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Here’s a fresh challenge for a lovely Wednesday afternoon… I don’t know about you, but I get sent a lot of marketing stuff via email. I’m not talking about spam, I’m ta

By Casey Ellis · 04 May 2011
Building

What Have You Planned Tomorrow to Bring Your Idea to life?

The worst possible thing you can do is nothing. If you think you’ve got an idea that you think can change the world, chances are it can. The one thing stopping it is

By Casey Ellis · 13 Apr 2011
Building

Myths from the Four 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 Work Week“. The strategies are awesome, and t

By Casey Ellis · 30 Mar 2011
Building

Idea Validation — a Simple Framework

So you’ve had your light-bulb moment, there’s stars in your eyes and your new idea is making everything seem bright and lovely. Seems like the perfect time for a realit

By Casey Ellis · 21 Mar 2011
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.

By Casey Ellis · 02 Mar 2011
Building

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 cr

By Casey Ellis · 06 Feb 2011
Building

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

By Casey Ellis · 20 Jan 2011
Building

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.

By Casey Ellis · 30 Dec 2010
Building

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 conc

By Casey Ellis · 30 Dec 2010
Building

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 bil

By Casey Ellis · 09 Dec 2010
Hot Takes

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 i

By Casey Ellis · 06 Dec 2010