Back while I was still working, I came across a great website, ChangeThis. I have found this site to be the source of some great reading, including: 1) The Bootstrapper’s Bible, by Seth Godin 2) The Art of the Start (Chapter 1 only) by Guy Kawasaki 3) 100 Ways to Help You Succeed by Tom […]
Entries from November 2006
Accountability Managers
November 29th, 2006 · 4 Comments
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It’s All About Story Telling
November 23rd, 2006 · 1 Comment
Wow, I am on a roll posting today. Something I heard in a presentation skills class that I took a while back was that the best presenters are the ones who tell the best stories. That theme came up again today. Our speaker talked about entrepreneurs and story telling. You need to have a compelling […]
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The Two Most Important Things in Starting a Business
November 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off on The Two Most Important Things in Starting a Business
According to this afternoon’s speaker, the two most important things to define when starting your business are: 1) The Customer 2) Your Value Proposition While this may seem simple, not having a clear definition of these two things is one of the biggest causes of failure for a startup business! Know your customer, and what […]
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MBET Article – How’d I miss this?
November 23rd, 2006 · 1 Comment
Click here for an article from Canadian Business about the MBET program. This is a couple years old, but interesting. I really like the line: “Students say they spend an average of 12 hours a day in their basement classroom. They attend lectures from nine to five and work late into the evening on assignments […]
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Quote of the Day
November 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Quote of the Day
“They say that entrepreneurs never see problems, they only see solutions.”
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The Million Dollar Homepage – Why Didn’t I Think of This?
November 7th, 2006 · Comments Off on The Million Dollar Homepage – Why Didn’t I Think of This?
A couple of months ago someone showed me this website, the Million Dollar Homepage. We are talking about “screen real-estate” in E-Business class, and how the screen can be broken up into different areas, each of which can then be sold to advertisers. I immediately thought of the Million Dollar Homepage – the creator went […]
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Greatest Job Ad Ever
November 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Greatest Job Ad Ever
My friend James just sent me a link to his friend’s blog, and a post titled “Best Job Description Ever”. Check it out here, it’s pretty funny. I’ll have to post job descriptions like that when I’m running a company.
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MBET Practicum Projects
November 2nd, 2006 · 1 Comment
Earlier today, just after we finished writing our law exam (which I think went alright), our practicum project groups were posted. I don’t think I’ve talked about the practicum much yet. This is our major project for the year, the MBET equivalent of a thesis. The general idea is that we get involved in the […]
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October’s over… How about we kick off November with a Law exam?
November 1st, 2006 · 1 Comment
Wow… October’s over. What a wild month. And we’re in the middle of a crazy-busy week. Eight hours of solid class yesterday and today, each with a TON of reading. Made for a rough E-Business class today, since there were a lot of people (myself included) who did not have a chance to read the […]
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