Soapbox Confessional

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About

I'm Tyler: Entrepreneur, geek, free thinker, bringer of chaos (but not carnage).

I live on the beach on Vancouver Island, where life is wonderful and continues to improve.

It grows on trees!

Posted June 25, 2008

Fall, 1999.

"That's all for today. Have a great evening!"

I rushed out of the symphony practice room and carelessly dropped my violin into its case, simultaneously fetching a shiny new cell phone from my pocket. I didn't have the number on speed dial; I didn't need it. I'd dialed this number at l…

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All About The Benjamins

Posted June 12, 2008

Oh no!

For a few fleeting moments, I stared at the sidewalk, wishing my day was just a bad dream and idly wondering if I might wake up. Then I snapped back to reality: there was $10,000 in cash, coins, and checks fluttering around the parking lot, and if I didn't corner it all and get it safely tuc…

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Business 1.0

Posted April 23, 2008

My sister and I started a web design company when we were 16 and 15 years old, respectively. Our entrepreneurial instincts, however, began manifesting themselves quite a bit earlier.

The setting was our semi-rural home in Calhoun, Georgia. Three bedrooms, three acres, three miles from Dad's office. …

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