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Don’t complain about the problem. Don’t simply be the voice who just reports the problem. Don’t be the guy who consistently talks about all that’s wrong and bemoans…
Continue readingOur Next Venture: Helping People Get a Blog
If you’ve followed my blog for any amount of time, you know for the last two years I’ve invested the bulk of my professional life in blogging, helping…
Continue readingKnow, Like, Trust: My New Emphasis on ‘Like’
I got introduced to the concept of “Know, Like, and Trust” concept of marketing a while back … and it’s slowly starting to sink in for me bit…
Continue readingOn Hitting Home Runs
A while back my buddy Chris Forbes and I were talking about some “successful” people, those in particular fields who everyone looks up to as “having made it,”…
Continue readingThe Perfect Upsell: iTunes Recommends Music
Businesses are always trying to find the upsell … They, we, me realize that when a customer makes a purchase … a first purchase, or any purchase, that’s…
Continue readingJust Three Years to An Overnight Success
Seth’s post on Building an Albatross is so true, although I really hate to admit it. This quote hits it perfectly: “It takes three years to be an…
Continue readingTurning Boring Products into Incredibles One
So today, I saw an ad on ESPN for Fathead, a wall-sized vinyl graphics of your favorite sports team (plus a whole lot more), and decided to check…
Continue readingMost Great Businesses Never Get Started
I’m convinced of that … Here’s why I think most great business ideas never get launched: Money – This is probably the most obvious. But I was fortunate…
Continue readingWhy Founders Don’t Like to Give Up Customer Service
I read an interview recently with Craig Newmark, founder of CraigsList, and he mentioned that on a day-to-day basis he still does customer service, in fact, I think…
Continue readingOn Business Blindspots
One of the great advantages I’ve had in my first year of building my first company was two partners, then eventually a team of people around me, to…
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