Archive for April 2007
Corporate Productivity Falters
This past week, corporate productivity from the home office took a nosedive. No, my 20Mbps network connection didn’t die on me. I bought a Nintendo Wii. While my golf score isn’t quite as low as I’d like for it to be, I’m going to be making an effort to get a lot of serious work…
Read MoreHiring for a Single Founder Company
Hiring your first employee is hard. In a single founder company, the job is even harder because there are many complex issues that you need to juggle simultaneously, some of which aren’t remotely related to evaluation of the person you’re trying to hire. In this article, we’re going to completely ignore how to evaluate a…
Read MoreThe Netflix prize
The past two weeks, I’ve been in Boston, Denver, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, and Providence. Needless to say, it’s been a bit tiring. Fortunately, the next several weeks I get to work out of my office and then I’m back on the road again for a bit. I have an article on hiring for single founder…
Read MoreThe Widescreen Laptop Conspiracy
For the past six to eight weeks, I’ve been on the lookout for a new laptop. Now, I know that I have high standards, but I can’t believe that some of the things that I really want in a laptop are no longer available. About a year ago, my old Dell Inspiron 8100 was about…
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