Real Estate & Me
Can’t stop, won’t stop, won’t stop rock’n til I reach the top. So I just finished up about 25/30 hours of old school html development (the kind that validates over at w3c) and content creation on an...
View ArticleThe Redesign Is Complete
Finally. We got around to updating all of our websites with a new user interface. Personally, I have never seen 5 websites with one user interface (excluding wordpress, of course). Check out our main...
View ArticleNew Project
Just launched a new project. RealtyJoy – The Realtor Retirement Plan. If you are an agent or broker, you’ll see the value. If you’re not, you’ll have to trust me. It’s a game changer for the industry....
View ArticleThat time I needed money…
This story just popped in my head and I thought some other people might find it interesting. I can’t remember the exact year, but it’s safe to say it was about 15 years ago. The Back Story My business...
View ArticleHow AirBnB Became a Billion Dollar Company
Disclosure 1: I work in the vacation rental industry. While my company specializes in regional, recreational vacation homes, not metro rentals – there is an obvious conflict. Disclosure 2: This is an...
View ArticleWhat a Bootstrapper’s Pre-Launch Homepage Should Look Like
You have very little money. check. You have very few (if any) connections. check. You have no publicized exits. check. No one (that matters) knows who you are. check. If you agree with 2 or more points...
View ArticleLost Posts via Old Backup
I lost a few posts due to “wordpress hacking” (reminds me of AOL haxors/punters/crackers) and had to re-install everything via an old backup. When I was younger, I would have probably attacked my blog...
View ArticleBootstrappers: How To Say “No”
Hi [VC Backed Director of Sales], I have enjoyed our conversations and I want to thank you for putting this proposal together for us. I discussed it with my business partner today, and while we can see...
View ArticleSide Projects
Some guys like to tinker with cars and motorcycles. I like to tinker with websites. In 2009 I created a real estate review website covering Beverly Hills real estate over a weekend. Technology wise,...
View ArticleJust Launched CommercialZip.com
We just added a simple commercial real estate website to our fleet. CommercialZip allows investors and owner/users to quickly view all available commercial property listings in Minnesota &...
View ArticleJust Launched DaneArthur.com
What? Minimalist (brutalist), really simple, really fast real estate search. Why? Buying a home is complicated business, finding one shouldn’t be. You’ll be browsing listings before most real estate...
View ArticleFacebook is creepy but…
Just a quick thought that popped into my head yesterday. I kind of hate facebook. Their data collection is beyond creepy – I personally believe it should be illegal. That being said, even though I...
View Article1994 Harley Davidson Sportster Bobber
Hacking a Harley Along with my dad, I had the great pleasure of presenting this bike to my little brother for his birthday this past weekend. My dad and I purchased the stock bike and parts 50/50…but...
View Article10 Inglorious Years of Bootstrapping: Lessons Learned
Note: I was holding off on posting this because I wanted to wait for our redesign to be finished…but alas, it is taking much longer than we thought it would…so as promised a while back, here is our...
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