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  • Listening to your gut could save your ass

    Listening to your gut could save your ass

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    For better or for worse, I make a lot of my decision based off of gut feeling. There are times when you’re making the wrong decision and you can feel it in your gut. You read all the facts, hypothesis, reviews, and hear all the feedback. Can you think back to when you should have listened to your…

  • 55 Actions you can’t afford to stop or start in 2012

    55 Actions you can’t afford to stop or start in 2012

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    You can’t afford: To stop… 1. Caring. 2. Innovating. 3. Focusing on delivery. 4. Understanding the real problems. 5. Producing quality work. 6. Shipping. 7. Listening. 8. Being passionate. 9. Working hard. 10. Failing. 11. Succeeding. 12. Networking. 13. Getting leaner. 14. Sharing. 15. Creating. 16. Thinking. 17. Talking. 18. Dominating. 19. Growing. 20. Teaching.…

  • We Are The 99% (Of Startups)

    We Are The 99% (Of Startups)

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    For the last year I’ve been running a company while building a software as a service product within the same ecosystem. I listen to interviews on Mixergy and ThisWeekIn Startups that inspire me, educate me, and piss me off. Why? Because it seems that only the 1% in Silicon Valley are really going to make…

  • The Free Fall Of A Startup Entrepreneur

    The Free Fall Of A Startup Entrepreneur

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    You know the dream where you’re free falling from the the sky? Your whole body weightless as gravity pushes you to the earth. A massive knot in your stomach wrenching in fear. Panic sets in as you scramble for the parachute. Grasping and tugging at your vest to find the right one. There is no…

  • Google Analytics Slams SEO. Hides Organic Keywords.

    Google Analytics Slams SEO. Hides Organic Keywords.

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    Uh, what the hell? So in an effort to make search more secure, Google is really dropping a bomb on SEO. As internet entrepreneurs we really live and die by our Google Analytics reports. We want to track the keywords people use to find us and the referring websites that sent them here. We all…

  • I Am The Next Steve Jobs

    I Am The Next Steve Jobs

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    I am the next Steve Jobs. You are the next Steve Jobs. If it’s one thing Jobs would not want – it’s finding the next Steve Jobs. He didn’t live his life in the shadow or footsteps of someone else. He lived it the way he wanted to live it. Created what he wanted to…

  • Find Your Social Media Voice

    Find Your Social Media Voice

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    The famous question: Are you using social media correctly? Everyday we’re learning how to use social media in various ways that drive results, connect with people, and build our business. Some of us are looking for a recipie for success and others are looking to take in small chunks at a time. Some will tell…

  • UPDATE: How-to Earn A Customer For Life

    UPDATE: How-to Earn A Customer For Life

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    UPDATE: What I left out from this story was a not so stellar experience I had with a third party vendor at the mansion. After I wrote this, I notified Sandy at the mansion and told her of my pleasant experience with the stay but not the vendor. She immediately apologized and escalated it to Rick the…

  • How To Turn On The New Facebook Timeline Profile

    How To Turn On The New Facebook Timeline Profile

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    The internet is going wild over the news coming out of Facebook: F8 Developer Conference. Love it or hate it, your profile is about to change to the new Timeline layout. It seems like year after year when Zuckerberg changes something everyone is up in arms. This time is no different. I never thought I…