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One (Common) Marketing Tactic That Can Ruin Your Business…

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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Scott McNealy, former Sun Microsystems CEO, and Larry Ellison of Oracle announce a closer partnership in 2006, which led to Oracle acquiring Sun in 2009. There’s one (unfortunately common) marketing tactic out there that can actually take down your entire business. This is the true story of how I watched it unfold at a Fortune [...]

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Why I (Almost) Quit Blogging Entirely

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

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You probably know me as one of those people who’s a straight shooter. I don’t think entrepreneurship is easy, or that everyone should do it. But I do believe it’s rewarding, and that more people should do it. That’s why I’m here, and that’s why I write this blog. And here’s the (shocking) story of [...]

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One Million Dollars, The Hard Way

Thursday, October 20, 2011

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Me, when Cobalt got bought out by Sun in 2000, with my employee number and a fake bar code marked on my arm. There are a lot of readers on this blog–perhaps you–who recently started reading. Lately I realized that as a new reader, you may not know much about me, who I am, or [...]

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Turn Off the Noise and Start Creating

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.” -The Serenity Prayer Let’s talk about current events. There’s a lot going on in the news right now. The 99% (aka Occupy Wall Street) movement. A backlash against big corporations, [...]

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My 30-Day No Email Trial: The Results

Monday, August 22, 2011

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In early June, I embarked on a radical experiment: I gave up email for 30 days. Here are my results… When I started the trial, I felt completely overwhelmed by email, and I just wanted a way out. I was waking up every morning to an incessant barrage of PR people, sales letters, chain emails, [...]

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