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Great Presentation: Baratunde Thurston – There’s a #Hashtag for That

December 10th, 2009 · Comments · Entrepreneur, Ideas

I’m a little late with getting this up but better late then never!
I was at the web 2.0 expo a couple weeks ago in NYC and saw this great presentation by Baratunde Thurston called There’s a #Hashtag for That
It is not only informative and gives you some things to think about especially in the world [...]

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Get Up To 10 Million Dollars From Google

October 6th, 2008 · Comments · Ideas, Tools

Project 10 to the 100th: May those who help the most win

Submission deadline is October 20th.
Google will be awarding up to 5 ideas that are chosen by an advisory board.
Check out the site. Project 10 to the 100th
How can you change the world?

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Version 1.0

September 2nd, 2008 · Comments · Entrepreneur, Ideas, Motivation

Look Familiar?

Remember the days of Netscape? How about Napster? I’m sure you remember but that’s about it. Those once thriving and ground breaking programs are all but a memory today. Since then just think about how many web browsers have come and gone or how many file sharing programs have passed through. Somebody realized [...]

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What’s Your Favorite Place to Brainstorm?

August 25th, 2008 · Comments · Ideas

I think is a simple but useful question. I know my answer would be outside at night with decent weather of course.  I’m not sure why but that environment just allows me to think clearly and I find that most of my ideas come when I’m in a situation like that.
I think its important to [...]

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You Have An Idea. Now What?

August 17th, 2008 · Comments · Advice, Entrepreneur, Ideas, Motivation

So many ideas go to waste because people simple don’t know how to move forward when they have one.  Even more ideas become failures because people don’t properly move forward with their idea. Hopefully these few steps can help you take your idea from a piece of paper to reality.1. Find out if your potential [...]

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Where Do You Go For Advice On Your Ideas?

August 14th, 2008 · Comments · Entrepreneur, Ideas, MindFrenzy

My first reaction to this is a simple one, friends.  However I realized that there isn’t really another place I can go for advice.  Sure family isn’t a bad option but all to often they don’t have the right mindset.  What fellow entrepreneurs see as creative/fresh, family will see as odd/risky.
Don’t get me wrong, going [...]

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#1 Reason People Build Inferior Startups

July 30th, 2008 · Comments · Advice, Business, Entrepreneur, Ideas

I read this great post the other day called How to Build an Inferior Startup.
It’s a funny but true story about the path most people take when trying to start a website.  Many people think its a breeze to build a startup especially with the Internet today. All you need is one big blogger [...]

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Success or Failure?

July 28th, 2008 · Comments · Advice, Business, Entrepreneur, Ideas, Motivation

How do you measure your success or failure on a project?
Is it a failure if it doesn’t make you rich or you don’t make it to CNN? Maybe it’s a failure if you don’t get at least 1 visitor to your website?
Everyone has different levels that they expect to achieve.  Some word of advice is [...]

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What Happened To The 1st Idea You Ever Went After?

July 25th, 2008 · Comments · Entrepreneur, Ideas

This is an interesting question because I hope to see an array of answers.  Hopefully some successes but also some failures.  If your first idea failed I actually really encourage you to leave a comment about it because maybe we can figure out why and learn what went wrong. It’s also pretty common for a [...]

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What’s Your Greatest Fear When Pursuing An Idea?

July 24th, 2008 · Comments · Entrepreneur, Ideas, MindFrenzy

Now I think most responses to this would be failure.  However when I thought about it I don’t think that would be my answer.  For myself I think rejection is my biggest fear when pursuing an idea.  It’s not that look strangers give you when you tell them your idea but when you get it [...]

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