How I'm spending my time

It's an interesting situation. We are working hard on Tribal Shout, getting funding and such. Usage is the key word on funding so we are pursing all the angles we know to increase registered users and usage.

Until then, I need an income. The consulting game has been fun. Recently I did an evaluation for an investor of one of his portfolio companies that spent all their money. The question was whether or not good money would go after good or bad money.

My partner in Tribal Shout brought me in along with another friend. I was responsible for evaluating product, technology and technical team. They were doing some great open source work and had a solid product and a strong, efficient team.

I think we did a great job of analyzing the current situation. It appeared the investor was going to move forward but in the end the investor and the founder didn't see eye to eye.

There's a lesson here. Money isn't easy to come by. When you've got someone willing to fund you, treat them like gold.