Archive | May, 2007

The #1 Tip for Remembering Important Key Facts (Names, etc)

29 May 2007

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David Askaripour over at Mind Petals made a solid post, 5 Tips to Improve Your Memory. Good tips, but I think he missed something key. Remembering something comes down to one thing—and one thing only in my opinion. The key is to consciously decide whether or not you really want to remember. It’s the same [...]

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The Open Coffee Club Movement

24 May 2007

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In reference to the post I made several days earlier, Officing Out of Coffee Shops in Austin, TX — everyone else is doing it too , I just found a great write up of The Open Coffee Club Movement. The idea is simple. Events are arranged on a set date in a set location. [...]

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Friends Don’t Let Friends Entrepreneur Alone – My experience with the DigitalPoint Community

21 May 2007

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Given that you’re sitting at home or in a coffee shop for hours on end working on your latest entrepreneurial endeavor, you probably don’t experience as much day to day interaction as you would if you were in a “normal” office environment. Sure you have your days where you’re out and about networking it, [...]

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Officing Out of Coffee Shops in Austin, TX — everyone else is doing it too

17 May 2007

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I divide my working time nowadays between my home office, my partner’s apartment, and quite significantly— coffee shops. Coffee, free wireless internet, and people always bustling around energizing the place—an entrepreneur’s perfect virtual office. I’m always surprised to see how many people are out in the middle of the day. What do [...]

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Learn to be Proud of Your “Bad” Grades if You Earned Them

11 May 2007

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I just read a post and subsequent comment discussion over at Mind Petals: Youth Entrepreneur Network that talked about A students vs. B students. “‘B’ students are innovative, risk takers with short attention spans…’A’ students are focused and more likely to be grounded.” A little story from my personal experience… I seemed to be that B/C student…it [...]

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I Finally Quit My Day Job. The “Part-Time” Entrepreneur in me is dead…

11 May 2007

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For the past week or so I have been on my own.  What a great feeling to structure your own day, to abide to your own schedule, and to answer to know one but yourself.  Granted it takes an extremely disciplined and driven nature to maintain life as a full-time entrepreneur….it’s certainly not for everyone.  [...]

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