Posted by Tom Blue on July 27, 2010 under Companies, Executives, Funding, General, Marketing, Profiles, Sales, Technology | 
Lead411’s Hottest Pennsylvania companies list has been announced. See the links and full list below.
Hottest Penn Companies
Press Release
Complete Company List:
80sTees.com, AirClic, Amtech, Aria Systems, Inc. , Avere Systems Inc, Boomi, Carnegie Speech Co, ClickEquations, CoffeeForLess.com, Collages.net, Inc, Document Solutions Group Inc, FlyCast Inc, FreedomPay, Inc, GreenLink Networks Inc, iLabor Network, imwave, inc, Innova Dynamics, Instem-LSS, iPipeline, Landslide Technologies Inc, Lightning Gaming™, Inc. , MobileMD, myYearbook.com, Netronome Systems, Inc, Nxtbook Media, Online Stores, Inc, Plextronics Inc, ProtonMedia, QlikTech, Redlasso Inc, RES Software, Sanovia Corporation, Schoolwires, Inc., ShowClix Inc, SoftWriters , Inc., Stroll, LLC, TagSys USA Inc, TalkShoe, TargetX.com LLC, The Neat Company, Ticketleap, Inc, Touchtown Inc.
Posted by Tom Blue on December 17, 2008 under Companies, General, Investing, Technology |
1. Level Playing Field for Startups
Now is actually a fine time to create a bootstrapped startup. Competition is going to be severely diminished. I started Lead411 in 2001 in which very few startups were getting funded and I believe it was the best time. We weren’t overloaded with competitors and we were able to know if we were a legitimate business right from the start. We had to be profitable immediately.
2. The End of Arrogance(even if temporary)
I don’t know about you, but I was getting fed up with wall street, real estate brokers, and tech entrepreneurs thinking they were infallible. These people were praised by the media (and themselves) as if they were, in fact, geniuses. You aren’t a genius, you have just been given an unbelievable opportunity that was built upon incorrect valuations. 26 year olds making $700K+ a year is obsurd and should have made these geniuses stop for some introspection.
3. Confidence Boost For Others
I believe that while there are many arrogant people, others are too hard on themselves. They might doubt themselves or feel like others know more. Well, the one thing I have learned over the past few years is that no one knows anything. We had no idea what we were getting into with Iraq and we didn’t believe our stock market could crumble like it did. I mean, Bernanke is supposed to be the premier expert on the Great Depression and he didn’t even see this coming. That being said, believe in yourself because you probably know just as much as anyone else.
4. Maybe next year I will be able to afford a house… 
Posted by Tom Blue on November 7, 2008 under General |
I have started this blog because I have always wanted to be able to write down ideas and thoughts about what occurs on a daily basis with a bootstrapped startup. In addition, I plan on discussing other topics as well. These could include economics, recent technology, marketing, and updates about Lead411. I know that I will benefit from reflecting on these thoughts and I hope others will benefit as well.
