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Having a good idea doesn’t make you an entrepreneur. Neither does a business degree. Entrepreneurs come from a wide range of backgrounds, challenges and influences. Unfortunately, many businesses are started and then dissolved, not because they didn’t have a workable idea, but because the entrepreneur lacked certain skills. Often times many hardships must be experienced […]
I am sitting in a coffee shop this morning breathing a sigh of relief. After almost 5 years of blogging, I am done. This past year, my heart just hasn’t been into it, and I think that is reflected in the lackluster posting compared to previous years. I had a contract to fulfill with Creative […]
Below is the second part of the video interview I did for Social Media Explorer. If you have been blogging for awhile, you probably won't learn much from the interview. But for newbies, it is worth a look.
This blog became successful because in the early days of blogging, when most blogs were personal diaries, I never wrote about my life. I have also tried to steer clear of any religious, political, or scientific controversies, particularly as the increased exposure led to many people I know reading this blog. But with 10 days […]
Here is a perspective on Facebook that you don't hear too often. I despise Facebook. This enormously successful American business describes itself as "a social utility that connects you with the people around you". But hang on. Why on God's earth would I need a computer to connect with the people around me? Why should […]
Fortune has an interesting article about the new compensation package awarded to CEO Ken Chenault. It is a massive option grant, but Chenault has to jump some pretty high hurdles to hit the mark. To receive the full grant, he must beat several goals over the next six years, an unusually distant time horizon. AmEx's […]
Do you remember the first time you were promoted to a position that required you to determine the compensation of people underneath you? Or even worse, have you ever worked in a company where someone made the social faux pau of discussing their salary and it led to all sorts of comparisons, complaints, and sore […]
Those of you who were around for TBE may want to check out Slikstr. Slikstr has positioned itself as the world's first user-created and -controlled company in the world and, as such, is poised to usher in a new generation of web-related businesses. While traditional companies utilize a "top-down" approach to decision making-where the customers […]
Sometimes reality just steps up and smacks you in the face. That happened to me today as I read Marc Andreesen's post about career planning. I have a long list of things I want to achieve in life because I'm goal oriented and I really really love solving problems. Since moving back to Louisville 3 […]
Have you heard that you don't have to have a website to earn money online? It's true. Domaining is a relatively new niche where speculators buy and sell domain names, flipping properties like real estate investors. Like many opportunities online, domaining is easy to get into but harder to actually turn a profit, though those […]
If you are reading this, you are probably one of the top performers in your office. Or at least, you probably think you are. A new study shows that 90% of managers think they are in the top 10% at their workplace. Believe you're among the top performers in your office? You're not alone. According […]
It was a disappointment at the box office, but grew to popularity on cable television to the point that almost everyone I know considers it one of the top movies of all time. I'm talking about The Shawshank Redemption. It's a deep movie, and while talking with a friend the other day, I came to […]
