On Excuses

As I settled down to write the conclusion to my #FAILweek story a funny thing happened. A series of unexpected events caused my wifi signal to die. As a result Firefox crashed in a way unfamiliar to me. As I began to tinker with the two fresh problems that materialized from nowhere an all to common 'WOOOOM' chimed from the laptop speakers informing me that I had under 10 minutes of power remaining unless I plugged it in. Can you guess where this is going? After a quick search I remembered my power cord is sitting on the desk in my office... 56 miles away. After one of the longest days I have had in recent memory any combination of the problems listed above would be the perfect excuse to throw in the towel for the night, kick back, and "get to it tomorrow." Bullshit. That's not how I roll

#FAILweek Part 2: Ev...

NOTE: This is Part 2 of a 3 part post. It is strongly recommended that you start at 'Part 1'. The stage was set, the community was pumped, we were ready. It all boiled down to customizing and re-launching the ad campaign that was so successful for the "Designer" portion of the community over to the "Client" side. In all the meetings, discussions, and hypothesizing that lead up to launch day

#FAILweek Part 1: the2200 Pre Launch

Drunk on the victory of landing a legitimate, substantial, deep pocketed investor my head was spinning. My business partner and I had been positively working our asses off gearing up for the pitch, and we succeeded. http://the2200.com was going to be a reality. Now it was time for the real work to start. The site we set out to design was

Is Failure Bad?

As the first ever #FAILweek nears (FEB 1st-5th), one thing has become abundantly clear; There is a serious rift in our attitudes toward failure. The question is simple: Can failure be positive?

FAIL WEEK in Februar...

Calling All Bloggers and Entrepreneurs: The first week of February is '#FAILweek' where entrepreneurs and bloggers of all industries, experience levels, and from every corner of the globe come together to celebrate their past failures. Why Contribute?