At the beginning of 2011 I made a resolution to be more social, you know, get out of the dungeon, get some sunlight, and talk to people face to face again. I started inviting a lot of people to lunch for no other reason than that I wanted to engage in the art of speaking, [...]
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Don Loper is a collection of commentary by Utah SEO firm proprietor Joshua Steimle on the topics of business and entrepreneurship, web design, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, and business in Utah.
The most popular feature is "You might be an entrepreneur if..." It started with my post entitled What it Means to be an Entrepreneur and now I'm in the process of adding detail to each of the 75 points I came up with based on my own experiences.
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2011 in Review
I’ve never had a formal board or advisory board for my company. But I do have mentors, friends, my wife, and other associates, and from time to time I’ve received input from them that has been of great value to me. One such event happened yesterday. But to give some backstory… 2-3 years ago I [...]
I’m a simple man with simple needs. I assume there are others out there with similar needs. In a free market, one would assume that the needs of a viable consumer base would be met, perhaps even prior to that consumer base being aware of their own need. And yet I have been looking for [...]
Sometimes you come up with a stupid idea that you just can’t let go of, like jumping off the roof of your house with an umbrella, or going back in time to 1940, not to kill Hitler, but just shave off Hitler’s mustache while he’s sleeping and then see how that ends up being recorded [...]
I recently read The Google Story and am currently reading In the Plex, both of which are biographical pieces covering the history of Google, its founders Brin and Page, its employees, business relationships, and so forth. As I’ve read these books I’ve been able to get some insight into Google’s core business model, which is [...]
I had an interesting dream last night. I was wading across a stream when suddenly I got swept away in the water. At first it was kind of fun as the water gently flowed along, and I didn’t fight it. But then I saw rapids up ahead and realized I was in trouble. I started [...]
Having just written this, it got me thinking about the skills I have, or wish I had, that have helped or truly would help me as an entrepreneur. I have a Masters of Information Systems Management, and I happen to run an Internet-related business, so people often assume that my degree has been helpful to [...]
On Wednesday I had the opportunity to attend an event at BYU focused on entrepreneurship. While there, I was able to talk to a few students, including one who was asking for general advice. The more I talked to him, the more I started to ramble and blabber, not because I didn’t have anything substantive [...]
I buy USB hubs so you don’t have to! Not on purpose, that’s just how things have worked out. Allow me to explain… A few years ago I needed more USB ports. So I bought a USB hub for $50. It didn’t work. Ok, it did at first. Then it did sometimes. Then it didn’t. [...]
This post applies to those with Blackberries and Android phones as well. The user of a Windows phone is a fictitious character, like centaurs, fairies, and honest politicians, and therefore I will make no more mention of him. I’m a news/information junkie. News about politics, economics, people lifting burning cars off motorcyclists–it doesn’t matter, I [...]
