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This post chronicles my adventures last year as I began to build an open source software development company, zAgile — “una compañía que busca transformarse en una plataforma para el desarrollo de software en el mundo!” (It means, “a company that aspires to be the platform for software development [to] the world.”) Like a […]

The big boys may have opted to spend this summer lounging around at the beach, but the startups have apparently decided to seek out some retail therapy. Today, for example, social shopping service TheFind.com said it will buy women’s fashion shopping site Glimpse.com for an undisclosed amount of money. My bet is that […]

My three cofounders and I are getting ready to launch a new site, Blahsports.com. We are only days away from launch and are wrapping up some details. While most of the team is plugging away the keyboard, I am busy drawing up a business plan to present to startup incubators (e.g. Y Combinator -type of […]

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it”
— W.C. Fields

Founders’ Lesson #17: Quitting is just a stage in starting anew. Recognize when it needs to happen, and do it. You’re now one step closer to the success that awaits you.

Standard economic theory treats human beings as rational, calculating
machines, but behavioral economics holds that the machine often breaks
down. Businesspeople, no less than others, are subject to cognitive
biases that can undermine their objectivity—particularly in potentially
career-destroying decisions to exit foundering businesses or cancel
struggling projects.” — “When to exit a failing venture,” August 2007 edition, The McKinsey Quarterly

Are […]

A few months ago when I got my hands on the first version of Nokia N95, my initial impression about that phone was less than enthusiastic. A 5-megapixel camera, remarkably solid music playback capabilities, and the ability to make phone calls over WiFi seemingly struck a chord with everyone but me.

Battery life, lack of […]