Nathan Lustig

There are two paths that entrepreneurs go down when they are starting a company.  They can try to grow as quickly as possible without regard to revenue so that they can sell out or they can focus on cash flow and revenue, while still trying to grow the business. I’ll call the first one the [...]

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Why do people start startups? To solve a problem or fill a need?  To be their own boss?  To escape the 9-5?   To make gobs of money? The answer is different for everyone, but its probably a combination of a few of these factors.  Lots of people I talk to have great ideas, but don’t [...]

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Have you ever set a goal that you wanted to accomplish, only to give up after a few days or weeks?  How about a New Years resolution?  If you are like me, your probably set a bunch of different goals each year, but are only successful on attaining a small percentage. Most of my goals are [...]

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After a three week hiatus, I’m back to blogging.  I just got back from an amazing three weeks traveling in Europe, followed by one of my best friend’s wedding.  I’ll have a few posts about where I went and some observations about the contrasts between Europe, the UK and the United States, but first, I [...]

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My internet went out the other day for a few hours when I wanted to get some work done (thanks Charter!). I couldn’t access my email, so I figured I’d do some work on my business plan. I quickly remembered that I store most of my documents on Google Docs, meaning that I couldn’t access [...]

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London’s Telegraph had an interesting story over the weekend about an innovative program that Flint, Michigan is using to combat its huge drop in population.  The article, titled US Cities May Have to be Bulldozed to Survive, explains that the program’s goal is to demolish tracts of vacant housing and return the land to nature, [...]

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