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    hello, from china

    INTRO 
    I can't speak/type or read Mandarin, my apologies, but welcome zhangmin
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    FIVERR goes public, will it become HUNDREDRR?

    INVESTING 
    Yes, exactly. That's the question. But look...there's been a communication breakdown here. We aren't quite talking about the same things. That's my fault. I shouldn't have brought it up, even un-seriously. I think you're right about the stock/company itself. It probably will be just fine...
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    FIVERR goes public, will it become HUNDREDRR?

    INVESTING 
    Sure. The comment isn't really about the narrow economic or financial details. It has more to do with what the economists call externalities -- this is what I meant by higher order effects, all the unanticipated changes on the culture, on the "value" drivers, on the creators/sellers and the...
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    FIVERR goes public, will it become HUNDREDRR?

    INVESTING 
    I was (mostly) teasing @Kak. But there is a real point to be made about maximizing short-term value by sacrificing long-term growth. First-order actions have higher-order consequences which are harder to see. These brushfire companies looking to sell out to VC at the quickest opportunity are...
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    The Personal Development SCAM

    RANT 
    Yes. Bingo. The market-savvy ironic-hipster stereotypes haunting Reddit think they can see through all the marketing techniques. They don't fall for any of that emotion-tapping identity-leading stuff... ...until the emotions and identities the sales letter taps belong to the market-savvy...
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    FIVERR goes public, will it become HUNDREDRR?

    INVESTING 
    For how long?
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    Florida Teachers Can What?

    RANT 
    Disclaimer: I had a gun in my hands at 5 years old (It was at a rock quarry, aimed at no people or living animals.) Comparing the discipline and individual education received by 19th century Prussians vs. 21st century Americans might not be the best way to frame this. I'm sure 'learn better'...
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    Dealing with porn and other addictions

    HOT! MINDSET 
    No you don't. Start there. What happens now?
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    Essential supplements: Which ones do you take?

    HOT! HEALTH 
    Back when I was involved in all this stuff, we used to have a saying: If it works, it's illegal. Still good advice far as I can tell.
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    Raising $100,000 for charity through a virtual summit on Sales & Marketing

    MARKETING 
    Oh, sorry @Andy Black, just now saw this. @timrettig got it with Tribes. This is Marketing came out about 6 months ago. It picks up that thread for the freelancer and entrepreneur sets. A lot of Seth Godin's advice reminds me a lot of how you talk about (not) selling/marketing. I'm kinda...
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    Creating a WebPlatform using WordPress

    SIDE HUSTLE WEB DESIGN 
    If you just need cosmetic changes to the theme, pick up a resource on HTML and CSS. Wordpress themes are like any other web page. You lay them out with HTML and make them pretty with CSS. Not too hard, really. If you're asking about changing the functionality, that's going to require some...
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    Raising $100,000 for charity through a virtual summit on Sales & Marketing

    MARKETING 
    Hey @Martin Boeddeker , thanks for sharing this. Just some thoughts on what you've said here. I agree with the sentiment you're getting at. Taleb was (somewhat indirectly) a formative influence on how I think about most everything. I think he's right about a good many things, and this is one...
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    Storytelling as an Entrepreneur

    MARKETING 
    Shawn Coyne's Story Grid website & podcast. There's also a book. Purist artists would scream "formulaic!" but you guys are looking for formula. Steven Pressfield (the "War of Art" guy) has some good resources on this at his blog.
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    Very lost and feel hopeless

    INTRO 
    You sound a lot more interesting and ambitious than any of these guys being good cogs in the factory like they were trained from birth. I mean it's not like you shot a guy or got convicted of grand theft. If you can show up on time and produce decent work you can make your own way. Who cares...
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    Only one life to live - Image from Reddit

    HOT! MINDSET 
    I sympathize with the guy in the OP. No hate from me. That guy was me in another life. I know it's easy for us to say "but why don't they just realize that they can change and go build the next billion dollar company?" They don't see it that way. I'm glad that I found MJ's books because...
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    Is Anyone Else Intermittent Fasting?

    NOTABLE! 
    It's interesting that this article and its sources think that the healthy norm is having high-density calorie sources available 24/7, and the deviant fad is not gorging yourself with food throughout the day. Up until, say, World War 2, that wasn't the case for most people. It still isn't, once...
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    HOW TO GET LYNDA FOR FREE | 100% LEGIT

    Good tip. I found out that a couple months ago taht my local library offers free Lynda access with membership. Lots of good stuff on there.
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    Impossible to get digital marketing job without degree?

    MARKETING 
    They say this to filter out the people who don't have the creativity or the drive to come up with a solution to this obstacle. Think about this from the hiring manager's point of view. Most of the applications are lukewarm to awful. Bland CVs, sleep-inducing generic lists of accomplishments...
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    Any fiction writers here use Wattpad?

    PUBLISHING 
    No worries, my friend. I'm just trying to offer a different perspective, and hopefully get the readers here to think about what they are doing and why, whatever decisions they make :) You're spot on about the foibles of "free" and I want to stress (if I wasn't clear enough) that I don't argue...
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    Any Powerlifters/Weightlifters that lift heavy?

    FTE HEALTH 
    Have parents with large skeletons, thick joints, and a tendency to hold muscle mass. I recommend Samoan or other Pacific Islander. If you're like the rest of us mortals...learn how to rate your efforts, don't trash yourself week after week, and cycle some phases of bodybuilding workouts in...
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