Dec 21, 2009
An idea is not enough
How many times have you heard of a startup idea, checked them out, thought that it won’t go anywhere, then a few months or years later you hear about it growing tremendously? I know that I have done that many times before. So, I started tracing what different startups do in order to succeed. The short answer is that they never give up, but instead they follow a process. An event is something that... read more
Dec 16, 2009
What Matters Now by Seth Godin
Seth Godin did something brilliant, again. Basically, he sent an email to 70+ of the most popular authors, editors, bloggers, and entrepreneurs asking them to pick a theme of “what matters now” and write one page with no more than 200 words about it. You can download the ebook for free here. The goal of the book is to inspire and motivate us to take actions, be creative, and lead the... read more
Dec 13, 2009
Brain Power: Practical Ways To Boost Your Memory, Creativity and Thinking Capacity by Laureli Blyth
This book is based on some of the major Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) principles. Although you don’t need to know what NLP is, it would be useful. For me, it was a good refresher to NLP that sparked flashbacks and helped me get back on track. It is very easy to read. The exercises are very simple and you can do them whilst you are... read more
Dec 12, 2009
Top 10 sites
Here is the top 10 trafficked websites in the US. google.com yahoo.com facebook.com msn.com youtube.com live.com microsoft.com wikipedia.com ebay.com weather.com This list is compiled from quantcast.... read more
Dec 11, 2009
Goals, Strategies, and Tactics
Before you jump to the definitions, you need to know that there is a very fine line between each of them. I am sure that you have already guessed the huge debate. Seth Godin has a good description of the differences from marketing perspective. Here is my attempt at simplifying the definitions. Goals are end results that you would like to achieve. Strategies are ideas on how to achieve those goals. Tactics... read more
