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Series | How to Run a Business From a Hammock | Step 1

Step 1: Choose to. After prolonged soul searching the last few days I have decided to spin off my varied interests into numerous blogs for mini projects that I have been starting, then incubating, then forgetting, then dusting off, ad nauseam. So spinning off these various interests (more on this later) which have made this [...]

TED Tuesday – Do The Green Thing

This is a nice simple talk about the benefits of being creative and its effect on inspiring action in others. About this talk Andy Hobsbawm shares a fresh ad campaign about going green — and some of the fringe benefits. About Andy Hobsbawm Andy Hobsbawm is the European chair of Agency.com and the founder of [...]

TED Tuesday – Mr Splashy Pants

Lets imagine just for today, just for a moment that its Tuesday and lets move on shall we. This is a very quick short video that’s pretty cool and has 2-3 lessons that are worth re-learning even if you’re one of those Netizens that know everything already. About this talk In a funny, rapid-fire 4 [...]

Want to Be An Entrepreneur? Should you? Try This Test

So you think you can … err… build a big business empire and make tons of cash? The truth is, and anyone whose been doing it for a while will tell you, it certainly isn’t the easy route. It is the more rewarding one though, if you like the challenge and the freedom of it. [...]

TED Tuesday: Your Purple Cow

Seth Godin is an entrepreneur and blogger who thinks about the marketing of ideas in the digital age.

Where am I?

Things have been quite quiet lately and I must apologize for disappearing so to speak. A lot of time has been spent getting my company’s new product offering up and running. The front end package offering may seem simple enough, you can view packages how to get a small business website here, but what has [...]

TED Tuesday: Let’s raise kids to be entrepreneurs

About this talk Bored in school, failing classes, at odds with peers: This child might be an entrepreneur, says Cameron Herold. At TEDxEdmonton, he makes the case for parenting and education that helps would-be entrepreneurs flourish — as kids and as adults. About Cameron Herold An entrepreneur since childhood, Cameron Herold wants parents and teachers [...]

Why we should think like kids

…I smiled that smile you smile when you think “That’s cute, you silly silly ignorant thing you…” and walked on…

How do you order a meal?

How do you pick what your going to eat, out of all those tantalizing options?

TED Tuesday

This video focuses on people’s motivations, which is a big theme on this blog so I thought it fitting.