Learn To Duck
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Discussion of success through failing. Covers startups, social media, entrepreneurship, Boulder and other musings of Micah's mind.
Latest Blog Posts
- Lets All Do The Crowdsource on Nov 11, 2009 in community startups crowdsourcing garmin open dialogue passionate community threadless tomtom
Have you heard of the new dance craze that all the kids are doing? Its call the Crowdsource, and it goes like this: Throw your hands in the air and scream “Man! We are super busy!” Shake your head and yell “Have you heard of the cr...
- Scream Like a Girl on Nov 9, 2009 in music startups techstars fox theatre ogden theatre pinback term sheets traveling
Night before last I went to see the Pinback show with my friend Eric Marcoullier . I almost didnt go. After all, I had just finished eleven straight days of travel, which included meetings in NYC, speaking New Orleans at Tribecon (an amazing experi...
- A loss for words. on Oct 30, 2009 in Micah
My grandmother died yesterday. It wasnt sudden, nor was it a surprise. Doesnt mean it was less sad. I had been traveling, most recently speaking at TribeCon in New Orleans, when my mom called to say it wasnt looking good. “What does that mean?&...
- The Law of Minicycles on Oct 26, 2009 in startups build up coporate lifecycles decision making execution exit minicycles
Over the past few weeks, I have been heads down focusing on getting my new project funded, getting the tech team moving in the right direction, and getting customers. All with an eye towards launch. Its a fun, frustrating and exciting time. Its what...
- I Bleed. on Oct 19, 2009 in startups battle tested ben harper blood entrepreneurs
I bleed a lot. Not in a horrible, unhealthy physically or mentally way, but it just seems that I often find new cuts on my arms, feet, legs. Now, I do live with animals, and so I can, for example, attribute the blood on my chest from a misguided atte...
- Screw Inspiration. Its For Saps. on Oct 11, 2009 in Micah amazing awesome expectations greatness inspiration
I have a lot of people I like having as friends. Many of them write or curate blogs. Often they comment on, point to, reblog, etc things that they find inspiring. Usually, the link, video or picture is accompanied with a short post or comment that is...
- Being Selfish, And Why Its A Good Thing on Sep 24, 2009 in random doing right failure idiot killer selfish words have power
Words have power. We say them and expect their meanings to resonate. Mostly, the words we choose probably connote the meanings we are trying to convey. But, sometimes, words have so many varied meanings, that unless we apply context, their power is l...
