Whoops! Sorry.
If you got here it's because I was changing options on my Windows Live Writer (which I use often and really like, by the way) on a new computer, using a new version, and I clicked too fast and accidentally posted something that was just a title.
Then, realizing my mistake, I quickly [...]
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What if the "is getting an MBA worth it" question isn't really a matter of money? What if it depends on who you are, where you are, what resources you have, and what you want?
Penelope Trunk posted Why an MBA Is a Waste of Time and Money recently on BNET. She lists seven reasons, [...]
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I didn't know this, probably because I've never bothered to ask, but the U.S. Labor Day celebration today dates back to the 1880s, the days of robber barons and unbridled abuses of capitalism, to celebrate the labor movement.
I suppose that should have been obvious. But we had a discussion over dinner the other day, [...]
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The answer to that question is: no. Not any more than the next person. They just like their business better. They took risks because they saw the goal. It was the dark side of building the company. They had to. But when it comes to savings and investment, no.
Well, actually, the most correct answer to [...]
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Yes, it is true that plans are stories and stories drive plans, but that's not stories as visions of the future and plans as managing and steering to make those visions true; we're not talking about fairy tales. Make your planning real. Make it help your business. Make it help you control your destiny and [...]
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Damn. It's been a long day, some of my sites got hacked, a car didn't start, and " well, you know how that goes. You have those days too. This will go up tomorrow morning but I'm mad as hell tonight, while writing it.
Just look at this picture:
What a damned shame. Who can blame her [...]
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Is Paul Allen a patent troll now? The same Paul Allen that was Bill Gates' partner in Microsoft? Paul Allen who is worth billions of dollars?
Oh no. Say it ain't so.
Last week wired.com reported Paul Allen Files Patent Lawsuits Against Entire Web " Except Microsoft. Allen, Bill Gates' original partner in Microsoft, and an extremely [...]
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True story: there were six of us at lunch together on a beautiful late spring day in 1996. We sat on an outside table in the shade and discussed the next big growth spurt. Would we take this marketing-on-steroids proposal, at a high cost? Would it work? Could we afford not to?
I’m not sure [...]
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Don't get me wrong: I think the thinking behind it, the advice wrapped around the idea of personal branding, is excellent. I've recommended, for example, Dan Schawbel's personal branding book Me 2.0 and I'm sticking to it. Dan has a great collection of real-world suggestions in that book. But I'm beginning to think I [...]
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Remember the "your brain on drugs" commercials? You'd see the egg frying in the pan, and then the announcer's voice would say "this is your brain on drugs." What do you think of the Your Brain on Computers take on this? It makes it sound almost as bad as your brain on drugs.
That brain [...]
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