Last January I stated several goals for the year. So a year later, let’s see how I actually did. 2023 Report 2023 Running Grade: D- I stated in 2023 a goal of running one half marathon and 500+ miles for the year. I never ran a half marathon in 2023. And didn’t come anywhere near the 500 mile goal, so a D- is being generous. I will
April 16th, 2022
Why we changed our e-commerce name from Wishmay to Dande
The idea for a project called “Wishmay” came to me several years ago while out on a 7 mile run. My mind often starts to ponder different things while running — what else is there to do on a 7 mile run?? On that day, I began wondering if I had ever seen a website where nothing is for sale, only things people are looking for. And then the sellers
November 13th, 2015
Startup Lessons Learned- The Lean Approach
Startup Lessons Learned- The Lean Approach My workplace (not my startup) has been pushing a “lean” environment for five years, so I am not new the “lean” principle. I was just beginning to think about LivestockCity when Eric Ries wrote his book about Lean Startups. Truthfully, I am not sure I was a fan of the lean concept back then for a variety of reasons, so I had no interest
November 2nd, 2015
The Nontraditional Startup Entrepreneur – Part II
In Part I, I discussed my searching of what to do in life as it pertains to a career and discovering that I am happiest when pursuing entrepreneurial projects much more that a steady high paying but mundane career. The problem with that is my discovery happened later in life after marriage and children and “settling down”, hence making me a nontraditional startup entrepreneur by today’s standards. In this follow
October 21st, 2015
The Nontraditional Startup Entrepreneur – Part 1
(Note: Originally Posted on Medium.com) The Nontraditional Startup Entrepreneur – Part 1 I am a member of “Generation X”, defined by Google as “the generation born after that of the baby boomers (roughly from the early 1960s to mid 1970s), often perceived to be disaffected and directionless.” It’s a stereotype that many GenX’ers have or had no goals, no direction, no clue what we want to do in life, and actually,
May 22nd, 2015
Lessons Learned From Building A Startup.
Building a startup is not an easy task. After “The Social Network” movie came out, many people, especially the college age population, were deeply inspired to also enter the world of startups (that’s another blog post to be written later), thinking it will be as simple as the movie made it seem. But trust me, it isn’t, and statistically, nearly all startups will wind up failing. But there are things
March 16th, 2015
Startups: LivestockCity goes live (Sort of)
In 2003, after having a few llamas for a couple years, I started a website called “LlamaSalesList.Com.” The site provided a fast and easy way to quickly find show quality llamas from across the U.S. and Canada. Eventually we began offering online auctions for llamas and later began “AlpacaSalesList.Com.” These two sites eventually led to a new venture, LivestockCity, a site for ALL livestock owners. LivestockCity offers everything its
March 14th, 2015
A new look for the blog and update on Running.
It was time for a change. I was getting so tired of the look of this site, so here is something new and exciting! I have also been a slacker in regularly writing more frequently, so I am going to try to change this as well. I have lots to cover. In the next fews posts, I will blog about some new running shoes I am using, upcoming races