MindFrenzy

Motivation and Tools for Entrepreneurs

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Entrepreneurs: Mix Up Your Schedule to Stay on Your Game

July 16th, 2009 · Comments · Advice, Entrepreneur

Something that really bothers me is that many days I find myself falling into a 9-5 schedule. I can’t really say its a bad or good thing but I mixed it up today and damn I feel refreshed.
Today I went to the gym at 2PM right in the middle of the day and I got [...]

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Launch. Listen. Revise. Repeat.

May 18th, 2009 · Comments · Advice, Entrepreneur

Recently did a Post over at Corp Magazine. Here’s the intro click through to read the rest.
As I have entered this crazy world of entrepreneurship, I have noticed a few key things that have kept my ventures moving forward. Launch, Learn, Revise, and Repeat. Seems so simple, but this process is what will make any [...]

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Advantages and Disadvantages: Freelance Designer, Design Agency and Online Logo Design Company

May 5th, 2009 · Comments · Advice, Business, Entrepreneur

Guest post from Ben Johnson of Logoinn.com —- custom logo design

Logo designing is the first activity any new business takes on to launch a brand image. Over the years, businesses have spent a lot to get unique identities which describe their nature of business, their goals and objectives. For that, they consulted different design agencies [...]

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Starting a Business is Easy

March 12th, 2009 · Comments · Advice, Business, Entrepreneur

Wait. Starting a business is easy? Yes it is.
But Can You Scale It?
Anyone can go out there and start a business. All that really means is you made a decision to sell something. You don’t even have to incorporate anything in the beginning if you don’t want to.
- It’s easy to start a clothing line [...]

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Make Kick Ass Titles

March 2nd, 2009 · Comments · Advice, Blogging, Marketing

How much time do you spend when making a title for your blog posts? If your like me well probably not that much. I have always assumed that my content will triumph and that’s what I want to focus on. Recently I have realized just the opposite.
Title is EVERYTHING!
Why?
- When I go to a [...]

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Using the Right Username in Social Media

February 6th, 2009 · Comments · Advice, Networking

Your user-name in the virtual world is everything. It’s the first thing people see on any of your accounts and its what will come up when people are searching for you. It NEEDS to be thought out.
I ran into this problem today when I decided to switch my twitter name from @jotoole4 to @JaredOToole. Now [...]

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Is Lifecasting For You?

January 15th, 2009 · Comments · Advice, Entrepreneur, Tools

One of the new crazes in the web is lifecasting. The Wikipedia definition is a continual broadcast of events in a person’s life through digital media. Gary Vaynerchuk uses ustream.tv all the time to connect with his fans. Check out his livestream. And follow him on twitter to find out when hes going on @garyvee.

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Getting Out of that Comfort Zone

January 9th, 2009 · Comments · Advice, Business, Entrepreneur

One of the key things to staying creative and moving your business forward is to keep pushing yourself to the edge.
You never want to fall into the “okay” zone as Seth Godin mentions in one of his posts Is Everything okay
What “okay” means in…
Weather – calm before the storm
Sports – less effort in practice – [...]

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Entrepreneurs…Don’t Get a Job Right Out of College

January 7th, 2009 · Comments · Advice, Entrepreneur

A big question I get asked a lot – I want to start my own business or I have started my own business but should I get a job after college because I know it will take awhile to get my stuff off the ground?
Now I have experienced this exact situation so far and I [...]

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Stop the Automated Messages on Twitter

January 5th, 2009 · Comments · Advice, Networking

I have been using twitter for about 7 months now. I love the service, I literally spend all day monitoring what’s going on in the tweetosphere. Not only is there such a tremendous amount of information and breaking news but there is such an opportunity to connect with people. Over the past couple months there [...]

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