This is a cautionary tale. One of the biggest dangers anyone of an entrepreneurial bend faces is starting to believe his own press. Ask any child star or former athlete and they’ll tell you just how quickly your crowds of adoring fans will turn into piles of year old fan mail.

I’ve spent the last ten days sick. Not the most inspirational start to a post, but work with me on this one. When you spend the better part of two weeks popping cough drops like they were Skittles, and the majority of your evenings willing your eyes open so you can finish up the work [...]

I am always surprised by how many small business owner’s decisions are driven by fear. Mostly, it’s fear that some other clever person, somewhere on the Internet, is going to steal their idea and capture 1% of the exploding gizmo market before they do. These kinds of fears are completely unfounded.