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Category Archives: business
The Fall of American Manufacturing
What happens to a service-based economy when the countries it depends on for tangible goods decide to stop trading? It’s a troubling scenario, but it’s not far-fetched. Take a look at Sinopec: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/08/china-npc-sinopec-idUSBJI00260720110308. Source: http://www.bea.gov/industry/gdpbyind_data.htm
Get Advice, Get Success
I don’t talk about my startup much on this blog, and that is because I don’t feel that I’m enough of an authority on the subject of startups to preach about the way things should be done. However, I have … Continue reading
Atlanta Technology Angels (ATA) “Open House”
Knox Massey and ATA hosted an “Open House” for Georgia technology companies today. I was able to sit in on my brother’s prensentation to them about his venture that he is seeking seed-stage capital for: Knackity.com. The presentation lasted about … Continue reading
Posted in business, life
Tagged Atlanta Technology Angels, entrepreneurship, Knackity, pitching
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Thoughts on Shotput Ventures Demo Day 2009
Today, I attended the first “Demo Day” event that I have ever been to. For those unfamiliar with the term, a “Demo Day,” in this context, is a day in which start-ups demonstrate their products after working through a program … Continue reading
Posted in business
Tagged Demo Day, entrepreneurship, Shotput Ventures, start-up, Web 2.0
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One of a kind and worth it…
A friend of mine and I were cruising down the highway on the way home (Atlanta) from Denver, CO discussing anything and everything of interest when we came upon the topic of pricing. Wow, talk about an underestimated problem! How … Continue reading
The Universal Law of Conversation
It doesn’t take a sociologist to recognize that the one topic that most any person is willing to talk about, even the timid ones, is el numero uno. Whether blatant or subtle, a person will tend to steer a conversation … Continue reading
Posted in business, human nature, life
Tagged behavior, conversation, human nature, social psychology
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How to deal with people who refuse to do what you want them to do.
First of all, get off your high horse. You are not a supreme leader of men (and women), a keeper of the sanctity of truth, the center of the universe, the only person determining what matters and what does not, … Continue reading
Posted in business, leadership, organizational behavior
Tagged business, Dale Carnegie, human relations, leadership
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