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Myths from the 4 Hour Work Week

Anyone who knows me, or has read more than a few posts on this blog, will know that I love Timothy Ferriss‘ book “The 4 Hour

31 Mar 2010 · 3 min read
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What Makes a Good product?

For my money, a good business idea needs the following: 1. A problem (a.k.a. a need) 2. For that problem to be common enough

29 Mar 2010 · 1 min read
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The work/job/life Balance – an Idea on Enforcing Boundaries

One of the challenges us “part-time” entrepreneurs face is the creep of our “5 to 9″ (i.e. the side-projects) into our “9 to

22 Mar 2010 · 2 min read
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Outsourcing — When to Remove Yourself from Your Own Life

This is an interesting way of looking at it… I’ll use hypothetical numbers for the illustration. This post is aimed at those thinking in terms

20 Mar 2010 · 2 min read
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Have Idea — Will Work for Equity

I’ve been meeting up with some very cool people of late. One person in particular got me to thinking about the idea of venture capital

17 Mar 2010 · 1 min read
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Start something. today.

My dad has a saying that I love: “You can’t steer a parked car” You sort of can… turning the wheel is a bit harder…

17 Mar 2010 · 1 min read
Building

Juggling Dual Roles

This is one of my favourite blogs… This post talks about some of the things one needs to consider when working a part-time “on the

16 Mar 2010 · 1 min read
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Have idea. Will Work for equity.

I’ve been meeting up with some very cool people of late. One person in particular got me to thinking about the idea of venture capital

08 Mar 2010 · 1 min read
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Life Is Learning

The single greatest personal skill in business is the ability to learn. The second greatest personal skill in business is to be able to adapt and

06 Mar 2010 · 1 min read
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Outsourcing My Life — Week 1

I mentioned in this post about getting a concierge service, delivered through a flat fee, through my credit card provider. Here’s an update on some

25 Feb 2010 · 1 min read
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Outsourcing — Thinking Outside the Box

I love the book “The 4-hour Work Week”. A mate of mine just posted in his blog about the beginnings of his adventures in outsourcing,

13 Feb 2010 · 2 min read
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Bold When Others Are Cautious

I’ve probably spent too much time watching the stock exchange and the forex market over the past few days… What’s happening in the world

29 Jan 2010 · 2 min read