First off, Happy Thanksgiving and hope everyone has a great holiday! Now, time to brag — I absolutely crushed it last week on DraftDay!  I’m a pretty big fantasy fish, so I’m going to milk this one for all it’s worth. I entered the same team into all of my games (hedging is for wimps) [...]

This summer I was fortunate enough to spend a day with my girlfriend and four friends at The Inn at Little Washington cooking with Chef Patrick O’Connell followed by an amazing meal.  It was a truly incredible experience worthy of a trip report! Food & Friends I won this adventure at The Inn through Food [...]

Your web business’ domain name is your first impression with users and potential customers.  The right one can give you instant credibility, succinctly express what your business is all about, or go viral. That said, buying an eye-popping, expensive domain name is far from necessary to start a successful business, and in many cases can [...]

About a year ago I received Tony Hsieh’s book Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose as a gift.  I knew Tony had been involved with the meteoric rise of Zappos.com, but to be honest I wasn’t terribly motivated to read what I figured was a feel-good book about some guy who delivers [...]

One of the best parts about living in Washington, DC is the incredibly diverse and awesome food scene.  I’m always getting requests from friends passing through town asking where they should go, so today I’m going to put together a list of my personal favorite DC restaurants. When my girlfriend and I moved to DC [...]

I’m really excited to be able to announce a project I’ve been working on, DraftDay, is live!  DraftDay is a 100% legal real-money daily fantasy sports site owned and operated by a group of entrepreneurs from the poker industry including Taylor Caby, Andrew Wiggins and more of the team behind CardRunners and Hold’em Manager.  It’s [...]

One year ago, I didn’t know the first thing about the technical aspects of how to create a web site.  Since then, I’ve delved into the world of internet marketing and have at least progressed from clueless to newb!  To start off www.coletsouth.com, I’m going to try to give back and pass on some of [...]

Thanks for visiting my blog!  I’m a twenty-something entrepreneur, poker player, and investor based out of Washington, DC.  I plan on using this blog for my random thoughts on all things business, life, and Washington D.C.  I imagine I will talk some poker as well, but that won’t be the focus.