leadership
integrity
Integrity will usually cost you something in the short term, but will always pay off in the long term. Business, relationships, life, everywhere.
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entrepreneurship
Fyi — You Are Probably an Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur… It’s honestly one of my favorite words. There’s something so empowering and liberating about it – a label and a title that affords the wearer freedom and creativity in business… What I DON’T like about the word is the sense of exclusivity around it, like it’s
data-privacy
What Is Disposable Email and Why Do I Care
One of the complaints I hear ALL THE TIME goes something like this… Ugh, I have so much SPAM in my inbox… Even with filtering I still spend about half my time sorting through it all… How’d did all these people even get my email in the first place?
risk-management
Credit Card Security — Silo Your Risk
This is how you need to think when it comes to credit card fraud: I am going to get pwned one day. What measures can I put in place to proactively minimize the damage? You’ll quickly find out that having your card defrauded is not the end of the
data-privacy
On LinkedIn and Privacy
On my personal Twitter, I’ll follow just about anyone and let most people follow me. Twitter is about common interest. On my Facebook profile I’m a little more cautious about who I’ll allow to see my information, but am still reasonably open. Facebook is about relationship. LinkedIn
entrepreneurship
3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Start Up
1. What am I passionate about? 2. What am I really really really good at (another way to ask this – “What could I be the best in the world at?” 3. What types of people do I enjoy connecting with most? You’ll be tempted to ramble, so try to
how-to
Submit Your Site to 70+ Search Engines
http://www.submitexpress.com/free-submission.html If you’ve started a website or a blog you need to tell the world its there. The slow way is to wait for the search engines to come a find you. The quicker way is to submit your site. A free service that
entrepreneurship
Goals for 2011
Here is the working list of goals for 2011… As is my custom there are only 5 goals, and they are more “set of the sail” type goals then your classic S.M.A.R.T goals. 1. Be the kind of Dad who can raise an whole, healthy, and
entrepreneurship
Taking down a plagiarist
I had a guy steal a bunch of copy from the Tall Poppy Group Facebook Fan page recently. Pretty blatantly too – he made no effort to spin it, mix it up, or try to conceal it – much less actually customize it to make it suit his own business. On one
business-strategy
Skype Outage and Lessons on Bcp
As I post this, Skype is still down globally. There’s little doubt that Skype is the largest player in the VOIP and Internet chat communications market globally – 6.8 billion billed minutes in the first half of 2010 alone… 0.57% of the worlds Internet traffic is Skype traffic.
opinion
Your Marketing Person Is a Noob
Here’s how to tell if your Internet Marketing guy is a noob… I can’t get over how often I see this – Even from companies that are reputable. 1. If your marketing guy is charging you to optimize for your company name, he’s a noob (unless you company
entrepreneurship
The 4 Minute Business Plan
OK, I admit it, I wrote the title like that just to suck you in… The truth is that 99% of entrepreneurs hate business plans. Unfortunately for us it’s also true that 99% of ANYONE who would ever even THINK to give or lend us money will expect to