Archives
All the articles I've archived.
I'm Joining Eaze
I'm joining Eaze's engineering team next week and moving to San Francisco
I'm Shutting Down Valet.io Today
Two years after founding my first company it's time to move on
Understanding Open Source Communities
There is no "open source community"
Six Months as a Dropout
What I've learned about life and startups in six months as a full time founder and college dropout
How to Start Contributing to Open Source
Open source lets you give back and learn more. The hardest part is getting started.
Sucking Less at Business Development
How I'm re-engineering my relationship habits
The Open Default Principle
How sharing everything helps me beat the gatekeepers
In Defense of Knowing Less
Learn and do more by letting go of your impulse to know everything
Collaborating Asynchronously to Get More Done
How applying a software design principle made work meaningful again
Why I Didn’t Apply to Y Combinator
Why I Didn’t Apply to Y Combinator
The Future is Service-Oriented
It’s easier than ever to build distributed applications—start now
The 5 a.m. Principle
Getting up early makes me more creative, but you don’t need to wake up early to take advantage
How Citi Bike Salvaged a Botched Launch
Why you might want to reconsider "launching"
When No One's Looking
When No One's Looking
5 Reasons Why My Company Will Fail
And why those failures won’t teach me anything
Going All In
I’m leaving school and depending on my company’s success. And that still scares me.
The Myth of the Costless Startup
Early capital matters to student startups as much as any other
Thinking Big and Small
Put productivity tools to work for you, not the other way around.
Entrepreneur Interviews: Greg Skloot
I chat with Greg Skloot, now founder of Attendware, about how he turned Northeastern's entrepreneurship club into a powerhouse.
Entrepreneur Interview: Dan Shipper
I talk with Dan Shipper, blogger and founder of Firefly, about Dorm Room Fund and the case against dropping out.
Entrepreneur Interview: Jack McDermott
I talk with Jack McDermott about Rough Draft Ventures and building companies that fulfill real needs.
Entrepreneurship is a Mindset
The intro to my brief but very worthwhile discussion series with student entrepreneurs.