So, that happened, I guess. Quick recap for the audience at home: Since my last post: We had a global pandemic, during which we experienced a major family health issue, sold the company, and did a surreal year+ stint at corporate. And now.. we’re healthy, wealthy, and retired. Wild. Perfect timing. Sally and I celebrate …
I remember when I was little and my aunt turned 40, the decorations all made jokes about being “over the hill”. I remember being 14/15 and thinking 16 and driving was an eternity away. I remember in college, as a 21yr old working a summer construction job – my supervisor was 28 – and I …
AÂ take-away from this great book. A year ago my long time friend Sean Tierney joined our company as our Dir. of Sales. After a few weeks he hands me a book and said something to the effect of “whether you know it or not, this is how you run the company”. I read most of …
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It is pretty telling what sort of business most PE and VC’s are in when they send out blanket lead gen emails. It’s a business for them and startup founders are the customer. Shared this with some friends privately and of course a few got the same blanket email. Hi Joshua, I believe you’ve connected …
Let’s play a game: You have two lenses on the table in front of you. If you pick up the lens on the right and examine a random business you see it from the techpress/VC/SV point of view. If you pick up the lens on the left you see it through, I’d argue, a more …
Or healthcare, or stock options, or anything else listed in an employment contract. At Pagely we are a distributed team spread all over the world, working different shifts in different timezones. They are some of the most passionate and dedicated people I know and I am fortunate to work with them. As a business owner …
Over the life of our business Pagely we’ve seen a few term sheets from potential acquirers (None that we’ve accepted). There are few things I’ve seen in all of them that as a founder stuck out to me. Cash is not really Cash until it is in your hand. We’ll use some made up number’s here …
Acquisition terms you may see when considering an offer. Read More »
You followed the directions measuring and adding the proper amount of water to your sauce pan. You gently stir for the prescribed amount of time waiting in anticipation of your pending meal. After a few minutes you begin to think maybe you ruined it as the sauce seems to be overly runny and won’t stick …
Hard Work + time + market timing (luck). – The end
Meet Jeremy, He is my older brother and is a good guy. He has a few big passions in his life: His kids, Snowboarding, Tie-Dye, and the band TOOL When I say he loves TOOL, he really really loves TOOL, like went to 5-6 TOOL shows this year alone, and maybe 20, 30 in his …