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Meeting Strangers: How to Prepare for an Effective Cold Meeting
Ever been nervous meeting a stranger? Nerve no more! Impressing a stranger on first encounter can literally change your life. Interviews are a good example. Others include sales pitches, freelance consultations, partnership and supplier agreements and even dates. They’re a necessity in life. So why not get good? Here are some tips to get you…
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Start-up idea: Marketplace for mechanics to help buyers purchase used cars
I am thinking about a marketplace that would help buyers who know nothing about cars evaluate if a second hand car is a good buy or not. You could create a profile and post the 3-4 cars you are considering. Post details of their make, model, price and pictures or a video of the car…
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Vitoto Officially Shutting Down
2012 – San Francisco… Vitoto was a failure. It feels good to say that. There has been an air of uncertainty around the state of the company for the last few weeks, its nice to make a decision. Firstly, I am proud of myself for taking the shot. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”—…
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Abstract Job Hunting – Using Google Adwords to land your Dream Job
As an ex recruiter I know a thing or two about how to get a job. I’ve seen a whole bunch of crazy techniques people have used to land themselves their dream job. Some pretty cool, like creative web-pages, some completly idiotic like calling everyday saying “I have job”. I came across this video the…
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Mexican Story – Four Hour Work Week
This story kicks ass. Its from the Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss. I don’t think the lifestyle is for me I’d probably get bored, but the story has stuck with me. The perspective is the complete opposite to my capitalist mindset so I like to think it brings me closer to the middle…
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Start-Up Idea: TailSearch – Search for Retail Stores
One liner: TailSearch: Search for retail stores. User experience: iPad / Touchscreen TV positioned at front and around the store with a search bar / filters to filter down all items in the store. There is a real-time map of the store with all the items in the store, and as you filter down, they…
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Long SaaS Ramp of Death
Posting this here to remind me to watch it again. Amazing story from the CEO of Constant Contact.
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The Most Important Rule in Business
Everything you do in your business is a process. From customer service to sales and marketing. Being successful in business is all about optimizing these processes as much as possible. Optimization is such an important area of business, but this critical area is often overlooked by business owners and CEOs amidst cries of “I’m too…
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4 Reasons Why you Must Document your Business
This was originally a guest post I wrote on The Productivity Blog Bad process documentation can kill your business dead. Here’s how: 1. Quality of Work Documenting your processes is proven to improve quality of work. Dr. Atul Gawande in his bestseller, the Checklist Manifesto, presents facts that show using checklists in surgery has significantly…
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Product Idea: Hairdresser Poncho with a Clear Window for Phone/Magazines
So I went to the hairdresser today and… you can probably guess the rest from the post title. I wanted to use my phone while getting a haircut and started to think why there was no clear window in the poncho so I could use my phone without getting hair all over it. This kind…