Got your own online startup? Perhaps you’re building Zillow with millions in venture funding, or maybe it’s just you and your passion for furniture porn and other guilty pleasures. Either way, you’ll find something useful from the following list, which came straight from the mouth of a veteran online entrepreneur who’s [...]
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Use NetVibes as your Virtual Office
When you move from a corporate desk job (and HP and Microsoft are as corporate as you can get) to a virtual startup team, you miss out on a lot of things – steady salary, 401k matching, stock purchase plans, and, of course, the office! It wasn’t until a few months ago that I [...]
When it comes to business cards, gray is the new black
It’s a new month, which means another fine working session for Two-Bit Operation. Justin flew into town on Monday, and we’re looking forward to attending a number of networking events here in Seattle, including a TIE business plan competition and Seattle MindCamp.
In preparation for these and future promotional activities, we designed a sleek, black [...]
Competition is a good thing – keep track of it
I just saw this free tool called Competitious on TechCrunch and it looks like it might be pretty handy for anyone looking to keep tabs on their competitors. It’s pretty simple, but it’s probably a good start for most people. Before this, we’ve been using a variety of spreadsheets offline and online (google spreadsheets), RSS [...]
Using the coffee nap to wake up
I saw this article about taking a caffeine nap and decided to try it this morning. Basically:
Drink coffee
Take 15 min nap right away
Be productive!
This combination is supposed to provide a longer period of alertness than the coffee alone. The caffeine supposedly clears the body of the "sleepy chemicals" and then the combination of waking up [...]
