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    The best advice

    Here's a nice collection of advice from some very well known people. My personal favorite: "Cut the lifeboats." I heard this from Jim Collins, who wrote "Built to Last" and was the best M.B.A. professor I had at Stanford. He pleaded with the class, saying, "You're young. You can fail two...
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    Looks like he's coming back...

    OFF-TOPIC 
    It certainly appears that Favre is going to change his mind (again) and play football this year. ESPN reported today that Favre's agent wrote a letter to the Packers requesting Favre's release. I've always admired Favre as a player, but I've got to believe that the executives in Green Bay...
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    The Sunscreen Song

    MINDSET 
    This is an old one, but I love reading the lyrics on a regular basis. The words never fail to strike a chord with me! Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest...
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    Welcome Gus

    EXECUTION 
    Some of you on this forum may be familiar with GLC85. We have a thread here about his "apprentice program" that many may have seen. GLC is a very successful real estate investor who specializes in apartment complexes. I've talked to GLC about this forum and he has decided to join as a member...
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    Eight success stories

    EXECUTION 
    Here's a link that I pulled from Yahoo! this morning, containing eight unique success stories. The first two go into a lot more detail and are good reads. The other six are ok, but they're only brief summaries. http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/105067/unlikely-millionaires
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    King of the mountain bike

    EXECUTION 
    This is a good article about Mike Sinyard, the founder of Specialized bikes. A few key points that I pulled from Mike's story: 1. Listen to your customers 2. Create a vision for your company and make sure your employees understand it 3. Stick with your plan (Specialized nearly went under by...
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    How to change the world

    This is a pretty good interview with Larry Page. He points out several businesses that will likely be revolutionized over the next 5-10 years. He also talks about perceived risk compared with actual risk. Worthy of a read, imho...
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    What crabs taught me...

    I didn't author the following, but thought it was quite appropriate for this forum... Have you ever wondered how people catch crabs? Well, I never really did! I have however heard of how dangerous it is. If you have ever seen a crab pod or at least a picture of one, it is basically a big...
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    Making a mint as the laidback king and queen of gossip central

    EXECUTION 
    http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article3559414.ece This is a pretty good article about the founders of Bebo; Michael and Xochi Birch.
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    There's no success like failure

    I thought this article offered some great insights. Here are a few points that I pulled: * Empower your end users to provide the content that they want * Creating a system where failure is common can be very healthy for business * Failures provide a lot of valuable information...
  11. 8

    Baseball and Congress

    OFF-TOPIC 
    I don't want to turn this into a political debate, but I do have an honest question. Can someone please tell me why the U.S. Congress is holding hearings about steroid abuse in baseball??? At most, this would seem to be a judicial issue rather than a legistalive one.
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    Attn: Mtnman

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    Mtnman - please check your PM inbox. You've got your PM's disabled and we're not able to send you any messages. Thanks!
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    The Rules of Success

    Compliments of Mr. Cuban The Rules of Success As MicroSolutions became more and more successful, and as I paid attention to the common traits of businesses that I saw succeed and those I saw fail, I came to realize that there are "Rules of Success" that I saw in companies that excelled. Where...
  14. 8

    Evaluating yourself...

    Great insight taken from Mark Cuban's blog... I learned a lot from Don Nelson when he was coach and GM of the Mavericks. He told me something early on, that opened my eyes. I forget the exact conversation, but we were talking about players, and I asked him why he didnt talk to a specific...
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    Where's the demand???

    REAL ESTATE 
    Obviously this is a regionally biased question, but for the sake of interesting conversation I'd like to see what people's thoughts are. Where do you see the most demand for housing in the next 6-24 months? By that, I mean what type and size of housing. Around here, I expect the...
  16. 8

    Question for builders (SIP and ICF construction)

    REAL ESTATE 
    Any of you using SIPs or ICFs in your construction projects? I've done some research on both and am curious to hear some feedback from people who have used either method. My main questions: 1. Does the labor savings typically make up for the increased cost of materials? 2. What brand of...
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    The crash, part two...

    REAL ESTATE 
    I have mentioned a number of times that I believe real estate prices are going to hit the floor at least twice before the dust settles. This article does a good job of explaining what's going on in the foreclosure market and why I think that there are too many dollars chasing foreclosures right...
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    Sobering outlook for young doctors

    EXECUTION 
    People often have the misconception that doctors are rich or on the fast-track to wealth. While that is sometimes the case, this article illustrates how medicine is more often a very slow and tough lane to travel in. It's Wednesday evening and Megan Reis can't remember when she last saw...
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    Mindset of Max Levchin

    EXECUTION 
    I thought that this was a very interesting story about a co-founder of Paypal, Max Levchin. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/business/28invent.html?em&ex=1193803200&en=a37ec3773b496f0e&ei=5087%0A
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    What would you do?

    REAL ESTATE 
    I love how creative some of the ideas are on this forum. Lets take this one for a whirl and see what comes out. Say you've got a business partner with a ton of experience in construction. The partner has approximately 90-120 days to devote to a project on a full-time basis, while you are...
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