Business literature is loaded with vanity metrics, with each sector and company boiling down performance to a set of magic indicators. Most of them don’t mean much without context, except the golden rule, that if you spend more than you have, your adventure will not last long. Revenue per employee is a productivity metric that… Read More Revenue Per Employee
There is little introduction needed for craigslist and for those that want a backgrounder, the Wikipedia entry should do the trick. What has captivated me over the years has been all of the things you’d figure craigslist should’ve done, didn’t and still weathered the relentless competition that Angie’s List and every newspaper that lost classified… Read More The magic of craigslist
Searching for great examples of self-financed stories are a surprisingly hard challenge. My motivation has always been to discover a new company to learn from their experience. However, a couple of minutes on the hunt and nothing turns up. My theories why: these companies are private and have no intention of revealing financial status; they… Read More Searching for traces: looking for self-financed startups
Self-Financed Pixels 