About Me I love ambitiously building companies that make the world a little better. The rest of my time is spent simply enjoying life. This blog is all about the lessons learned and interesting things I find along the way. read moreTumblr (3.0; @carder)http://joncarder.com/ I just got my Kindle Fire last week.  Then I ordered 3 more, one for my roommates birthday and one...http://joncarder.com/post/13505602796http://joncarder.com/post/13505602796Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:04:00 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcny31jfKf1qa21sso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>If you’re wondering why the men of MojoPages look so creepy it’s because of Movember.  Movember is a fairly new movement to help cure men’s cancer by having men grow mustaches in the month of November.  1 in 2 men will get cancer in their life yet there is very little money raised every year to fight it.  Movember is doing for men’s cancer what Susan G. Komen does for women’s cancer.<br/><br/> The concept is simple, grow a mustache and people will ask why you are rocking a creepy mustache, therefore raising awareness and money for cancer. Simple yet effective.  They raised $40M last year and are on track for over $60M this year.  With the money raised last year they identified 24 different kinds of prostate cancer and how aggressive each is.  Which is a critical step to helping develop medication to keep men alive and eventually to find a cure.Here’s a link to donate, today is the last day <a href="http://us.movember.com/mospace/1108438/"><a href="http://us.movember.com/mospace/1108438/">http://us.movember.com/mospace/1108438/</a></a></p>http://joncarder.com/post/1729545288http://joncarder.com/post/1729545288Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:25:00 -0800Today Google is rolling out a new search result design (see screen shot below) that puts business...http://joncarder.com/post/1417456617http://joncarder.com/post/1417456617Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:00:00 -0700“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or...http://joncarder.com/post/1054832042http://joncarder.com/post/1054832042Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:07:21 -0700<iframe width="400" height="240" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sPLoHGhg6UU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>A few words on The Kelsey Conference (a must attend for anyone in the Local Search space) as well as game mechanics.</p>http://joncarder.com/post/730436359http://joncarder.com/post/730436359Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:15:00 -0700Game Mechanics is hot right now because companies like Foursquare.com and Groupons.com are...http://joncarder.com/post/549498751http://joncarder.com/post/549498751Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:17:00 -0700 Thanks to the advent of video on the web content creation is getting more and more niche.  One of...http://joncarder.com/post/424854570http://joncarder.com/post/424854570Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:23:00 -0800 Ever since I saw that magical picture hanging on my cabin wall at summer camp in junior high...http://joncarder.com/post/390105908http://joncarder.com/post/390105908Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:07:00 -0800It’s Friday the 13th, so here are my 13 rules for success. Never give up. In my career I have...http://joncarder.com/post/242741552http://joncarder.com/post/242741552Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:56:00 -0800I spent the weekend at Michael Robertson’s Ranch.  He is one of San Diego’s most...http://joncarder.com/post/228096709http://joncarder.com/post/228096709Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:45:00 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqyczd8gUZ1qa21sso1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqyczd8gUZ1qa21sso2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqyczd8gUZ1qa21sso3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqyczd8gUZ1qa21sso7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqyczd8gUZ1qa21sso8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqyczd8gUZ1qa21sso9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I started my training today to surf a 30 foot wave. It’s one of my “do before I die” goals.  With my current shape I probably couldn’t survive a 20 foot wave hold down but hopefully in the next three months I’ll be ready. The wave I’m chasing down is in Todos Santos, an island off the coast of Ensenada. If the waves don’t kill me the Mexican drug cartel might. Wish me luck. Here are some photos from last season, I’m the wimp on the jetski taking the pictures.</p>http://joncarder.com/post/203557721http://joncarder.com/post/203557721Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:04:00 -0700I just finished reading the book “Referral of a lifetime” by Tim Templeton and Ken...http://joncarder.com/post/202707668http://joncarder.com/post/202707668Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:21:00 -0700I had the good fortune of watching the Padres game from the owners box with Jeff Moorad yesterday. ...http://joncarder.com/post/188069425http://joncarder.com/post/188069425Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:51:00 -0700Jeff Mooradpadres<iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t0QaY5Tv7J0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><b>Amy K. interviews me on San Diego Living. </b></p> <p>We discuss a few lessons learned through my experience as an Entrepreneur.  You can see the video on her site <span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content"><a original-href="http://bit.ly/ll1ag" href="http://bit.ly/ll1ag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><a href="http://bit.ly/ll1ag">http://bit.ly/ll1ag</a></a> </span></span>(along with a bunch of other great Entrepreneurial videos) or just watch it above.</p>http://joncarder.com/post/183994006http://joncarder.com/post/183994006Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:47:35 -0700Shouldn’t entrepreneurs try many different opportunities so if one fails the other ones might...http://joncarder.com/post/179801008http://joncarder.com/post/179801008Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:54:00 -0700entrepreneur lessonsYou can see trends for posts, followers and friends (following). TwitterCounterhttp://joncarder.com/post/179054795http://joncarder.com/post/179054795Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:16:00 -0700Twitter StatsOur company is using Yammer (it’s like a private twitter/facebook for your office) for...http://joncarder.com/post/178915714http://joncarder.com/post/178915714Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:37:00 -0700Company CultureReal-time collaboration