January 2011
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13 Reasons Why Software Is Not Free
Lately it seems more and more evident that the general population expects software to be free or at the very least cheap. This is reinforced when companies like Apple, who make a tremendous income off of their hardware, the iTunes store, and many other revenue streams, heavily discount their software. I’m thinking of the iWork suite in particular. Apple can afford to discount their software...
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What Business School Wouldn't Have Taught Me...
Before I begin, I would just like to say, I don’t in any way think that business school is useless for everyone. I certainly don’t think I know everything there is to know about business either. I simply don’t believe that business school is a pre-requisite, or even a useful background, for running a successful technology company.
There was a great article published in Business...
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Lost Without a Ladder
Before abruptly quitting my consulting gig at a large global corporation to become an indie Mac developer, I was on what they call the corporate ladder. The expression “climbing the corporate ladder” has been around forever, and is typically seen as a positive thing. It refers, as you know, to moving up the ladder (through promotions) to get as high as possible in a business. People...