I never would have imagined that a monitor 6 inches larger would save 2.5 hours per week - that’s a ton!  I use two monitors; I wonder if the results get multiplied, or at least increased.   Read his post here.

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Thanks to Mark for another great post that boils things down to a pretty simple level! A lot of people make being successful in a start up look like some sort of hocus pocus, but it usually comes down to following some simple rules and executing every day.
You don’t have to agree with all […]

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Warren Buffet always remarks that all he is looking for in an investment is a long-term competitive advantage.
If you’ve ever read any books on starting a company, or asked an investor for cash, you’ve no doubt been reminded that your business should have a competitive advantage.
But what exactly is a competitive advantage?  Are there different […]

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I’m a member of EO - if  you are a small business owner, you should be too.  It is a great organization with fantastic resources, including their member’s magazine, Octane.  In their recent addition I came across a great article by an EO member and the founder of The Accountability Company.
The premise behind the company […]

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“There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment, and you start to decline.”

– Andy Grove, Intel CEO

Thank you to Brian Tracy for sending this out in his daily newsletter!
Andy Grove was an amazing CEO […]

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It’s amazing…I’ve been struggling along for several months now with a laptop that was well past its prime (I also loaded a ton of unnecessary junk on it as well - that could have something to do with it!), and I was growing very frustrated with the time I spent each day waiting for my computer.
Start […]

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If you’ve never heard of the company before, you should head over to www.37signals.com and check them out.
37 Signals designs web applications that are very simple and elegant yet powerfully effective. The one that really has me excited about using at my current business and sharing with our clients is Campfire. Campfire is […]

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I’ve long been skeptical that anyone is going to be able to build a free/cheap Microsoft Office alternative that will be able to compete with Microsoft, but I really do think it’s starting to happen.
I’ve started tinkering around with Google Docs recently, and it’s great. The functionality is minimal compared to Microsoft Office, but […]

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Microsoft made a big splash in the small business community recently (whether you realize it yet or not!) with the announcement of their expected entrance into the unified communications space.
Why is this big news? By entering this space with a software solution, Microsoft is saying that they want to replace (or dramatically enhance) your […]

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What am I referring to?
CONFIDENCE!
Think about it.  Why are we having a mortgage crisis in the U.S. today?  What changed that all of a sudden made millions of loans look so bad?  The answer is that buyers of debt suddenly lost their confidence in people’s ability to pay.  That’s all that changed!
But look at the […]

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