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The Field of Dreams was a fun hollywood movie, but a bad reality show. Try building a baseball field and see how many people will just come. The "build it and they will come" mantra can be enticing and romantic, but it's highly risky. There are
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On the web there is a lot of copying. I can see evidence of copying from business partners, customers and competitors all the time. Some comfort themselves by saying it is the highest form of flattery. I disagree. If you tell the person and credit them, it is entirely different
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In my past life I studied and worked as a mechanical engineer. That tract was a great foundation for many of the opportunities to service my customers and create the systems and products of my journey. When we were in the industrial age, engineering had a different meaning and trajectory.
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I was speaking with a talented cartoonist and artist the other day. I was explaining how a marketing system today works in terms of first building a tribe and then gaining permission to sell them something. It's hard, relentless and uncertain work. However, the probability increases with effort
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We are certainly in uncertain times. I enjoyed Mauldin's recent essay, "Who Took My Easy Button?" He shares some insightful information on the difficult and unyielding choices we face as a nation that have already played out in other countries like Greece and likely Italy. Another
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You may have heard much about cloud computing. It is a common term today. In case it still does not make sense for you, think of it simply as software that runs inside of a web browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari. You likely use software every
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The shear volume of options available to us today is daunting. It's hard to imagine new products and services finding validity in many cases. On the other hand, inventors can get excited and focus too much on their breakthrough technology without figuring out how to monetize it. Ultimately,
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Here is the rude awakening of the new economy - cruise control is going by the wayside. So many niches are being filled and each has its reward and effort. For the entrepreneur, there is going to be a lot invested in time, talent and money. Try assessing your opportunity
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We live in a world of dichotomy. On the one hand, we are sold a lot of marketing enticements: * It is easy * Buy now, pay later * You can have it now * Shop what you are looking for This may apply to buying a new Kindle on Amazon or even downloading
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All around you are opportunities if you can stop to take interest. A deep interest in what other people need means applying your faculties of observation and care. You may be asked if you know someone that can solve a problem or a product that exists to make life easier.
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Hearing platitudes from politicians in this election season about job creation is amusing. Is the paradigm even correct for the new economy where a person can give themselves a job with a laptop and a dream? Employment and unemployment are for the unmotivated. It is archaic language. Innovators, creatives, dreamers
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There are too many success stories of people using simple tools to get amazing results. Put those same instruments or software in the hands of someone less talented and you get a completely different result. Of course, it's easier to blame tools than look in the mirror. The