I have a 3G - Firmware- 05.11.07 with OS-3.1

It is ALREADY Jail-broken and Unlocked-

How do I UPGRADE to 4.1

I found the below IPSW file from http://www.iclarified.com/ but since it is already Jailbroken I am unclear if I should use redsnow or what to do------iPhone1,2_4.1_8B117_Restore.ipsw

Thanks!

Thanks a gazillion!
I do need to unlock as I am giving this phone away to a buddy of mine in a different country.
I just thought I would get it all setup for him.

I have a 3G - Firmware- 05.11.07 with OS-3.1

I guess that if I plug it into Itunes it will update the Firmware to something that would not be Jail-breakable.

What is the best way to update to 4.1 with a Jail-breakable Firmware?

Thanks

I run a development per-ticket service that in Jan 2010 alone has generated $340,035 in sales.

We specialize in Android, iPhone and general Open Source web apps.

We have a Chinese based office and have the rent pre-paid for 2 years.
We want to grow to 200+ developers in 2010 which will bring total sales within $15 - $20 Million.

More coders is directly related to profit.

We have a full business plan which includes a growth strategy for the next 3 years. Based on current numbers we conservatively estimate sales to exceed $100 million by 2013

Unfortunately were a California S-Corp based out of San Francisco. My self (CEO) and my main partner (COO) live most of the time in Asia.

We actually plan to officially search for VC partners in April 2010. We will have more than $1 million in sales in the first 4 months of 2010 and a impressive software system, team and business plan. Our main goal is to find a "partner" who can help provide CFO knowledge and bring some cash to the table.

We would be willing to fly to Boston once in a while :-) But since our main office is on a tropical island in the South of China I bet the investors would prefer to chill in our neighborhood :-)

We are also interested in other creative financing methods if someone has really good credit and assets. We can leverage our receivables to obtain funding.

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I know.....i know.....
Fishing.....for Tuna on blogs is not cool :-)
Its a wild hair!

Cool post!

You see this alot in the Bay Area. If it were not for my family and friends over the years helping me to live the life of an entrepreneur then I would not be where im at today. It truly is atmosphere and local culture. In many parts of the world and even USA people are encouraged to get a "job" and rarely do we see a culture motivated to help entrepreneurs.

That party looks fun!

One thing I don't like about the life of an entrepreneur is I don't get excited about much these days. I get excited after the check is in the bank :-) Too many broken deals and the days before a big deal has a stress buildup that forces you to relax.

On second thought.....I get excited seeing others happy. Especially seeing children experience something exciting for the first time.....that is fun :-)

What I will never lose is passion, that I can be sure of.....

Bubble party...hmmm never did that :-)

Hi Brad-

Pincus runs a development company for the most part and while in the USA the CEO idea might seem cool in Asia as a whole it does not work.

Regardless of the term I think titles are important. But what also is important is stock shares and cash incentives. What motivates people is knowing they are earning good money and are building a future.

I think that many people do not really understand the responsibility that comes with the job title CEO. If someone is CEO then they should and would be expected to work long hours, stay up all night if needed, manage jobs and projects that maybe they do not fully understand but are willing to go the distance to figure it out.

Perhaps this terminology is part of an effort to manipulate workers. Lets break it down to its core. The real CEO wants people to take on roles in their job to help make the company successful. Giving workers a pep talk is part of the manipulation and giving titles is certainly part of this thinking.

As I mentioned in Fred Wilson's blog http://bit.ly/9nPASq my company earns money from completed work in a development ticket system. The more workers in a month the more income I make. So if calling someone a CEO makes them work better so that I can earn more billable hours of income then lets call "team-managers" - CEO's. In my company or at least in my experience having power in Asia is important.

I think it comes down to results - A.K.A. - Output.

We are building many new companies per year so as the super-stars in my organization rise to the top pf the pile then I would like to make them CEO of a new company. But if I have 10+ development teams each with 12+ developers using this CEO thinking I would have 10+ CEO's. Plus if I own 30+ corporations then I need a CEO for each corporation. We are nearing 60 CEO's quickly and once these individual companies get 20+ staff members in at least 25% of the companies then I have nearly 100 CEO's. I think Manager as a title works just fine :-)

So what is the top guy who runs the company called?

Maybe this is an American thing.......seems to not work for me.

What types of business does this work for?

Regards - Lawson

This is a test

Brad and readers what do you think about this method?

First Im a developer/ entrepreneur and not really super crafty with finance.

Buy a 5-10 yr old shell company with good credit. Bring on an Investor with good credit and some convertible assets. Then using a combination of accounts receivables and the investors credit we obtain $1+ million credit line. Using our monthly receivables we pay the monthly loan payment.

I realize the loan interest could grow steeply and add issues. I also understand if we hiccup wrong we can screw the pooch. The nice thing is with the growth funds we can hire the needed staff to pay off the loan and grow the company.

We are running a private-beta "per task" (ticket system) development service for Open Source technologies and iPhone/Android App development. Currently we are booked solid for more than 3000+ hrs a month. We could take 10,000+ if we had the staff. We plan to officially launch in March 2010 after the Chinese New Year as most of our employees are based in China.

We have had difficulty finding the right Investor because all of our staff is in China. We hire coders at around $500 - $1500 a month so our main overhead is the 30+ day training period where we cannot put the developers to work. Our goal is to grow to 200 developers by 2011 which would put our receivables at about 2 million a month.

At the same time we are making regular income we are also building new internal startups that all have recurring monthly subscription income. A few even have patents. We started 5 this year. We are trying to grow 10 or more new startups per yr. Having a large development team we can quickly grow.

I went on a spin-off tangent. My main question is do you think obtaining a loan is a viable method for growing a company? Or do you think it is too risky?

How about saying "A company I am a minority partner in....." and in that same conversation you could say "My company".

Since 1994 I have been starting-up internet companies and I make it a point to be clear with my investors that their role is to provide funding. My role (and other partners) is to operate the company. In my first few companies I would have investors waking me at 8am (after I worked all night until 5am) asking why I was not at the office, etc. This would make me very angry and frustrated but over time I learned how to set the boundaries.

In short it seems the issue might stem from the founders. Of course it is a two way street but it is important to set boundaries as founding partners.