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Are you an Early or Late Riser?

June 12th, 2009 · Comments · Business, Entrepreneur

Found this cool post over at The GrowingLife.com titled:
Healthy, Wealthy, and DEAD?: 5 Reasons Why Getting Up Early Might be Harmful
Anyone that knows me knows that I am a late riser! But this also goes hand in hand with staying up late. I would say I get about %75 of my real creative and productive [...]

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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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1 Winning and 1 Losing Price Strategy

February 13th, 2009 · Comments · Business, Marketing

Winning:
Last month I was on Thayer St. in Providence Rhode Island with a couple friends and stopped into a restaurant called Kabob and Curry. At first it was just your average place to grab a quick bite. But then we realized all these weird prices $7.16, $8.54 and so on. Really strange had no idea [...]

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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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Why Haven’t You Started a Blog for Your Small Business?

October 22nd, 2008 · Comments · Advice, Blogging, Business, Entrepreneur, Motivation

It really amazes me how many small businesses don’t have blogs. In today’s world they are such a critical tool when trying to reach out to new and old customers.
Now I realize that part of this reason is that some people still don’t know what a blog is let alone how to make one. But [...]

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Seth Godin’s “Remarkable” Launch of Tribes

October 15th, 2008 · Comments · Blogging, Entrepreneur, Marketing, Tools

Seth Godin just released a new book called Tribes. The book talks about leading tribes and who is doing it. I wanted to make a post about how Seth launched the book because it really shows why he is such a revered marketer and why all of his work reaches the highest levels. Now normally [...]

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4 Ways Elance.com Can Help Any Business

July 26th, 2008 · Comments · Advice, Business, Entrepreneur

1. Virtual Assistant
- Get someone to take care of all those little things you hate dealing with on a daily basis.  Have them make your phone calls, send emails, do research, edit your blog/website, and anything else you can imagine.  All you do is make a post and explain what you want done and you [...]

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11 Steps to Pick the Right Business Partner

July 23rd, 2008 · Comments · Advice, Business, Entrepreneur

Running your own business is tough in the first place but doing it with the wrong people can make it near impossible.
Right now I am involved in a few start-ups and I am slowly learning the do’s and dont’s of handling a business.  The one thing I have done right is associate myself with the [...]

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3 Fears an Entrepreneur Needs

July 22nd, 2008 · Comments · Advice, Business, Entrepreneur, Motivation

1. Fear of going broke
One of the biggest things that holds people back from starting a business is money. You here all the time “if I just had a little more money I could start my business.”  What most people don’t realize is its that fear that makes a business succeed.  If you don’t have [...]

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10 Insights From Working at Google

July 19th, 2008 · Comments · Business

It will soon be a year of working at Google and milestones are always a good time for introspection.
I have a lot on my mind but there was one thing in particular that I wanted to share with you all:
What it is has been like working at Google.
Interesting, fun, surprising, insightful, inspiring, impactful, and more [...]

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