So I’ll admit that I was one of “those people” who just didn’t get Twitter when I first made an account.  What’s up with 140 characters?  Why is everyone creating ridiculous lists of #ff?  I didn’t see the point, and even though I love aquatic animals, I saw that damned “fail whale” way too often […]

I don’t usually get the chance to meet people I admire in the blogging sphere, but today gave me just that opportunity.  Ali Hale, my favorite blogger, mentioned she was going to BlogWorld, a convention for Internet writers and social media experts here in Las Vegas.  Ali Hale has been my role model for several months now, […]

I spent the weekend playing with my 3-year-old nephews.  The thing we often envy about kids is their ability to have so much energy, and it’s so true.  I feel about ninety years old, sitting on the couch writing this blog after spending five days with them.  I can only imagine how my siblings keep […]

Today’s guest blog is written by Cara Transtrom, a  lively and adventurous spirit that I met while working at TorquePowered.com.  Cara maintains a very humorous blog on life called Caramia, where she uses personal experience to make observations about life, love, and everything in between.  Her blog is one of my all-time favorites, and I’m […]

If you personally know someone just beginning to start their own business – whether it be a laundromat, a medical practice, or an online venture like Fellowstream – then you know someone who has no idea what they’re doing.

The cliché© goes that after a couple has been together for 7 years, they tend to re-evaluate their relationship.  The man might decide he needs an hour a day to play online poker, the woman may demand that Tuesday is Girl’s Bowling Night.  More often, though, the 7 year itch implies that the couple is […]

Last night, Jacob and I went on a Haunted Las Vegas tour, courtesy of our favorite new site, Groupon. For those of you who have never used Groupon, they give out super discounted tickets for restaurants, entertainment venues, and other fun places in select American cities. The tour was really fun. Our tour guide had […]

Strange ideas seem to pop into existence late at night.  Jacob and I have spent countless midnight hours going over potential business ideas.  Some of them are extensions of Fellowstream (“VOIP and chat features!”), others different web apps we could build (“What about a better way to manage invoice tracking?”), and still others completely ridiculous […]

…makes for a very poor lifestyle. Now, we’re in the thick of launching a business here at Avalon Labs.  Lots of weekends and late nights have been spent developing, hashing and making Fellowstream the best it can be.  We’re boot strapping with the smallest team we can afford right now, and that means everyone has […]

They say that it’s important to learn from the past.  In looking to my own past, I see Grandpa John, simple potato farmer from southern Idaho.  He has taught me a lot about what it takes to be an entrepreneur.  John had a sense of pride and stubbornness in all he did.  You see, John […]