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Technology is advancing at such a rate that the barriers to entry for so many industries are dropping to a point where they are nearly negligible. What does this mean? It means that anyone with a good idea and the balls to actually go for something big (or just the time and talent to go [...]

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Blockbuster Video going claiming bankruptcy makes complete sense to me. I mean, have you been in a Blockbuster lately? Seriously, have you? Even better, do you know anyone that goes to Blockbuster? I’ll admit, back in the day, I used to go to Blockbuster. Hell, I believe I still have a membership there. I used [...]

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Be patient, stay creative, and run your operation with bare-bones resources. It’s a all possible believe it or not! Three topics, seemingly unrelated, yet all quite relevant to any entrepreneur or business. Taken individually, they all make sense. Put them together and you’ve got a great recipe for success. First, let’s discuss creativity. When I [...]

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If you want to thrive in this world, you must never rest on your laurels and do NOT become complacent with what you are doing. Complacency can be seen as laziness by some. To others, it’s just a sign that you really don’t want to better yourself or your situation. You can use this advice [...]

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Samsung has a great mobile strategy…you’ve got to admit that. While some phone manufacturers are getting all nutty with their carrier exclusivity deals (so freaking’ annoying…come on people!) Samsung is spreading their love all around. Granted, they have their “exclusive” phones but they don’t create just one phone (a la just one iPhone from Apple [...]

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Hit your reset button and keep fresh. Your body needs it just as our computers can use a good reset every now and then. Quick random side note: I just finished putting a post up at WaxPorhetoric.com talking about keeping your eyes and mind open to new opportunities. I feel this is quite relevant in [...]

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We’ve all heard that the United States is the land of opportunity. Is that still true? Seems to me that we’re in one hell of a recession right now. Is it still possible to create something and make an amazing fortune like the Rockefeller, Carnegie, Ford, Vanderbilt? Perhaps we should ask Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, [...]

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Having the ability to laugh at yourself can help you in your business ventures, be it an entrepreneurial venture or any other venture in business no matter what the task is. It’s true. Even the entrepreneur, I know this to be true. Having also applied this while working for other people I know it has [...]

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So there I was feeling irked that I still had to use Android 1.5 on my Samsung Moment. Sprint had said there would be an update a while ago and then the deadline got pushed. Watching new phones come out with 2.0, 2.1…frustrating I tell you. Plus the WWDC was going on today and everyone [...]

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The iPad is out and there are plenty of nay-sayers out there bemoaning the fact it doesn’t do this or it doesn’t have that. Many predict that this will be the product that sinks Apple’s boat (how they figure that is beyond me. Isn’t Apple now worth more than Wal-Mart?) and have a whole slew [...]

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