Entries Tagged as 'Entrepreneurship'

July 18, 2007

Markets are like parking lots

Markets are like parking lots.
To get a spot:

Get there early, or
Park where there’s less competition (but you’ll have to walk more), or
Find a proprietary advantage that sets you apart and locks out your competitors

Parking is good when you’ve got two wheels — motorcycle or scooter. Imagine my excitement in finding a shady spot near [...]

June 7, 2007

Amtrak series: Ruby on Rails on Rails

This will be the most technical of my posts in the Amtrak series, but it’s not just for computer geeks so stay with me. Here we go.
Ruby on Rails is a “web application framework”, a way for programmers to make web applications more easily and more quickly (and more enjoyably, as its creators would be [...]