ARTICLES
Interview #10 - Shona Riddell - RichMinx.com
July 28, 2007
Shona Riddell lives a life that some of us often dream about; finding the means to travel the world. What is amazing about her story is that she doesn’t jet-set around the world as you might imagine a celebrity would; she leads a normal life while finding the means to travel for extended periods of […]
Pillar #3 - The User-Interface Designer
July 28, 2007
So the entrepreneur creates the idea and the engineer turns the idea into reality. Great, now you have this grand product that can do XYZ and 123 and everything in between, but no one can use it because it’s incomprehensible to your customer. It’s ugly. The arms are where the legs should be. It speaks […]
Pillar #2 - The Technical Engineer
July 28, 2007
Although the startup starts with the entrepreneur, the engineer provides the critical task of making the idea actually work. Without the engineer, the entrepreneur doesn’t have a working product. The designer has no functionality to interface with the user. On the other hand, the engineer relies on the entrepreneur to guide him on what to […]
Pillar #1 - The Entrepreneur
July 28, 2007
Before we get into each of the people pillars, I forgot to mention one thing: Although there are three separate pillars, there doesn’t necessarily need to be three separate persons. All three could be lumped into the sole founder, though this is not the ideal situation. On the other hand, a whole team could encompass […]
Interview #9 - Pamela Slim - EscapeFromCubicleNation.com
July 28, 2007
Pamela Slim gets to write about what many of us dream of as we slowly drudge through our work weeks. Here are her thoughts on escaping from cubicle nation: 1. For those of us who are unfamiliar with you, could you briefly describe who you are and what you do? I am an entrepreneur coach and […]
