This is a true story. Joe and I worked together at a high-flying, ventured backed start-up during the dotcom bubble. Joe just finished his undergraduate degree in Business Administration when he got the job offer from the start-up. As the start-up was burning through cash and hiring one employee a day, a lot of the [...]
Entries from June 2009
From laid-off dot com worker to medical doctor
June 4th, 2009 · Comments
Tags: Career Transition · Learning and Growing
It’s a lie: the owner went to Hawaii
June 2nd, 2009 · Comments
My family enjoys going to a Chinese restaurant near where we live. For the past three years, we go there once or twice a month. One day a few months ago, we went there again. The first thing we noticed when we walked into the restaurant was that all of the waiters and waitress were [...]
Tags: Build a Company · Start-up Success
New Balance store associate recommends me to buy shoes at Zappos.com
June 1st, 2009 · Comments
Tony Shieh, CEO of Zappos.com, will be delighted to hear this story. I was looking to buy a pair of New Balance running shoes last weekend. We went to the New Balance store in the local mall. The sales associate in the store was very patient and helpful. I finally decided on a particular model. [...]
Tags: Build a Company · Product Management · Start-up Success
