How to Start a Two-Bit Operation: Small Business Tips

Posts from ‘February, 2006’

Why do you work so hard?

We continue to be heads-down on technical development here in Chicago, working long hours but having lots of fun. This doesn’t give us time to write much, but luckily we found a timely article on sfgate that speaks for us. Enjoy!

family guy wisdom

Another day brings more coding and more beer. Progress is going well for such a two-bit operation.
Quote of the day: “You’re always so full of gas. You’re like a protoplanet.”
Again, it’s something that’s funnier in context.
-JL & JC

Monkey see, monkey do

We haven’t been posting lately since we’ve started getting deep into the technicals. We’re both in Chicago now playing the part of code monkeys. Basically we stay indoors and stare at the screen all day interrupted only for brief workouts, eating, and the heart-wrenching emotional rollercoaster known as the Olympics (which was incredibly [...]

Paying homage to Vonage

So I read in the news today that Vonage is filing for an IPO to raise $250 million. I think this is really cool since I just started using their services and I’m quite pleased that they’ll have some money to keep operating (their subscriber aquisition costs have caused them to remain unprofitable). [...]

More about the blog

Since we’ve been telling people to visit our blog, I thought I’d have a quick post about it. In the About section, I documented a few reasons why we’re blogging.

To document what we’ve learned about business for the benefit of others.
To internalize what we are learning more effectively.
To update all our fans on our [...]