Business
Scam at the Cainta Post Office
For the past 3 weeks, I’ve been sending out snail mails to Deped officials, school associations, and schools for my SchoolPad website. My mail includes 8 pages of letter-size bond papers. The cost for each mail is 23 pesos (around $0.50).
The other day, one mail was returned because the addressee has resigned. OK, no problem. […]
To the crazy ones
Every time your feel like you project is not making an impact to your audience, or if no one (even your wife) believes that you can improve other people’s lives, just watch this video and be inspired by people who have been in worse situations than you are but managed to beat the odds, and […]
Ideas are worthless
Awful idea = -1
Weak idea = 1
So-so idea = 5
Good idea = 10
Great idea = 15
Brilliant idea = 20
No execution = $1
Weak execution = $1000
So-so execution = $10,000
Good execution = $100,000
Great execution = $1,000,000
Brilliant execution = $10,000,000
To make a business, you need to multiply the two.
—Derek Sivers, president and programmer, CD Baby
and HostBaby
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Do not confuse business with projects
My friend has a nice idea for a web application. I would really love to have that kind of website made because I am sure it would help a lot of Filipinos. Also, he wants to develop it using Ruby on Rails which makes it more interesting for me to see it materialize. But […]
Now is the era of small business?
Jason Fried says:
When you think small business, think 1-10 people not 50-100. There’s an endless supply of 1-10 person companies. Who cares about the Fortune 500? It’s time to care about the Fortune 5,000,000. Forget the enterprise market. Forget the mid-sized company market. Build for the smallest of small companies and you’ll find a thirsty, […]
17 mistakes startups make
Reading John Osher’s list, I guess success is not only doing the right things but also not doing the wrong things.
Failing to spend enough time researching the business idea to see if it’s viable.
Miscalculating market size, timing, ease of entry and potential market share.
Underestimating financial requirements and timing.
Overprojectings sales volume and timing.
Making cost projections that […]
SchoolPad: a very short intro
Several unfounded companies later, I still look for ways to realize my dream. Last March, I started working on a software for building websites. The product name is SchoolPad and is targeted for primary and secondary schools. So how did I decide to build SchoolPad? Well, not too long ago I received an email […]
The businesses I never started
In 1999, a friend recommended me to a manufacturing company in need of an inventory software. I got the project. I registered “AtWork Software” so I could issue receipts and get paid. The manufaturing company was AtWork’s 1st and last customer. So far, that was the closest I was in running my own software company. […]
What is the MicroISV Notebook?
It is no secret even to my boss that I want to start my own software company. The question I always ask myself (and our HR asked of me once) is when. For the past years, I’ve been involved in several talks on starting a software company. The closest I’ve been to a software business […]
The MicroISV blog coming soon
In a few days, this blog will have a new name and domain.
First, I would like to thank Angelo and Abe for the free domains and hosting. This is part of the campaign to encourage Filipinos to use “com.ph” domains.
The change also reflects something I have been longing to do — start a small […]
