Come for the Ride!

I’m not sure if most developers and entrepreneurs operate the same way as I do, but when I’m in true startup mode, I tend to shut off most if not all distractions. For me, this means no TV during the day, no nights out on the weekends, no early nights before 1am and basically zero fun during the early (development) sprint. Though it’s not a big deal for me, I basically skipped the holidays this year too.

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The very last thing my ex-employer said to me before walking out the door was “Your health insurance will run out at the end of the month. You must tell us before then if you want to continue your coverage on COBRA.”

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If you haven’t noticed in recent times, companies are messing up more, apologizing more and are coming out more into the public that make them appear more human than being some large, evil corporate entity. I may not know who the owners of Walmart, Waffle House, Publix or Sears are, but I can put a human face to many of the others such as Microsoft, Apple, Dell, Google, Facebook, MySpace, etc.

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While the title here would have made more sense if the blog changed to a red theme (something we’re working on if time allows), what it’s really describing is sense or urgency that entrepreneurs feel when we get excited about our new pet project.

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