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    Being realistic.

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    I think most people's definition of 'realistic' is very flawed. It implies that something is 'real', that is physical or bound to hard & fast laws - like physics. However, if you ask, "is licensing my new bottling idea to Coke or Pepsi" was realistic to Joe On the Street his answer would...
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    50 Shades of Grey?

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    Garbage or not, 50 Shades is just the most public hit in this genre which has quietly exploded with the release of the Kindle (the theory is it eliminated the shame of dragging around sexy covered romance novels and slashed the price too). Now 44% of all romance novels are bought electronically...
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    Rapper Math Fails Again

    FAILURE 
    Ahh, typical "income rich, asset poor" thinking. If we could just narrow it down to the rap community and perform an intervention that would be great. However the problem is much more widespread.:(
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    Learning to Program is STUPID! (or SMART?!)

    GOLD! HOT! 
    You know after reading through this (long) thread and considering both sides, I think this is definitely a three blind men and the elephant situation. Really everyone is talking about different elements of the same thing, and that thing is business. Let assume you are a great programmer or can...
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    Not exactly Fastlane...But, I'm excited.

    Although the Internet has made piracy a huge problem, I still see long lines at the theater for the latest releases. In a way, piracy can actually help you buy spreading your media and entice people to come for more. Here is an example: Make your website so compelling that it just as valuable...
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    Do you need all of that money?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Although I agree 100% with socialdude, you don't need to even think of charity. Why? Because business is an exchange of money for something you deem more valuable than that money. Unless you are cheating people with false advertising or defective products, you are making them happy with each...
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    My idea has been done, do it anyway?

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    After a quick peek at GetHired, they don't even focus on the video interview that much. That is just bullet point number N of X. They seem to be more of a hiring site aggregator for employers with some nifty features (like video interviews). Remember that 'virgin territory' is 1) a rarity...
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    Learning to Program is STUPID! (or SMART?!)

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Theoretically a viable plan IF the business is big enough to support all of those mouths to feed. I was responding to the original premise - I am going to have a program written. I believe both responses are valid depending on the scope of the potential business. Any web site that can be...
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    Learning to Program is STUPID! (or SMART?!)

    GOLD! HOT! 
    I generally agree (and I am a coder) BUT as CommonCents pointed out, you need to have enough knowledge to be a smart consumer of services before outsourcing. Why are most software projects late and vastly over budget? The person requesting the software has no idea about software development...
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    Shark Tank October 5th *** Spoiler Alert ***

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    I am not here to defend Daymond, who seems like probably the 2nd snobbiest Shark, BUT I have found myself making strict 'rules' in business like never work with relatives. So even if 'Uncle Joe' invents a way to make diamonds from peanut butter and wants me to help him sell them, I still stick...
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    Okay Millionaires...Thoughts and Advice (Be nice!)

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    Here is some general technical advise: * Check out the subscription plugins available for WordPress, they may get you closer to the site you want than you think. * Remember you can combine a WordPress and other forms of pages on the same site, it isn't one or the other. This means you can have...
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    What Draws You?

    I think santa hit the nail on the head. Your location drives who your customer is and that should drive your business's *theme*. For me, a consistent theme is critical. Your menu, decor, pricing, services and employees should all mirror that global theme - an ambiance you choose to match your...
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    Upsetting the Slow Lane Mindset

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    Reminds me of an important lesson I learned about outsourcing. The best defense against an eLancer from stealing your product isn't the law, it is the slow lane mentality of most people. Even when they create the product they simply don't think they could fund, market and sell it themselves...
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    Upsetting the Slow Lane Mindset

    MINDSET 
    That was a joke, sorry if that didn't come through - the core message was that you can't convince people who aren't ready to change. However out of that crowd a few people are probably ready to change and so a positive message like "hey lets form a thread for programmers who want to break out...
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    Upsetting the Slow Lane Mindset

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    I have found that making such a statement has about the same chance of converting people from the slow lane as trying to convince fish of the advantages of living on land. Instead of arguing, appeal to their sense of easy money while actually make some. My advice would be to market the follow...
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    WordPress?

    Just one more Wordpress theme option, this one is basically great for setting up landing pages, sales pages, squeeze pages and funnels: OptimizePress It is around $100, but if you need to do one of the above, it is a huge time saver. If you want your site to look super stylish, however, it is...
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    My Entrepreneur Cartoons!

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    Hey I liked the video, good points and fun drawings. However the title is a bit off-topic, maybe you should call it "What Entrepreneurs Can Learn by Being an Good Employee" or something. Otherwise great job.
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    France - 75% tax for high earners!

    HOT! TAXES | REGS 
    Besides the people getting hit with this high tax (listen closely and you can hear the wooshing sound of money & people leaving France), the drag effect on the rest population/economy is pretty evident too. One of the first things I noticed when visiting Belgium was that people don't go above &...
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    Law of attraction, do you use it?

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    Just to clarify, I think that it DOES work, just not in the way that people normally describe. Before people understood germs and illness someone discovered that opening the windows of a hospital kept diseases from spreading to other patients. You could have attributed that to 'magical...
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    Law of attraction, do you use it?

    MINDSET 
    I think the idea that the universe is just waiting around for your mental direction in order to give you what you want is total B.S. Just think about the millions living under a brutal dictator with family members in prison or 'disappeared', don't you think night and day tens of thousands are...
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