Posts tagged ‘lessons learned’

Learning from wipe-outs

by Josh Fraser on January 22, 2008


Over the weekend I had the privilege of hanging out with twelve of my best friends from Clemson. They flew in for MLK weekend, and we spent our time skiing and boarding up in the mountains at Breckenridge. If you spend any time on the slopes there ...

Shut up and listen when smart people are talking

by Josh Fraser on September 12, 2007


When we first got accepted into TechStars, we planned on building an event registration system. Thankfully we had some awesome mentors who encouraged us to focus solely on social networking. They pointed out that there are plenty of other companies ...

Watching and learning

by Josh Fraser on June 20, 2007


Last night I got to sit in and watch companies pitch to an angel network from CTEK. It was an amazing learning opportunity for us. Here are some of the things that really stood out: Know your business Last night one of the presenters made the following ...

The side project

by Josh Fraser on June 12, 2007


Perhaps it’s inevitable anytime you get a bunch of smart people working together in one place. We live in a world where new opportunities abound and intelligent minds are overflowing with dreams of how to seize them. As an entrepreneur, you see ...