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January 7, 2009
Posted by Ryan Graves

Web Design guru needed. Building the SocialDreamium team.

Many of you know that my search for a technical co-founder started here on this blog. I figured that if I needed help and a strong partner to help bring this dream to life I would start where I needed it most. SocialDreamium has now grown into a team of 4 passionate individuals and we [...]

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Posted Under Entrepreneurship Projects

November 18, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves

Understanding the importance of bottom up growth

Bottom up is the way to grow anything these days. Construction workers have know this for…well, forever. Surprisingly the idea of bottom up growth is just getting around to startups, politicians, and corporate America… probably in that order. 37 Signals When Jason Fried, founder of 37 Signals was first building his company he was inspired [...]

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November 17, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves

Bootstrapping a startup – what to focus on

Image by graves.ryan via FlickrI’ve just finished re-reading the ‘The Art of Bootstrapping‘ chapter in The Art of the Start and 3 main focuses stood out to me. I want to elaborate on why they stood out to me and why they are the most important underlying themes in this chapter. If you’ve not yet [...]

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November 10, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves

Corporations or startups: This is what the work force will require of you.

Image by Cia de Foto via FlickrWhen I worked at my consulting job in Chicago about 2 years ago I had a conversation with my boss about how Gen Y will affect the workforce and how our attitudes towards career will affect growing businesses. I’ve had my opinion about it for quite sometime but it [...]

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Posted Under Entrepreneurship People & Leadership

September 10, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves

One Trick Ponies

Last night I had the pleasure of having an extended conversation with the CTO of GE Healthcare, Nevin Zimmermann, about CEO’s and what they are able to accomplish with a given company. We talked about the past CEO of GE Healthcare, Joe Hogan, and the current CEO of GE Healthcare, John Dineen, and their differences. [...]

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Posted Under Delivery & Execution People & Leadership


  • Hi. I'm Ryan Graves and this is my personal blog. I'm an entrepreneur living in San Francisco, but I'm from San Diego. My wife blogs too, and I love my family.

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