October 2006

Alexander Ovechkin, exceptional experiences and marketing your business

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Hockey is one of the most exciting sports to watch live. If you’ve never been to a game … go … and thank me later. From 2001 to 2004, Michele and I regularly went to the MCI Center to watch the Washington Capitals. They were underperformers, but the Caps have one hell of an owner ...

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PayPerPost and the “corruption” of the blogosphere

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This blog, first and foremost, is about strategies that can help fast-growth, entrepreneurial businesses grow. Because of that, I try to stay out of blogging debates that aren’t directly relevant. I’m bending that rule a wee bit today… I’m a huge Calacanis fan, AND I think he is “months and months behind” on the corruption ...

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Customer service at Starbucks

October 11 On Entrepreneurship

Over a year ago I posted about an experience at one of my local Starbucks. I had my days mixed up and pulled up an hour before they opened with a serious caffeine fix. You can read all about it here, but I’ll give you the nutshell version: As I was leaving a barista who ...

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What failing 9 out of 10 times will get you…

October 11

I try to avoid linking to stuff that everyone else will, but this is worth it. via Seth.

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Philosophical marketing and the DNA of your business

October 6 On Entrepreneurship

A software product I use has undergone massive changes over the last 6 months. So much so they skipped from version 1 to version 3. In response to complaints about the changes on their forum, they offered the following basic response: We did version #1 and people complained, so we completely changed the ways things ...

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Simple marketing with Restaurant web sites

October 3

I live in Fairfax County, Virginia, smack dab in the middle of the Virginia “Dulles Tech Corridor” made up of Reston, Herndon and a few other towns. It is a very Internet-friendly place. How is it possible that a restaurant with a significant delivery business in an Internet-friendly area does not have a web site ...

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Saying Goodbye to Jason

October 2 On Entrepreneurship

On Sunday, my wife, Michele, and I spent most of the day alternating between crying and remembering Jason, a cat I found half-starved and scrounging for food in September of 05. He was the most affectionate cat we’ve ever seen, preferring Michele’s lap while she was working and a comfy spot between us both in ...

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Personality tests, playing to strengths and entrepreneurship

October 1

This funky map (if you don’t see it, visit this post’s web page) from PersonalDNA.com means they have me tagged as a “Considerate Inventor.” The personality traits described are pretty much dead-on. If you are interested in who is behind the words, you can read My Personal Dna Report. (I recommend you do your own, ...

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Messy offices, ADD and Entrepreneurs

October 1 On Entrepreneurship

And now for a mix of interesting stuff I read this week… Hi, my name is Michael and, despite my endlessly unorganized office, I love looking at office pr0n. Way too much time spent at Flickr this week. [Flickr Home Office Photos] …speaking of which, the US Census says half of all small businesses are ...

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