Ade in Business

I ran across this interesting Starbucks fact (via Seth Godin):
It wasn’t until several years after the company was up and running that they realized it would be a good idea to sell any beverages at all. All they sold was beans.
It’s inspirational to think that a successful company like Starbucks had a much different business [...]

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A couple weeks ago Joel Spolsky posted a great transcript of his talk to Yale computer science students. Among other things, he talks about why it sucks to work as a programmer at a company whose focus is not software:
You never get to do things the right way. You always have to do things [...]

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I ran across a very interesting post by Philippe Chrun, who writes with much detail and honesty about his failing startup, mycarpoolstation.com:
I am quietly distancing myself from my pet project, my baby which I poured my heart and soul and mind into…. We invested 30,000 US$ of our own capital, excluding an estimated 50,000 US$ [...]

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I signed up for a Facebook account a few months ago and have slowly started to build my network. I sent an invite to a long-time friend, and here’s the message I got in return:
I have 49 friends in que waiting because I sent them this message…
I’m quite all right with limited friends on [...]

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I’m happy to say that we’ve added a new member to the Recursive Function team. Chris Lucas started last Monday, and his primary focus will be planning and executing marketing initiatives tied to FormSpring. This will encompass things like handling PR, managing AdWords campaigns, writing website copy, blogging, and putting together training material. [...]

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