by David Nelson | Mar 2, 2026 | True Stories
The Emotional Rollercoaster of Entrepreneurship At my first startup, our very first customer was Diageo’s Captain Morgan Spiced Rum. We hit it BIG right out of the gate. After three years, it turned out that this company was the greatest company that never was....
by David Nelson | Jan 9, 2026 | Startup Advice
Economic Development Is Broken—Entrepreneurs Are the Fix The economic development landscape for communities of all sizes is constantly changing, just like the economy itself. Technology continues to evolve, people are more mobile than ever, and a new wave of...
by David Nelson | Dec 31, 2025 | Startup Advice
2025: A Year in Review with an Epic Year Ahead Now that every company seems to have its own version of Spotify Rewind, it’s hard not to reflect on the previous 12 months. As I look back on 2025, it feels less like a single year and more like a lifetime of events. For...
by David Nelson | Oct 13, 2025 | Startup Advice
AI Is Not Killing Software as a Service (SaaS) Everywhere I go online, I see people claiming that SaaS is dead — that AI is going to wipe out the entire business model. There’s a mindset among “vibe coders” (and yes, I’m one of them) that this new freedom to build...
by David Nelson | Sep 24, 2025 | Startup Advice
Time Kills Deals: How I Lost $65,000 When I started my very first company, I was still completing my undergrad at Purdue University. I was going to school full-time and trying to get a mobile app development company off the ground. At this time, the iPhone had just...
