28 Day Challenge: Three Weeks In

February 4, 2011

On January 17 I decided to change three habits: Eat more protein Call more people Sleep whenever Almost three weeks in, I’d call it a success and a failure.  I’ve changed my diet and this led to strength PRs so that has been great. For calling people: I haven’t kept this goal everyday, although I’ve [...]

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Thoughts on Founder Institute San Diego

January 18, 2011

As I’m about to graduate from the Founder Institute in San Diego, here are some of the takeaways I’ve had: Unparalleled productivity. I’ve started a company before, I’ve purchased online courses, and I nearly completed my MBA, but the Founder Institute was as productive of a semester as any I’ve had. Access to mentors and [...]

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The 28 Day Challenge

January 17, 2011

This weekend, after reading some of the Hustle materials from Ramit, I became inspired to try a 28 Day Challenge to change some habits. What is this challenge? The challenge is to select up to three habits you want to change, and track completion every day. Why 28 Days? This comes from the adage “it [...]

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Software Architecture Strategy for Revenue

November 8, 2010

I recently began playing with Ruby on Rails, a web development framework.  Among the interesting features of RoR is the use of the Model View Controller architecture.  In layman’s terms, this means the code is split into three sections: Model. This is the actual data you use (though its not necessarily “the database”).  For example, [...]

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Adwords Call Metrics: SEM now relevant for your law firm

November 2, 2010

In the Adwords blog, Google announced today a new feature: Adwords call metrics. Why is this important? A core advantage of paid search marketing over traditional channels (such as the yellow pages) is the ability to track and measure the effectiveness of the campaign.  If you know every dollar going into paid search returns six, [...]

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The Generalist Strategy to Wealth

October 17, 2010

In a new study from Rice University, D. Michael Lindsay posits becoming a generalist gives you a better shot at wealth than going to an Ivy League University.

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What DADT Teaches About Strategy

September 10, 2010

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was a necessary stepping stone for gay rights, and is a smart strategy to study rather than criticize.

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How to get started with Google Alerts

September 8, 2010

Following my last post, Keith Ferrazzi has a great post on getting started with Google Alerts.

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Seven Services to Bootstrap Marketing

September 7, 2010

In a post last week, I reviewed the tools you need to automate your marketing efforts.  Today, I’d like to focus on some pay per use products to crowdsource much of your marketing efforts: Prova.fm.  Although 99 Designs is great for logos,  Prova offers a complete set of advertising design services.   Simply create a contest, [...]

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Six Tools to Automate Your Marketing

August 31, 2010

Do not wait; the time will never be “just right.” Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. -George Herbert In today’s SaaS-driven world, it is easy and tempting to purchase every tool that comes along, without consideration [...]

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