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My brain is magnetized today. Actually my whole body is - I had my very first MRI this morning at 6am. I was warned in advance about the claustrophobia thing and that turned out to be no big deal for me. I’m not saying that I enjoyed lying still in a tube for 30 minutes [...]

Pay attention to the details when you’re starting your small business. It will pay off handsomely when you grow your business into one that people notice.
Apple Computer is learning that the hard way right now. Apple’s iTunes is battling with Apple Corps, the music company set up by The Beatles (yes, THOSE Beatles) in [...]

I often joke that I am a recovering workaholic. Most of my adult life, I’ve thrown myself completely into my work and often worked 12 hour days six days a week and thought nothing of it. I loved my work.
For me that changed when I had a son. Now I throw most [...]

I’m a busy guy. I happen to know that this is absolutely typical for entrepreneurs & owners of small business today. I mean, when I say busy I’m talking every single moment in my day has a purpose. There is not a lot of wiggle room. I’m not saying that I am engaged in my [...]

Time for a little of that StartupNation community spirit!
Anyone have expertise in packaging for small consumer products and/or drop shipping resources and strategies?
A fellow StartupNation entrepreneur has asked for help that would lead her to these resources.
Of course, soon, this will all be facilitated through our community section where you’ll be able to post such [...]

Entrepreneurs are book readers. I find that almost everyone involved in business start ups is also reading at least one book. The book topics vary and often it’s helpful to get a complete change in perspective from what one normally reads. Information & inspiration can come from many sources. Here is one of my favorites:
Love [...]

I’m officially dubbing it Jeff Landers week in my blog. A few months back, I contacted Jeff about The Home Office From Hell Contest his company, Offices2share.com was having to find a home-based business startup who is ready to move into an office. I posted some of the funny entries he shared with [...]

As entrepreneurs we need to do everything as efficiently as possible. It actually truly makes my day when I discover a tool that makes me more effective.
This afternoon my teammate Chuck Fuller passed along a link to me to update my Firefox web browser with a little diddy that displays the Google PageRank & Alexa [...]

In 1988, I was sent to the Republican Convention in Atlanta as a producer for CBS Radio. Aside from the politics, it was our job to create radio features that would give listeners a colorful feel for the events taking place. We interviewed the shoe shine guys in the basement of the convention [...]

Turning lemons into lemonade!
Today’s news includes an item about big layoffs at a huge company with the message…
"How many of the 113,000 workers who are being offered buyouts will accept their deal for tens of thousands of dollars and start their own companies with it?"
Even entrepreneur Rush Limbaugh had something to say (imagine that) about [...]