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  1. GIlman

    A dog with a bone

    EXECUTION 
    Here is an idea for ice breaker to find ideas....Just start asking people what they use excel for. Excel is the ultimate software emulator. So many times people use excel when there is a need screaming for a solution, but there isn't any and so they create something in excel to at least get...
  2. GIlman

    Learn to code, buy software out of the box, or hire a programmer?

    I would suggest the very first thing you do, before laying the first line of code is create a plan for how you will monetize your site. The goal here is to make money, if you can't answer this question then you need to figure that out or find a project you can figure out a way to monetize...
  3. GIlman

    2015 Fastlane Summit, Official Thread

    MEETUPS 
    Thanks for a great weekend everyone. Wish I could have made all the talks, but the ones I did were awesome. I hope I can make it again next year.
  4. GIlman

    Your Life in Weeks: Visualized. Time is our most precious currency.

    MINDSET 
    Well, you have to take about the top 11% of the graph off too because the average life expectancy is around 80 not 90. Even more incentive to make it count.
  5. GIlman

    2015 Fastlane Summit, Official Thread

    MEETUPS 
    @MJ DeMarco if eliquid can't make it I could pitch hit if you need a fill in. I can talk about emerging trends in web app including single page applications and realtime frameworks and reactive web components. It might be a little rough given that I don't have a lot of time, but it is all...
  6. GIlman

    2015 Fastlane Summit, Official Thread

    MEETUPS 
    Was that a joke? I've seen about 1/16 of an inch of snow here in the last 6 years.
  7. GIlman

    One Doctor's Journey

    EXECUTION 
    Congrats. Baggage will kill a business.
  8. GIlman

    Learning to Program is STUPID! (or SMART?!)

    GOLD! HOT! 
    @mt_myke I fully agree with everything you say. But if you read the question I was responding to they we're asking for a primer on basic technologies and how they fit together. The specifically mention HtML, CSS, etc. If they had asked how most companies build a web presence in today's...
  9. GIlman

    Learning to Program is STUPID! (or SMART?!)

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Yes, there are frameworks and other stacks..but that wasn't the question I was answering. And these frameworks and other products still use HTML, CSS, and Javascript, i.e. they generate HTML and CSS and tie to Javascript for you. Plus Django is a python framework, how does a server side tech...
  10. GIlman

    Learning to Program is STUPID! (or SMART?!)

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Not sure entirely what you are asking, but here is my take on answering what I think you are asking. Basically there are two concerns when developing a website/app. First is the server part of things and the other is the client (i.e. typically web browser) side of things. If you start here...
  11. GIlman

    One Doctor's Journey

    EXECUTION 
    On the other hand if you are changing to a different stack, then the code probably isn't that useful as it will be build around that languages functions. I know we had talked about you thinking of switching to something else such as PHP or RoR. If you are going to do this (and you've only...
  12. GIlman

    One Doctor's Journey

    EXECUTION 
    This is very sage advice...Coders are like surgeons, they all think they are better than the next guy..Some honestly are, but a good part of it is just being particular. First and foremost, does the code work. If it does than for the time being I probably wouldn't touch it, yet...You can...
  13. GIlman

    One Doctor's Journey

    EXECUTION 
    I would keep on the partner hard, while there is no real value yet in the company. Get him to opt out, it sounds like he is avoidant to begin with.
  14. GIlman

    Does anyone have any connections with liquor distributors?

    I have a possible contact. He works for the company that makes modelo and corona. Not sure if he has any links to liquor, but I will ask. pm me.
  15. GIlman

    Wasted 3 years of my life doing nothing

    HOT! MINDSET 
    You can't make up the past. All you can do is not waste the future.
  16. GIlman

    2015 Fastlane Summit, Official Thread

    MEETUPS 
    Try Posh if you want a great dining experience, its awesome.
  17. GIlman

    how much tax do you have to pay in your country?

    HOT! TAXES | REGS 
    Also the 15.3% fica/Medicare tax on the first $118K for self-employed. Or half that for employed.
  18. GIlman

    Complete Newbie Here.

    If it is a crappy idea, I would not pursue it. We all have the product development cycle backwards. First find a great market, then build a great product for that market. If people don't want it, no matter how amazing your design is, they will not buy it. These aren't my ideas...
  19. GIlman

    One Doctor's Journey

    EXECUTION 
    Yes, earning money in practice compromised my entrepreneurial enterprises for about 5 years after residency. The lure to trade time for dollars is strong, and it is guaranteed at least in the short term. But, I am an entrepreneur, it is in my blood and it is what I love. I love to create...
  20. GIlman

    The truth

    MINDSET 
    If you are stuck remember the following. This is a quote from chapter 23 from Positioning by Al Reis and Jack Trout. A gREAT read. "Anything worthwhile doing is worthwhile doing lousy. If it wasn’t worthwhile doing, you shouldn’t have done it at all. On the other hand, if it is...

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