Work At Home Dad - Ty Tribble

Ty Tribble: Work At Home Dad

...and Certified Alarm Clock Killer

I like to occasionally assign myself a new title.  I've been known as Ty Tribble, Husband, Dad and Entrepreneur for a while but I thought Certified Alarm Clock Killer has a nice ring (or no ring!) to it.

To be transparent, I do have an alarm clock and it is used for a handful of occasions:

1. Church - starts at 9AM and we usually serve communion so, can't be late.
2. Golf or Fishing - good reasons to get up early.
3. Travel - I guess I always look for the best deal online when booking travel and sometimes forget how much it sucks getting to the airport at 5AM.

Then there are my kids...love 'em, but they frankly start school before I would like to get up in the morning.

Don't get me wrong, I work hard. Sometimes 12 hours in a day, but I work on my schedule and I don't miss many swim meets, recitals or baseball games.

Life of a Work At Home Dad. If you would like to join me, (as a Work At Home Dad) visit here: Ty Tribble, Job Killer = )

Seth Godin Asks: What Did You Do?

Sometimes you need someone to give you a swift kick in the rear in order to better understand what you are blessed with in today's world. My Uncle Duke used to tell me, "Ty, if you don't get a move-on, I am going to throw my shoe at you...with my foot in it".

Here's a nice wake up from Seth's Blog:

Here's a question that you should clip out and tape to your bathroom mirror. It might save you some angst 15 years from now. The question is, What did you do back when interest rates were at their lowest in 50 years, crime was close to zero, great employees were looking for good jobs, computers made product development and marketing easier than ever, and there was almost no competition for good news about great ideas?

Keep your shoe on, Uncle Duke, I'm movin'.

American Start Up

From Fresh Inc.:

Spike TV, a division of MTV Networks, has announced that it will launch "American Start-Up" next year. The 10-episode reality series, produced by actors and writers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, pits eight young businesses against each other. Each business will be given $50,000 in seed money and will be guided – and scrutinized – by a panel of entrepreneurs, business tycoons and venture capitalists. The grand prize according to the press release announcing the series is a "major investment that will enable them to take their business dream to the next level."

This will be one to watch.