An Entrepreneur's Life

The personal blog of Michael Cage on Business, Marketing and what it means to choose An Entrepreneur's Life.

From the monthly archives:

October 2006

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 in [...]

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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 of [...]

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Customer service at Starbucks

by Michael Cage on October 11, 2006

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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…

by Michael Cage on October 11, 2006

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

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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 work to [...]

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Simple marketing with Restaurant web sites

by Michael Cage on October 3, 2006

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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 with [...]

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Saying Goodbye to Jason

by Michael Cage on October 2, 2006

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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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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 [...]

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Messy offices, ADD and Entrepreneurs

by Michael Cage on October 1, 2006

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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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