Brian Ma's Blog (@zealoustiger)

Weekly insights from an Entreprenuer: To spend one year as a tiger is better than to live forever as sheep

Monthly Archives: April 2008

WordPress hosting

Ok, for those experienced bloggers out there… I’m thinking about hosting tigerblog by myself instead of depending on WordPress. There’s a ton of religious wars out there about what is best, but I think like the article said, hosting it by yourself means more customization and more learning. So… this blog will probably be moving… [...]

Downtown parking: $$$$ Business

(This post is dedicated to my #1 blog fan – or at least the most vocal/annoying one who keeps bothering me on IM if I don’t post for just ONE day.) :) Today I went to downtown to have lunch with a Managing Partner/CEO/super-experienced entrepreneur who’s been through it all before and walked away with [...]

Startup Costs: $12,000

Man, I wish I could’ve found this article from Guy Kawasaki’s blog earlier. I’ve spent so much time trying to figure out how much stuff will cost to launch a startup and here it was right in front of my nose. $12k. Not bad, I think I can handle that. Read Guy’s account of launching [...]

Program Managers and Powerpoint

Today, I spent the ENTIRE day on powerpoint. PM’s get made fun of all the time for their seemingly lack of any skills at all. Everytime I talk to one of my developer buddies, I always get the same old question. “So what DO you do anyways?” And then they go on and on about [...]

Startup: One month recap

It’s been one entire month since I took my first step so I thought it’d be a good time to recap my accomplishments: afterall, I did start this blog to document my crazy startup journey. I’ve worked more hours, learned more, and gotten more done then I’ve ever done in my LIFE. Productive time has [...]

MacBook!

Today marks another milestone in my life. I got a MacBook. I can’t believe I spent SOO much money on this, but it is SOO cool. Apple just has that thing about it that makes you feel like you’re extra special. Wow, a Macbook AND an Iphone in less than a month. The design is [...]

Google Doodles

I’ve been trying to get my photoshop skillz up to snuff recently since I’ll soon be needing it soon to draw mockups of my startup.  I already talked a little bit about how amazing Google’s creative aura is here, but today I ran into this: So cool.  Wish I could draw like that.

ZMM: Zillow Mortgage Marketplace

Three blog posts in a day – that’s a record. But definitely worth it, cause this is definitely something you want to know: Zillow Mortgage Marketplace just launched! I know it’s weird advertising for your previous employer, but this is that important. (And I’ve been waiting FOREVER to tell people about it… cause it kept [...]

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