Erik Minkel

business

Building Aloha Lawns

Building Aloha Lawns

The concept of building a multi-faceted marketplace isn't new. However, I'd like chronicle my journey from building this from absolutely nothing. Yep, I just recently ran rails new alohalawns. The idea is simple, these marketplaces exist already. This isn't complete rocket science. There are just alot of use-cases and components.

Ball is rolling.

It's hard to believe it's been over a month since my last update. I've been hard at work finishing up some small furniture refinishing projects to keep my mind busy. Over the past four weeks alot of progress has been made in regards to the business. Finished up additional web

That feeling when you're about to ship a product

Ahh yeah...sit back, relax and let the customers roll in right after you hit publish. It's always good to reflect on your product. You're likely to have learned and have grown since you began building it however long ago. After I've slowed on development of a web application I

Cards are dealt: 13 days remaining

I have 13 working days remaining at my current employer. In an effort to stick to my plan of building businesses of my own, this is just one of those necessary things that had to happen. I've been dreaming of the day that I could willingly quit the 9-5, in

2015: Year in Review

The good 'ole review post for the past year. Looking back at what my goals were for my previous review and contemplating the future is always energizing to me. Let's take a look at that previous list of goals for 2015 and see what I tried and attempted and what