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Frustrations working abroad

19 December 2008

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Some comments of interest so far: time zone changes are frustrating. In the beginning I thought it would be helpful to have such a dramatic time change between Sydney and Austin, thinking that I’d be able to knock stuff out and have it show up in my colleague’s inboxes when they wake up. Not so easy. [...]

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Working in the presence other solo-ists. Casual coworking.

21 December 2007

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Being an entrepreneur is a solo experience.  It is…  It isn’t…  We could go into a long discussion about it.  None the less, you spend a lot of time alone, very few people understand what goes on in your mind, so eventually you begin to distance yourself from people—realizing you’re a bit weird.  All of [...]

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My journey towards an actualized, enlightened young entrepreneur life

18 November 2007

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Truths I have discovered through my journey towards enlightenment. Actions can be completed with exact delicacy and focus. Actions created in that matter prove to be more meaningful. When time goes slower, you will learn to appreciate the slight occurrences of [...]

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The Law of Gravity: as it applies to Successful Entrepreneurialism

17 September 2007

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When people ask me how my business is going, I smile and tell them, “it’s going great.” However, what they may not know is that I’m not just speaking of the business that everyone knows about. It seems to me that most serial entrepreneurs out there, like myself, have the business everyone knows [...]

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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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