Why is asking "LLC or Corp?" the wrong question?

By Rick Colosimo / May 2, 2010 / Comments Off on Why is asking "LLC or Corp?" the wrong question?

Here’s another LinkedIn-derived question that merits a better answer. The question was essentially whether the fellow with some IP to build a business on should form an LLC or a corporation. In typical LinkedIn fashion, off-the-cuff answers that are specific end up being wrong. In my mind, if someone is asking this question, they either…

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Quote: Map v. Territory

By Rick Colosimo / April 13, 2010 / Comments Off on Quote: Map v. Territory

I was in Wikipedia for some reason earlier, and a click or two later, I was reading the entry for Alfred Korzybski, the inventor/founder of general semantics. (I’d had the book on a list of books to read for a reason that has long since escaped me, but it seemed hard to find, and I…

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Originalism outside of the law

By Rick Colosimo / February 25, 2010 / Comments Off on Originalism outside of the law

What would Supreme Court originalism look like in other disciplines? This delightful little post is sort of an originalist approach to geography.

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Sites must create value for users

By Rick Colosimo / December 26, 2009 / Comments Off on Sites must create value for users

http://unclutterer.com/2009/03/30/swap-baby-goods/ This site recommendation falls into my category of “they have a word for that: it’s called Craigslist.” Seriously, there are too many “me-too” sites on the web that don’t add sufficient value to really, deep down, justify the cognitive overhead of keeping track of something new. I’m not saying that a new social network…

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