I have always had the utmost respect for the law and I know enough to keep myself out of trouble. Besides this basic information, I don’t know much about the practice of law. I was approached by a gentleman lawyer, Shawn Roberts, with a problem and we put our heads together and came up with the simplest solution possible to prove that we had a solution. From that point on we started to iterate and add features to the idea. The idea changed to a tool then to a product. We recruited beta testers and continued to iterate. Finally we reached a point of what we felt was minimal product viability, plus all the testers loved it!

Shawn and I are both proud to announce the launch of our joint venture, Legalized Software. Please take a few moments and check it out. If you know a lawyer practicing in Oklahoma please spread the word to them.

I learned many new lessons with this project and I look forward to many more. I plan to post a few of these lessons here.

A few weeks ago I was on a panel at the okcCoCo for Global Entrepreneurship Week.

Moderator: Derrick Parkhurst, okcCoCo

I have not watched it yet. From what I remember, it was pretty good.

Marks Blog Post

*my comments
I love to play computer games. I enjoyed several semesters of solid gaming while in college. Several years ago I decided to cut back on my gaming time because there were too many other things I want to do, especially in business. To me business and life are a game. One of several goals I have is to get back to the point where I feel I have the free time to game. Occasionally I have fallen off the wagon and I spend serious time gaming. I don’t own a PS3 or an Xbox for this reason. Since I have cut out gaming other distractions of popped up……TV….nuff said.

Mark Takes the idea of business as a sport to a whole other level. I would venture to say that his mentality of approaching the game of business is largely responsible for his success. Reading his post reenergized me to refocus on my game of business. I plan to reread this post daily this week to make sure that I am motivated to play the game of life the way I want to play it.

Recently, a friend of mine and I have decided to start publicly encouraging each other to focus on our goals. You can find Patrick’s blog here. Drop by and give him some encouragement.

Fear not, a post on taking time to stop and smell the Roses is already in the works. It is all about balance … people.

At Openbeta3, I gave a presentation on doing a web-based startup in Oklahoma City. We had 5 minutes and 20 slides, one every 15 seconds. This was my first talk in this format. It was a bit rough, but fun.

This video gives a bit of insight to a well established company and how they got to their current condition. I think it is a good history lesson on Digg.com.

I have always enjoyed this video. This is pure motivation for Entrepunership. He summarizes his book “The Art of the Start.” It is almost 40 minutes, but so worth it. Maybe someday I will actual read this book. The topic is geared more towads tech companies, but it can apply to any business.

Read more: Guy’s blog post

Very interesting pilot from Kevin Rose and Tim Ferriss. They talk about startups, naming a company, and angel investors. I hope they continue to produce these chats.