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EventDay: A Gangplank Company

by Justin McHood

in Business Related Topics

I liked this part the best:

“We have been growing EventDay totally organically, it’s all our own money. So every single decision we make, it’s not for anything other than does it work, is it efficient, what’s the impact on our wallet…”

Long live bootstrapping entrepreneurs.

And Pirates.

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Steve Jobs: Thanks.

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(Still) Think You Want To Do A Startup?

Still think you want to do a startup? Read this first. Why NOT Do A Startup View more presentations from Dave McClure

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Are You A Pirate?

One of the better articles I have read about being an technology entrepreneur was written last year by Michael Arrington. If you are thinking about starting a business, I recommend you read it because it is treasure map of what to expect in your future. If you have started a business, I recommend you read [...]

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So You Think You Want To Do A Startup?

Thinking about doing a startup? Take the time to read this presentation by Tara Hunt (aka @missrogue). Chances are if you have never done a startup, you will read this and think “oh, that was nice”. And if you have done a startup before but are now quietly doing something else, you will remember the [...]

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BASE Jumping Off The LDS Church Building

Every once in a while, I hear about people I wish I personally knew. Here are two. What did they do? They BASE jumped off the LDS Church Office Building in Salt Lake City. Sinners.

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Fifth Rule of Management: Don’t Rearrange The Furniture

Dear Little Brother, At some point in your management career you will have an employee where you realize that it is probably time they moved on and did something else. And because you are human will likely use some kind of justification to keep that person around just a little longer to see if you [...]

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Don’t Sell Me Bro

Some days I get busy playing a finance SEO messing around with ecommerce stuff and some days I get a chance to do other things. Recently, I had a chance to sit down with two local sales legends, Chris Conrey and Dave Cooke. They rock a podcast they named “Don’t Sell Me Bro” and they [...]

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ManCans: Making It Cool To Be A Guy

There are a few things in life that I happen to be pretty good at. And being a guy is one of them. Candles, worrying about what the best eye cream is or shopping isn’t something that I think about every day. So when I ran across this, I couldn’t help but think to myself [...]

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Fourth Rule of Management: No One Is Sick On Wednesdays

Dear Little Brother, Now that you are in charge of a group of people, I will let you in on a little secret that you may have not noticed before you were put in charge: Rarely does anyone ever call in sick on Wednesday. Fridays? All the time. Mondays? Yep — Almost as bad as [...]

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Third Rule of Management: Never Shoot The Horse You Are Riding

Dear Little Brother, When you are managing a team of people, you are inevitably going to have turnover. There are two kinds of turnover: the kind that you plan for and the kind that you haven’t planned for. Let’s put off talking about the kind of turnover that you haven’t planned for and focus on [...]

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Jordan McCabe: Lookout

Some people are born with a gift. Spend a few minutes and see what Jordan McCabe’s gift is:

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Second Rule of Management: Fire Fast

Dear Little Brother, One of the most difficult situations you will soon be faced with as a new manager has to do with firing people. When is the best time to fire someone? The first time it crosses your mind. Maybe at first glance, this seems a little dramatic — but it isn’t really. This [...]

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The First Rule of Management: Be There

Dear Little Brother, HOLY. Someone put you in charge a group of people and gave you the title manager? Congratulations. You have managed to work your way up to middle management in the jungle that is Corporate America. Workin’ for The Man. So it is probably about time that I mentioned just a few of [...]

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Vote With Your Feet

Vote With Your Feet. Dont like the way something is going in your life? Vote With Your Feet. Do something different. Then get people to follow you for the real magic.

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Horrible Logos

No matter how many times I go through the logo process, I never seem to quite end up with *exactly* what I wanted. So when I saw Chuck Reynolds talking about getting a new logo for RynoWeb at Horrible Logos, I thought – what the heck, it isn’t like it will be any worse than [...]

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Justin Bieber: Never Say Never The Movie

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never The Movie official trailer.

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ATOMIC TOM: Rock On

Earlier this month, the band ATOMIC TOM in New York had their instruments stolen. And what they did next is probably the thing that will put them on the map. When life gets you down, keep rockin’.

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The Fifth Rule of Negotiations: Never Eat The Last Bite

Growing up with brothers, it was common in my house that when someone put food in front of us the general rule was: Whoever eats the fastest gets the most. But when it comes to negotiations, this rule doesn’t really apply. In any negotiation, you will be much better off in the long run if [...]

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