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No joke, Finally Bought a Company

April 8, 2011 By Al Martine

A week ago today, I finally became an entrepreneur and business owner.  It’s been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember and thanks to a serendipitous opportunity and the partnership of an old friend, it’s finally come true.  And no, it’s not the ‘start-up’ I’ve mentioned in previous discussions and blog […]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurship Tagged With: TechWhirl, Turn-Around Management

Sometimes I wonder about my old company

March 23, 2011 By Al Martine

And then I see Scott did too …

Filed Under: Business Thinking Tagged With: Corporate Work

Just Whirling Along … time to use a little INK for an Update

March 20, 2011 By Al Martine

The last hours of winter seem like a good time for a Startup Co update.   After what has felt like a lifetime of delay, which truth be told was only around two weeks after finishing negotiations, Connie and I are very close to finishing the purchase an online company.  Or, project, if you read the […]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurship

Rocky like preparation

March 3, 2011 By Al Martine

You’ll  need to immediately replace imagery of Rocky running through the streets of Philadelphia and punching meat in a freezer with far more romantic imagery of someone with poor posture installing Linux distributions on virtual machines and closely following online training programs to learn how to run Drupal.  Rocky needed to beat Mr. T; I […]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurship

What’s the Value?

February 14, 2011 By Al Martine

I’ve spent the last week or so working with a friend doing research into an online company.  Early in the process we mapped out the issues that needed addressed and the basic criteria that we’d need to confirm before making the offer. The initial research has shown a good company that has plenty of room […]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurship Tagged With: Valuation

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