Missionary and a Website
On my birthday today, I officially became a missionary. My team were commissioned at our church today where the pastor and congregation prayed for us all. We also had a lot of supporters who cheered, yelled, and shouted letting us know we had fans in the audience. It felt great knowing that we were doing something that will be [...]
Entreprenuerial Bug Bites
I’m up late last night… really late because I stumbled upon a potentially really good idea. It started when I was reading a blog post from Jonathan Volk about generating web traffic, and pay per click advertising. I was hoping to get some insights on how to improve traffic to this blog and how to [...]
Upcoming Missions Trip
Everything’s on hold. In August, I signed up to go on a short-term missions trip to Peru. The objective of the trip is to go to a vocational and rehabilitation center for special needs kids and youth and interact with the kids there as well as helping with general repairs. A missions trip had been [...]
Asking The Tough Questions
Being objective about yourself is hard enough as an entrepreneur. You really, really have to dig deep and ask yourself what are your strengths and weaknesses. A lot of times, you don’t like what you find. As a Christian entrepreneur, there’s even more questions to ask yourself. A lot of times, I wonder if the [...]
How To Network Effectively
Over the last month or two, I attended at least one networking event once a week. How exhausting it was. But each time, it has been very rewarding. And know what? I am actually starting to enjoy it. This definitely wasn’t the case a year or two ago when I blogged about how I would [...]
Update to Next Steps
So I didn’t get into the NVTC program. I was told the committee really liked my entrepreneurial spirit but was unfocused which most likely due to the fact that I submitted two applications. I submitted one for my consulting company and one for the architecture idea.
Over the past month, I attended at least one networking [...]
Next Steps
With the first project behind me now, I’m looking at what my next steps are with the company. A few things are certain: I need a coach, need to network more, and look at industries that I want to consult in. I recently applied to the Northern Virginia Tech Council’s FastTrac TechVenture. It’s a program [...]
True Servant Leadership
Over the past week, I had a discussion with a friend about leadership. Since I was leading efforts on two fronts: my software company and a men’s Bible study, a discussion on that topic was relevant. Our conversation centered around being leaders who serve the needs of the people they are leading. That sounds familiar [...]
IE 6 No More
Man, I can’t believe this article just came out on CNN. On the heels of my last post saying I will make the site compatible with IE6, I have to think twice now. With internet users as well as Microsoft backing up the idea for users to upgrade to IE8, it makes sense to do [...]
Getting Advice From Advisers
The past week, after the launch of the site, I met with some of my advisers from our board. The one I met with today was also a good friend. I also valued his honest opinion and I knew he would tell me the truth about me, my work, everything because I was a friend. [...]