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Congress Wants to Unplug the Internet with SOPA and PIPA

Posted by on Jan 12, 2012 in Biz, Blog, internet, open source, politics, tech | 0 comments

Next week, congress will vote on SOPA (House version) and PIPA (Senate version).  Both SOPA and PIPA will break both the Internet and your...

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How to Predict the Future

Posted by on Sep 15, 2011 in Blog, startups | 0 comments

Trying to accurately predict the future is hard to do. Most who try their crystal ball do so get it so totally wrong that it's embarrassing. Some people perpetually get it right, like Steve Jobs. What's the difference? The people who are wrong are on the outside looking in. The people who get it right are cheating. Don't believe me? Here's what Alan Kay (one of the people who your grandkids will learn about in American History and tell you about) has to say:

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Why the B2B Sales Model is Broken

Posted by on Sep 13, 2011 in Blog, marketing | 0 comments

I spent the last week in Portland at Djangocon, which is a conference for people who are making really cool web apps with a toolkit called Django. I haven't been surrounded by as many really, really smart people since Nuclear Power School in the US Navy. One of the presenters, Brad Fitzpatrick, casually mentioned his disdain for dealing with

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Putting Steve Jobs Career In Perspective

Posted by on Aug 26, 2011 in Biz | 0 comments

Most CEOs are managers. While they may navagate stormy seas and participate in epic battles with competition, their place in history is a...

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Three Ways to Deal With Pressure

Posted by on Jul 18, 2011 in Biz, Blog | 0 comments

It doesn't matter if it's athletics, work, business, legal, or even your love life. Your greatest moments were preceded by pressure. It's funny how quickly people forget that pressure is usually a symptom of opportunity.

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The LinkedIn Secret – Part 1

Posted by on Jul 8, 2011 in Blog, linkedin, marketing | 0 comments

I get nearly all of my business from LinkedIn. I figure since others have helped me learn to use LinkedIn for free, I’ll skip...

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