Spirit. Science. Art

Biz: Microtest new muse ideas in clean technology Decide whether to invest or divest Write out operations plan Change up marketing, increase max CPC for 1 day. Contact Angel Investors Complete the integration of PHR into the senior care site Fit: 6 meals/day – 200+ g protein, lean meats, 1 cheat meal Start serious cut for 6 weeks Add 5lbs per lift Bball + Surfing Spir: Be present Vipassana meditation 30 minutes every morning Observe the thinker Finish Power of Now during morning lifts Rel: Network with angel groups and... Read The Rest →

Did a lot of planning and research last week. This week is all about execution. Things to keep in mind: Biz: Lean test business ideas – its not about the cost its about the time it takes Execute!!!! Treat business like a sport. Manage your time/energy. Think of it like a 2-a-day. Gives a psychological edge. Think big! Fit: Add 5lbs to lifts every week. Track weights on chart. BBall sunday mornings with John Tubs of Whey arrive today, get back to 6 meals/day Rel: KIT Spir: Be present Practice... Read The Rest →

Business: Had a few talks with people about the EAP idea. Still trying to figure that out for the senior care site. Struggling with keeping to one project at a time. Right now I’m planting a few seeds and seeing which ones have traction. Just frustrating. Gotta concentrate on revenue generating businesses. Relationships: Happy with friends and fam. Been connecting with old friends and doing better at maintaining relationships. Fitness: Feeling pretty light for this time of year. Haven’t even seriously started spring cut yet. Will have no prob hitting... Read The Rest →

I’ve been thinking about starting a business in cleantech for over a year now. Problem is.. there is only one of me. Between the healthcare IT business and the senior care site, I’m finding it more and more difficult to do anything else. I picked up a great tip from Leo from zenhabits, which is to block out an hour a day for a passion project. In that hour try to knock out 3-4 tasks that will push you toward that completing that project. I can definitely manage to do... Read The Rest →

Chris Larsen Founder, E-Loan.com and Prosper.com “Cut the lifeboats.” I heard this from Jim Collins, who wrote “Built to Last” and was the best M.B.A. professor I had at Stanford. He pleaded with the class, saying, “You’re young. You can fail two or three times, even lose all your money two or three times, and you’ll be just fine. Taking that risk puts you in the path of wealth.” If he hadn’t said that, I probably would have taken a job, like a typical M.B.A., instead of founding a company.... Read The Rest →

We’re changing up the business model for Salveo again. Moving to the cloud. With the Ipad out, we hope to do some creative things in the near future in terms of promotions. There is a huge market opportunity for us in the nursing home space. Its a largely untapped market for electronic medical records. My goal has always been to tackle big problems using business as a vehicle..ie; senior care, healthcare, energy, and education. At some point in the future, I plan to enter the home energy management industry and... Read The Rest →

Its all about “getting the right people on the bus” right? If theres one thing I’ve learned about 2+ years of being a Entrepreneur/Chief Slave Driver its that you’ve got to give your employees incentives to do good work. Sounds simple enough. But it’s an incredibly difficult thing to do when you are a startup and cannot match the salaries of companies that are 3X your size. So what do you do? You evangelize the shit out of your company vision. For us it is “reforming health care through information... Read The Rest →

Until joining the Founder’s Institute, I hadn’t thought too much about the market characteristics like growth rate, total revenue estimates, and avg company size mainly because I haven’t had to do too many investor pitches. Sales presentations are a lot different than investor pitches, but they do share one thing in common which is Return-On-Investment. In the electronic health records space, solar installations, or enterprise software your customer is primarily interested in what the rate of payback is and how much your product will increase their productivity. When you approach... Read The Rest →

So last night was the first night at the Founder’s Institute in Del Mar Heights. There was an eclectic group of people there mostly in the web space with a smattering of people in nanotech and biotech. Got put on the hotseat unexpectedly. Thanks Adeo. Got grilled. Met great people. Meditations: Ideas don’t mean much Launch a project Act Now: Biggest mistake entrepreneurs make is that they wait too long Innovators Dilemma

Wow. It’s been a rough couple of weeks. Had my first demo last week, loads of feedback on my executive summary, and a VC call me yesterday to chew up my plan. Wasn’t the first time and certainly won’t be the last. Entrepreneurship is a tough game, no doubt about that. If I wasn’t doing what I’m doing right now, I honestly couldn’t imagine what I’d be doing. Being an entrepreneur and forcing myself to be versed in sales is allowing me to grow as a person. Every time I... Read The Rest →