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Re: Coffee Shops are the New Garages

chris — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:39:07 -0000

Really? I mean, I'm not involved in a startup or any kind of entrepreneurial endeavor (yet), and maybe I’ve been spoiled by the Herman Miller overhead of Big-5 consulting offices, but the thought of meeting someone at Starbucks for a business meeting is just depressing.

I mean, if the person is a certified coffee junkie (and I am), then this might be a good way to establish rapport… but are there not any temporary Executive Office suites in the DC area? Again, I’m a bit of an outsider, but I’ve read that there are such services, where guests are greeted at the door by “your” secretary, who answer the phone (your phone number) with your name… all the accoutrements of a big-time company at a fraction of the price. And a place where you could sit in silence, instead of having to drown out the overhead music with your iPod.

Do these places not exist in the DC area – are they only a West Coast phenomenon? Sounds like a business case to me… and maybe my ALP™.

Re: Term Sheets 2.0 (The Entrepreneur’s Perspective) - Price

chris — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:50:34 -0000

You wrote: "As things progress, you are going to be playing the "cap table game". This game is based on the magic chess match of using the capitalization table to leverage all your chess pieces without being in a position of checkmate."

Can you explain that in a little more detail?

Re: Now here is a business I want to have - Base Assumption

chris — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:40:37 -0000

I'll take "what was the business plan?" for $400.
cuz I didn't see one.

was it in the ecosystem? because so far, that word means "la-la-la-laaa-la" to me. can you explain it further?

Re: Enterprise 2.0 or what I call “Swimming in KoolAid”

chris — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:15:56 -0000

stop swimming in the kool-aid? I thought that was my line...

Re: What’s the Message, Washington?

chris — Wed, 31 May 2006 23:29:09 -0000

to me, DC says "consider getting out before the next terrorist attack"

sad, but true

Re: I Have Five Jobs

chris — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:38:41 -0000

I think you've got exactly the right idea, and I agree with you on work/FastCompany vs textbooks...

fyi, many of your links are broken, and I really did want to see where they went (Ramit Sethi, biphasic sleep).

"To that I say: screw you, too." -- that's fantastic.