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Internet Retailer Covers Sale of BULX

By on April 10, 2012 in BULX, Entrepreneurship

Dealyard.com, an online mass merchandiser that also offers daily deals on its e-commerce site, says it has bought Bulx.com, a flash sale e-retailer of home improvement products. Read the full article on Internet Retailer Full PDF Article

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The PaeDae Core Values

By on April 6, 2012 in Entrepreneurship, PaeDae

PaeDae is moving further along the startup continuum and is now beginning to grow our staff. Today we solidified our core values as a company. While we are very tight lipped about what we are up to business-wise I thought others might enjoy seeing this. Tenacious execution Intelligence without arrogance Take the initiative Team above me Be a [...]

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Lessons Learned: Just Launch.

By on March 25, 2012 in Boundaryless Brands, Entrepreneurship, PaeDae

I think like all entrepreneurs I am half skeptic, half optimist. I recently made a mistake I have made before; hopefully this will be the last time. When you are ready to launch your product, put on your optimist hat. In 2008 I was working on my first for-profit venture, Boundaryless Brands. I had just [...]

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PaeDae is Hiring (again)

By on March 22, 2012 in Entrepreneurship, PaeDae

PaeDae is a fast growing start-up based in Santa Monica, California founded by experienced serial entrepreneurs with multiple exits. We are building a game-changing platform in the online game space. We are funded. We are seeking a highly intelligent & optimistic full stack engineer who executes diligently and works well in a team environment. Imagine [...]

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Are College Degrees Necessary for Start-Ups? Free Course Bonus!

By on February 22, 2012 in Entrepreneurship, PaeDae, Thoughts

Recently PaeDae hired one of the most qualified engineers I have had the good fortune to work with. The most interesting thing is that he is completely self taught. He taught himself Perl at age 14 in El Salvador. Previously I have hired non-computer science degree engineers, but never a person without a college degree.  I believe that a bachelors [...]

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Cracked the Code for Remote Workers?

By on February 16, 2012 in Entrepreneurship, PaeDae, Thoughts

My newest venture PaeDae brought on a graphic designer to work on some elements of our new game this week. I’m a product obsessed CEO, so I need to work very closely with our designer to craft our user interface. We also use a highly iterative process that requires extremely fast feedback, similar to the [...]

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PaeDae

By on January 13, 2012 in Entrepreneurship, PaeDae

      I have officially started work on my latest venture PaeDae. PaeDae is a patent pending platform, set to change everything you thought you knew about online games. Sign up here for an advanced preview.

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FastFireplaces.com Acquired

FastFireplaces.com Acquired

By on September 1, 2011 in Boundaryless Brands, Entrepreneurship

I am happy to write that Boundaryless Brands has sold FastFireplaces.com FastFireplaces.com was conceived as the ‘Zappos’ of the $5B hearth industry. It was founded in 2009 and  acquired in August 2011.

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BULX acquired by Dealyard

BULX acquired by Dealyard

By on August 12, 2011 in BULX, Entrepreneurship

acquired by I am happy to write that my company BULX (the first private sales site for high end home improvement) was acquired in mid 2011 by Dealyard based in New York. I wanted to thank everyone who supported us along the way.

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SpeakerSite is Hiring: Inside Sales

By on July 18, 2011 in Open Positions, SpeakerSite

Job Description: Inside Sales Representative for Internet Public Speaking Startup PDF VERSION (circulated July 18, 2011) Overview SpeakerSite launched in November 2008 and quickly became the world’s largest social network of public speakers. A completely new 2.0 version was built from scratch — and launched in July 2011 — to serve as the world’s largest marketplace of [...]

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