If You Bill by the Hour for Software, Charge What You’re Worth The hardest challenge about being independent and freelancer in the software world is figuring out how to bill for your time. What should your hourly rate be? Should you operate on project basis and fixed costs (please Read more…
The Side Project: Path to Independence for Some, Road to Ruin for Most The problem Splitting attention doesn’t seem to work very well I envy these developers that turn amazing side projects into huge successes. Gmail was a side project, freaking LiteCoin is STILL a side project Read more…
This book touches on a hugely important and often overlooked concept in entrepreneurship. Godin’s ‘Dip’ is that point of time where your idea or pursuit stops becoming easy/fun and the going gets rough. He is essentially saying that most people quit at the darkest point in the night, which happens Read more…
Virtues I mentioned a few weeks back in my essay on Ben Franklin his concept of ‘virtues’. For the past month I’ve taken Franklin’s ideology and have seen success in my habit building like never before. Humans are constantly slaves to their habits while also trying to Read more…
Bitcoin Reading the book ‘Digital Gold’ about bitcoin was kind of the culmination of my research into alternatives for the dollar. This quote about sums up my sentiment. “It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and money system, for if they Read more…
Kneadit: Startup Lessons Learned Things I learned building an app company in a year. Our beta of Kneadit launched today! For those that don’t know, Kneadit is a Chicago-centric iOS app connecting users with licensed Massage Therapists. As a customer you can view profiles, shop around for different Read more…
How to Pay for College The higher education bubble is real friends, if you’re in high school right now you definitely need to be aware of it and prepare yourself for the world in a few years. Why a bubble? The short of it is this, when things are Read more…
Execution: The Only Thing That Really Matters In America, we love our startups. The new dream isn’t the house in the suburbs for most millennials, but of having that ONE GREAT IDEA that can blow up in popularity and get sold to Facebook for a billion damn dollars. Read more…
Complete Guide to Becoming a Craigslist Hustla My Guide to Buying/Selling on Craigslist I absolutely love Craigslist, and have been buying and selling on there since I was in high school. I’ve bought and sold cars, electronics, boats, motorcycles furniture you name it. For anyone who has limited Read more…
Coding Bootcamps We’ve taken good idea and made it into college again because that’s prevailing profitable model. “Spend money and take this course, and we can guarantee you success in your career” this is the overall mantra that sells people on big ticket items like college or boot camps. What Read more…