Comments on: Crossing the Rubicon http://jasoncrawford.org/2009/10/crossing-the-rubicon/ A tech/business geek in San Francisco Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: air force 1 shoes http://jasoncrawford.org/2009/10/crossing-the-rubicon/comment-page-1/#comment-605 air force 1 shoes Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:51:00 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=3#comment-605 Well , the view of the passage is totally correct ,your details is really reasonable and you <a href="http://www.salenewbalance.com/new-balance-996.html" >new balance 996</a> guy give us valuable informative post, I totally agree the standpoint of upstairs. I often surfing on this forum when I m free and I find there are so much good information we can learn in this forum! Well , the view of the passage is totally correct ,your details is really reasonable and you new balance 996 guy give us valuable informative post, I totally agree the standpoint of upstairs. I often surfing on this forum when I m free and I find there are so much good information we can learn in this forum!

]]> By: Scott Powell http://jasoncrawford.org/2009/10/crossing-the-rubicon/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Scott Powell Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:36:33 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=3#comment-142 Best of luck! I hope that for you, the "Crossing of the Columbia" becomes a pivotal moment...though in the opposite way that it did for Caesar! :-) Best of luck! I hope that for you, the “Crossing of the Columbia” becomes a pivotal moment…though in the opposite way that it did for Caesar! :-)

]]> By: Raviv http://jasoncrawford.org/2009/10/crossing-the-rubicon/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Raviv Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:40:06 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=3#comment-21 Best of Luck - not that you'll need it. Have fun in SF and someday I'll swing down so we can go dancing. Be Well, Raviv Best of Luck – not that you’ll need it. Have fun in SF and someday I’ll swing down so we can go dancing.

Be Well,

Raviv

]]> By: Two weeks’ notice? Or twelve months? http://jasoncrawford.org/2009/10/crossing-the-rubicon/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Two weeks’ notice? Or twelve months? Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:01:37 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=3#comment-17 [...] agree.  I have quit three jobs: D. E. Shaw, Amazon, and most recently Pelago.  Each time, I gave as much notice as possible, usually months.  I told my manager (and sometimes [...] [...] agree.  I have quit three jobs: D. E. Shaw, Amazon, and most recently Pelago.  Each time, I gave as much notice as possible, usually months.  I told my manager (and sometimes [...]

]]> By: Betsy Speicher http://jasoncrawford.org/2009/10/crossing-the-rubicon/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Betsy Speicher Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:31:57 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=3#comment-15 As they said in the storybooks of my childhood, "The young man went out to seek his fortune." Good for you! If there's anything you need -- venture capital, business advice, motherly advice, a cheering section, etc. -- just let me know. All the best, Betsy As they said in the storybooks of my childhood, “The young man went out to seek his fortune.” Good for you!

If there’s anything you need — venture capital, business advice, motherly advice, a cheering section, etc. — just let me know.

All the best,

Betsy

]]> By: Kathryn Eickhoff http://jasoncrawford.org/2009/10/crossing-the-rubicon/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Kathryn Eickhoff Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:34:52 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=3#comment-14 My own company was my dream too. It didn't work with minority ownership, at least not with Alan. However, in 1987 I opened Eickhoff Economics Inc. I ran it full-time until 1999 when I became ill and could no longer cope with all that was involved. Things I learned: 1. For at least the first year it is a 24/7 job. (If interested in what my year was like, see Business Economics, journal of the National Association of Business Economists, around late 1988 maybe '89.) 2. Hire employees sparingly and only the best for the job. I had a number of employees who had worked with me at Townsend-Greenspan. It was a mistake to keep them beyond the first couple of years. It was too easy for me to trust and rely on them. Easy to forget I had to do the managing of all employees as well as everything else. 3. If you reach your goals early, raise them. Do not take time off from marketing or selling ever. You are your best salesman. 4. Read Edward Demings books. There are NO bad employees. They all want to do a good job. Employee failure means MANAGEMENT failed. Best of everything necessary to the job. I know you can do it. Objectively yours, Kathryn My own company was my dream too. It didn’t work with minority ownership, at least not with Alan. However, in 1987 I opened Eickhoff Economics Inc. I ran it full-time until 1999 when I became ill and could no longer cope with all that was involved.

Things I learned: 1. For at least the first year it is a 24/7 job. (If interested in what my year was like, see Business Economics, journal of the National Association of Business Economists, around late 1988 maybe ’89.)

2. Hire employees sparingly and only the best for the job. I had a number of employees who had worked with me at Townsend-Greenspan. It was a mistake to keep them beyond the first couple of years. It was too easy for me to trust and rely on them. Easy to forget I had to do the managing of all employees as well as everything else.

3. If you reach your goals early, raise them. Do not take time off from marketing or selling ever. You are your best salesman.

4. Read Edward Demings books. There are NO bad employees. They all want to do a good job. Employee failure means MANAGEMENT failed.

Best of everything necessary to the job. I know you can do it.

Objectively yours,

Kathryn

]]> By: Wendy T http://jasoncrawford.org/2009/10/crossing-the-rubicon/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Wendy T Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:35:05 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=3#comment-12 All the best Jason! Words cannot describe how very excited I am for you. For me, the greatest pleasure in life has been to realize my potential and quest for meaning, in my career. In your start-up adventure, I hope you will be able to experience the joys of achievement after many years of purposeful planning. You have these in good measure already but I will nevertheless wish you unwavering courage, perseverance, good judgment, unquestionable ability and the company of colleagues endowed with the same. Oh, and lots of capital $$$. Well done! To have reached the banks of the Rubicon is an achievement in and of itself! Cheers, Here's to you! Wendy All the best Jason!
Words cannot describe how very excited I am for you. For me, the greatest pleasure in life has been to realize my potential and quest for meaning, in my career. In your start-up adventure, I hope you will be able to experience the joys of achievement after many years of purposeful planning. You have these in good measure already but I will nevertheless wish you unwavering courage, perseverance, good judgment, unquestionable ability and the company of colleagues endowed with the same. Oh, and lots of capital $$$.
Well done! To have reached the banks of the Rubicon is an achievement in and of itself!

Cheers,
Here’s to you!

Wendy

]]> By: Manu Kumar http://jasoncrawford.org/2009/10/crossing-the-rubicon/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Manu Kumar Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:28:11 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=3#comment-11 Congratulations! Look forward to having you be a part of the Bay Area startup community. Just remember that the only thing guaranteed in a startup is that it will be a roller coaster. Welcome to the ride. Congratulations! Look forward to having you be a part of the Bay Area startup community. Just remember that the only thing guaranteed in a startup is that it will be a roller coaster. Welcome to the ride.

]]> By: Vicki Genther http://jasoncrawford.org/2009/10/crossing-the-rubicon/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Vicki Genther Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:42:07 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=3#comment-10 That's awesome! I hope you'll keep us updated on your progress. That’s awesome! I hope you’ll keep us updated on your progress.

]]> By: Quincy Hunt http://jasoncrawford.org/2009/10/crossing-the-rubicon/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Quincy Hunt Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:25:56 +0000 http://jasoncrawford.org/?p=3#comment-9 Congrats and good luck! Congrats and good luck!

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