking for sympathy; I was not looking for advice.  I [...]

Please help me spread Drop For Me

We just launched Drop For Me today and I am so excited!  We have worked tirelessly contacting drop ship companies across the nation to figure out who are the legitimate, reliable companies.