A Thought For Friday

You can only eat today's daily bread.

- Dale Carnegie

MIT Startup Bootcamp 2012 - What I Learned

I got wind of the MIT Startup Bootcamp from a former colleague and young entrepreneur. He ended up not being able to make it, so I went for both of us and promised to take notes:

My takeaways from Jeff Seibert of Crashlytics:

• Balance your team
• Distribution is king
• People don't have the time to discover things
• Follow the market where you are creating the most value
• Investors fund upward curves
• Maximize first-time experiences
• Find the medium(s) for the maximum effect for your vision

From Jennifer Lum of Adelphi Mobile:

• People and relationships really matter
• Speed matters
• Mentors
• We all dream of becoming grown-ups who make a difference
• You have nothing to lose

From Brett Van Zuiden of Filepicker.io:

• Start and don't stop
• Be prepared to absolutely dedicate at least 7-10 years of your life to your startup
• Keeping going, keep going, keep making things happen
• Tell people you're doing a startup and get feedback early
• Cut your safety net
• Make long-term commitments
• Really get to know your customers, and use that empathy to help motivate you forward
• Love your team
• Start a business ONLY if you are passionate about a vision and building a company is the only way to bring that vision to life

From Lee Hower of LinkedIn:

• What you do must be interesting to the market
• Founding teams tend to have people who know and trust each other and have a common framework
• Be exceptional

From Christine Corbett of Circle of 6

• Women rock
• Diversity of founders in entrepreneurship is crucial
• Solve simple problems first, to build your entrepreneurial muscles to solve big problems
• Every startup is a vote for the future
• Master tools to help you solve your problems

We Are...

More raw sermon notes from the iPhone:

Sermon 01apr12: Love finds a way.

We are here to make a difference 
We are to preserve and season
There's constant pressure to not realize who  God ordained you to
We are the light in a darkened world

Double T Catering App (DTCcater) Now Available

We are pleased to announce the Double T Catering app, DTCcater, for the iPhone and iPod, is now available in the Apple App Store.

MICE 2012

I never heard of The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE) a week ago, but found my way there last Saturday. It was quite an experience to see local creators up-close and personal. Also, the locale of Lesley University's, University Hall, made for an intimate setting. It was great to see the diversity in the ages of the attendees, and more female creators, from when I first really began to attend and participate in comic shows back in the early 1990s. I'm looking forward to next year already.

Apple App Submission Approved!

We are pleased to announce our first Apple App Store Submission, DTCcater, (for Double T Catering) has been approved. It will be available in the App Store, October 1, 2012. Thank you all for your prayers and support.

Making It So at the Montreal Comiccon

It was great being in Montreal after so long, as well as attending the Montreal Comiccon for the first time. The bonus was that I could take the family to work, so to speak. They were free to get lost in the fanfare, while I attended panels and chatted with creators. This was my first conference of this size in about a decade, and a great choice.

The highlights were being able to meet creators with works depicting various character ethnicity styles, and Anthony Del Col's (Kill Shakespeare) panel, How To Create and Market Your Comic.

Although, it wasn't all seriousness. I gave in, starry-eyed, to catch glimpses of Jim Stalin (The Infinity Gauntlet), and Sir Patrick Stewart (Star Trek, Generations).