Monthly Archives: July 2009

Day 3 – Road Trip, East Coast: Last Bit of NYC and Albany, NY

All photos are finally up. From 1400 down to 404 photos, enjoy! I stayed in New York longer than expected. I was fatigued of walking and knew that I had to continue my journey. The Hollanders could have walked the whole day and not feel exhausted (late teens to ...

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Book Review: Young Guns, The Fearless Entrepreneur’s Guide to Chasing Your Dreams and Breaking Out on Your Own

I’ll tell you right now, this review doesn’t do the actual reading of the book justice. I’ve read many business books in my day. There have been some that have been a total waste of time and some that have helped me along my way of becoming an entrepreneur. This book, however, has been more of ...

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Day 2 – Road Trip, East Coast: The Road Trip and NYC!

The alarm was jingling around 12:30 a.m., early Saturday morning. I knew it was time for me to do something I’ve never done before, or more accurately, done something that I’ve never done for a long time. I made some coffee, turned on my laptop, and started writing. I would ...

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Day 1 – Road Trip, East Coast: Part 2 of 2: Detroit

Link to the photos: Here Once I finished talking to the man near the river, I was ready for some more exploration. I continued to drive through the no-one-in-sight places of downtown. I got lucky when I managed to make it to the nicer part of the river side. It was more welcoming to me ...

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Day 1 – Road Trip, East Coast: Part 1 of 2: Detroit

The first day was slow, but picked up quickly. It is hard to imagine how long a full day actually is. I woke up around 5 or 6. Started packing and took a shower. Loaded up on bagels (3), a pastry and a half, raisin brand cereal, decent coffee with sugar creme and my pick of ...

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One More Day and Counting Til the East Coast Road Trip

One more day until I start my east coast road trip. My emotions change left and right, and now they are near the scared-as-shit side of the meter. I know it will change throughout the day and also the day of. I still need to get a hotel room in Detroit and New York. I ...

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Now is the Best Time to Start a Business says Robert Tuchman

This is a guest post by Robert Tuchman. The task of starting a new business can be daunting.  It takes a lot of time, responsibility, and effort.  And with the state of national economy, starting your own business can be even harder.  In this tough economic climate, there are a few things you can do to ...

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Road Trip Discussed: 4 Days and Counting!!!

When it came time to plan out this trip I had many options. I could have went to the west coast and visited some friends or even took a road trip on the Pacific Hwy (would have taken forever, but who cares), take an exotic trip to a beach town in Mexico, trip to Canada ...

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What I see… My Apartment

It was a bitter sweet feeling, when I woke up early on a Saturday morning in late November of last year. I knew this was to be my last time with roommates. I knew that I will be in a place where I could learn about myself, take my ...

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Update of Goals from the last month

I have begun my long 4-day work week. I chose Monday's off, because I always hated preparing for work on Sunday's and I will always have a 3-day weekend. This off-day will be spent by more writing, resting, and figuring out what I want to do as a second ...

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