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I ran across a blog post from Bill Taylor via LinkedIn entitled “Great People Are Overrated”.  Based on a comment by Mark Zuckerberg, he’s wondering if Silicon Valley isn’t going overboard in chasing people who are perceived to be technical superstars. This isn’t a stupid question, but his post runs off the rails in a [...]

As a consultant, I am frequently asked why people would want to hire my company. There are a number of reasons: experience, cost effectiveness, objectivity and independence. Depending on your situation, some or all of these attributes may be enormously valuable to your business. What is a Consultant? Dictionary.com defines a consultant as a person [...]

I recently tried to open a PayPal account for my company, Celtic Wolf.  We’re accepting credit cards for web hosting and project payments.  In addition, meetup.com, eventbrite.com and other services that we use can collect payment for you via PayPal.  While PayPal has gotten a lot of bad press for being accused of heavy-handed business [...]