Iowa has been on my bucket list for the last four years. I’ve been to 49 out of 50 states. Iowa is the last one. For years I’ve wanted to knock it out in style through a cross-state bike ride called RAGBRAI. RAGBRAI selects 7 cities across the state of Iowa and invites 10,000+ bike …
What Insights Did You Get from Work Rules, by Laszlo Bock? From how important growing autonomy is to inviting everyone to sit at the table, here are 10 answers to the question, “What are the most helpful takeaways you had from reading Work Rules!, by Laszlo Bock?” Autonomy Encourages Innovation and Success Data-driven Decision-making …
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Search engines have changed forever with the introduction of generative AI. Overall, I think it’s a great thing for user experience on search engines. But for publishers? We’ll have to wait and see what the reduction in click throughs mean for their business, and for advertising as a whole. Probably the most intelligent take I’ve …
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I hate it when an investor conversation gets around the inevitable comment. “So, you’re a non-technical founder?” Yup, sure am. Navigating what a non-technical founder should do in a tech startup has been one of the biggest challenges I’ve faced at Terkel. I lead our technical team of four software engineers, or about 50% of …
My best friend once listened to a podcast where the hosts bought each other a ridiculous gift on their birthday. Each year, the only rule was that the gift had to either get more ridiculous, or more expensive. My friend and I decided to give this form of gift giving a try. We’re at the …
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I’m not a fan of Vimeo. I don’t like paying for the service. But I do in order to display a video in a high quality format on our Terkel homepage. But, there’s gotta be some good alternatives to Vimeo, right? To find these alternatives, I asked the community at Terkel for the video platforms …
My first business received funding via sponsorships. My second and third were bootstrapped. Currently, I’m running a venture backed business. What’s the norm? How do small businesses typically fund their companies? How do they get and raise capital? I turned to the entrepreneurs within the Terkel community for their insights. Here’s what they had to …
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I wear a black Sportiqe t-shirt every day. Specifically, it’s a tri-blend Sportiqe “Comfy” T, and I’ve worn the same brand, color, and style for almost 10 years. Lil’ crazy, right? For me personally, it’s what I feel comfortable in. The material lives up to its product name (Comfy). And I respect the Sportiqe founders …
When you have a venture backed startup you become eligible for lots of credits at different companies. One of my favorite credits? AWS credits of course. We received $25k in AWS credits from one of the investors who invested in us (Calm Company Fund). But what are some other ways businesses can unlock AWS credits? …
My wife once won a radio contest to go see Rhianna’s new album drop live in London. She called me on a Monday. On Friday we were on a direct flight from Phoenix to London. Saturday night, Rhianna released her album live in concert with the help of friends like Jay-Z. Given the events (radio …