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Mercenaries, Missionaries, and Crusaders

View from Seed

The literal definition of a mercenary is a soldier who fights for monetary reward rather than political cause or national affiliation, and in modern times we often use the term as a derogatory description of someone’s attitude or motivations. The Mercenary. But arguably this is most true about the crusader founder type.

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Principles For Low-Budget Marketing Strategies Every Startup Should Know

YoungUpstarts

It honors the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit, cradle of many worldwide talents, including the multi platinum rapper and the multinational car brand. You could also affiliate with contributors for online publicity or to create shared content, and write blogs about your tasty recipe.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

This is the first post in what’s going to be a series of blogs on how to go from nothing – no connections, no team, no money and no knowledge of how the startup industry really works – to operating a growing business. I mentioned to Mike that I was going to kick this series off over on the Meebo Blog , but he suggested I start it here.