There’s a fantastic video on Inc.com about the creator of Spanx, Sarah Blakely. It’s a phenomenal video for budding entrepreneurs because it highlights a number of things that affect people starting a new business: Learning –Â Sarah didn’t know anything about…
Entrepreneurship, Starting Up
Is the Secret to Success… Failure?
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There’s an article in the New York Times that goes in depth into one of the most important recurring entrepreneurial themes: that a major secret to success is failure. There are a number of reasons why failure is extremely important:…
Marketing
Brilliant Pub Marketing
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Seen outside the Highlander pub in Ottawa:
Social Media
Google+ First Impressions
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It’s just started, and it’s silly to make extreme predictions, so I’ll keep this brief. Here’s the good and the bad of Google+ from what I’ve seen so far: Good: Circles. Building the whole system around “circles” of friends is an idea…
Social Media
TwittenBacn
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TwittenBacn [twid-n bey-kuh n] –noun A form of Bacn that is transmitted via Twitter. When some of your Tweeps are dominating your Twitter Stream with random chatter.
General
How to Make That Phone Call
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It’s amazing how many people are afraid of making phone calls. Do you procrastinate over phone calls? Even people who like talking on the phone have some kinds of calls that they don’t like to make–which means waiting too long…