Archive for August, 2011

Just Launched: Dot Com or Nothing

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

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Early Friday morning, I was thinking that if I could get an instant domain search going, I could hook it up to Hover.com and send them traffic (because they’re awesome) and get some affiliate revenue when someone bought a domain with them.  After work Friday I started coding, and Sunday night I finished it: http://dotcomornothing.com  Ah, weekend projects.

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I’ve Joined Earndit.com as an Advisor

Friday, August 12th, 2011

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I’m pleased to join Earndit as an advisor. Having worked with the founders professionally before Earndit’s inception, I can’t imagine a better combination of co-founders. Harry Kautzman II and Andres Moran have the tenacity and drive that the best entrepreneurs exhibit, yet are good-natured, tempered in their decision-making, and complement each other with strong technical and business expertise.

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Don’t Worry About the 3 Percent

Friday, August 5th, 2011

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Let’s face it. We want to make all our customers happy.  More happy customers means more money and fewer complaints.

Konqueror (sepia tone)So what happens when you discover that a feature isn’t working properly in one obscure browser?  If you’re like me, you let it go. 

There are quite a few obscure browsers out there, and my obscure meaning that the percent of the overall users using them is very little: Opera, Konqueror, Seamonkey, SRWare Iron, K-Meleon, Lunascape, FlashPeak SlimBrowser, Songbird, Beonex, Camino, Galeon, Epiphany, Kazehakase, Avant Browser, Maxthon, and I’m sure the list continues.  Even well known browsers (though older versions) fall into this category: Firefox 2, IE 5.5, etc.

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Using LegalZoom to Set Up your Delaware LLC

Monday, August 1st, 2011

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This is Part III of the Delaware LLC series. Start series here.

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OK, this is where the real action happens. Once you’ve got your business and personal accounts separated, it’s time to take the plunge and get your LLC.  There are any number of companies that would jump to help you: The Company Corporation and LegalZoom are just two.  But since I’ve had good experience with LegalZoom in the past I used them.

I’ll guide you through the whole process, which takes about 30 minutes.  Let’s go!

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