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What Capitalists and Founders Never Say

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 [...]

The Television Show Name

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 [...]

LOLprez Retweet May 2009

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.
LOLprez

I’m the punchdrunk president.
Don’t call me unpatriotic, watching American Idol!
I’m a [...]

Retweet May 2009

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 [...]

Twitter Tweet Links May 2009

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, [...]

On Cynicism, Phone, and Financing

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 [...]

Unfollow Diddy

Puff Diddy, otherwise known as P Diddy and about ten other alias, recently reached 1,000,000 followers on Twitter. He put out a video to commemorate his Twitter milestone, a feat accomplished by the likes of Ashton Kutcher, Britney Spears, and Oprah Winfrey. For one reason or another, the rubbed the Twitter community the [...]

100 Most Creative People in Business

The June edition of Fast Company has an impressive list of the 100 most creative people in business. Below is the top ten creative people in business, according to Fast Company…

Jonathan Ive / Apple / Senior Vice President of Industrial Design
Melinda Gates / Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation / Cochair, Trustee
Shai Agassi / Better [...]

Best Business Quotes

The June edition of Entrepreneur has a nice collection of some of the best business quotes.

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one comming.
- Richard Branson

There is no royal, flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it. for if I have accomplished anything in life, it is [...]

Billion Dollar Losers

March’s edition of Forbe’s has a special on the world’s billionaires. I rember reading back in 2007 how the riches men and woman made billions that year. Now it is a different story. It is estimated the Carlos Slim Helu and Warren Buffett both lost $25 billion invidivually, and Bill Gates has [...]