How do you verify something that is fake? How do you verify an impostor? You can’t say, ‘yup, that is the real fake McCoy, the genuine impostor article, the real counterfeit deal.’ How can you verify that the fake Steve Jobs is really the Fake Steve Jobs? If there is one [...]
During the first half of The 4-Hour Workweek Tim Ferriss spends a lot of time making the case that he is a self help douche bag, in the classic sense of the word. The first half of his book, he talks about how he bended the rules on a martial arts competition to win [...]
One of my favorite hashtags on Twitter is #haiku. Every once in a while, when I a bored or need some inspiration, I search twitter for recent haiku tweets. Here are some of my favorite that I have collected over the time.
@Baron_waffles: trying to figure / out the mystery which is / the [...]
I came across the following business quote from Thomas Watson, the founder of IBM.
Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him.
- Thomas J. Watson/IBM founder
A similar mistake happened at a previous high [...]
I ran into two presentations that follow the inspiration poster pattern about things Venture Capitalist and Startup Founders never say via TechCrunch. I was surprised, if Venture Capitalist and Startup Founder feel like this about each other how is there going to be trust to build a sustainable business, I guess sustainable is not [...]
It seems like their is one guy currently naming all the new mid-season television shows. Maybe it is a trend, started by The Office, but many of the names of recent television shows have the following patter The Noun. To see what I mean, here are a few names of new and upcoming [...]
Here I am reblogging some retweets for the past month that broken down by subject matter. Some of these tweets also cover events that occurred in May 2009. If you like to follow along, befriend me and I’ll be sure to follow back.
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I’m the punchdrunk president.
Don’t call me unpatriotic, watching American Idol!
I’m a [...]
Here I am reblogging some retweets for the past month that broken down by subject matter. Some of these tweets also cover events that occurred in May 2009. If you like to follow along, befriend me and I’ll be sure to follow back.
Blogmouth
Factoid: Less than 10,000 of the nearly 200,000 books published each [...]
Here are some worthwhile articles regarding Twitter for May 2009.
Usage and Growth
Twitcode: A Program in 130 Characters
Three Drunk Words
Books on Twitter
Unfollow Twiddy
Twitter Tees by Threadless – Tweets on Tees
How To Use Twitter and Not Be a Douchebag
Twitter to Launch Business Tools by Year-End
Guatemalan Twitter User Arrested for "Inciting Financial Panic"
The fickle Twitterer
Twitter Surges Past Digg, [...]
Everybody has something to say about the current economic downturn.
Wall Street is not a casino. The drinks are free in a casino. – Vahan Janjigian
Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears. – Robert Sarnoff
Only Americans have mastered the art of being prosperous though broke. – Kelly [...]