Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 1, 2013

I promise you this: if you have the discipline to implement what I am about to share with you, your life will be transformed. What you are about to learn is the gateway to all forms of achievement. The desire to feel comfortable (which is one of the ten basic human desires ) drives us to always be right.

New York 167

New York Entrepreneur 167

OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2013

Last year, I wrote about the three questions I ask myself at the beginning of every year to make sure my career is still on track. [ [link] ] The questions are: Am I having fun at work? All of us have purpose in our lives and impact on others, whether it’s family, friends, colleagues, clients, or some slice of broader humanity.

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Stock Conversion Operations Leadership 84

Life Beyond Code

JANUARY 1, 2013

I am talking more about how many people approach their work. Closely listen to how they describe their day at work – mostly complaints about the twists and turns that happened in the day. There is a pretty good chance that they might fall asleep if they operate on cruise control for a long time. It’s definitely a dilemma.

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Montana Operations 75

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2013

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1250 incubators today in the US alone.

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Incubator Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 289

David Teten

JANUARY 4, 2013

Given that ff Venture Capital is hiring for several positions internally and our portfolio companies have hundreds of open positions , I expect this to be useful for a lot of people. Complete an assessment of what you have learned about yourself as a result of the job search process. recruiters) about outside employment opportunities.

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Campaign Search Chicago Venture Capital 114

Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2012

Get rid of toxins The term "toxins" refers not only to what we eat or breathe, but also to those toxic people that surround us. Try to know more about the world that surrounds you-take a stroll in the park, visit a new town or country, attend a local performance, read or watch something outside of your norms.

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Operations Entrepreneur Customer Product 133

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2013

Your entry should communicate who you are, what you are about, and how your creativity defines you. It is critically important that you write a description telling us why your branding is just right for you. We are also open to including entries with your current branding as long as you can articulate for us why this is great branding.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Look, it’s the last day of 2012 and you are likely either thinking about what you’re gonna do to make next year better or you’re sick of hearing people talk about what you should do to make next year better. Either way, the notion of resolutions has surely occurred at some level. photo credit: bulliver via photopin cc.

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Small Business Email Marketing Customer 78

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 3, 2013

Either through your own knowledge or by using a keyword tool like Google Keyword Tool or Wordtracker , develop a list of core content topics and assign one to each month for the next 12 months. It might be helpful to think about it like a book. This allows us to attract even more readers and creates a nice library to draw from.

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Curation Audio SEO Conversion 75

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! IAB: US Interactive Ad Revenues Hit $9.3 Innovation: What are the best new products that people don’t know about? Billion, A Record High, In Q3 – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 100

css-tricks.com

JANUARY 2, 2013

You have options for just about every other technology you choose for a project, but you always need to use CSS. Youll need to think about JavaScript architecture. Youre almost certainly going to use jQuery, thats pretty much a given these days. Rebecca Murphey writes about this kind of thing. Need a guide?

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Web Software Review Technical Review Caching 96

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 1, 2013

That you made the career change you’ve been dreaming about. Generally, we tend to gravitate toward people who are similar to us: people who think similarly, who find similar things fun, and who are in similar walks of life. These are the easy, albeit often unproductive, tasks that make us feel good. Network with big players.

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Email Flash Employee Hiring 236

The Next Web

DECEMBER 29, 2012

This is why it hurts me so much when I see so many promising startups who don’t care about developing their brand. The best example I’ve seen about the importance of branding comes from a guide the Design Council has put together. They will do all the hard work for you and talk to their networks about you.

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