Nutrition books/audiobooks
A buddy recently asked for recommendations for good nutrition audiobooks. I’ve probably read and/or listened to 300+ books on the subjects and while I wouldn’t consider myself an expert, I probably know more than most. One of my recommendations is to listen to nutrition-related stuff when you’re fixing meals. It’s a great [...]
Continue reading...Updates from a memorable month
Thursday, July 8, 2010
It’s been three months since I’ve blogged and so I wanted to check in with some updates as it’s been an exciting and very memorable month. So here’s what I’ve been up to (in chronological order): eduFire is now a part of Camelback Education Group – In June eduFire.com became a part of Camelback Education [...]
Continue reading...If you were 24 and had $200k in spare cash, how would you invest it?
Friday, April 9, 2010
This question was posted to Quora recently and I decided to hop in with a fairly lengthy answer since I was in a very similar situation about a decade ago. Since Quora’s still behind a wall for most people I thought I’d repost my answer here. If you were 24 and had $200k in spare [...]
Continue reading...The Hardest Working People on the Planet
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
As entrepreneurs working hard is a given (if you want to be successful that is). Of course, there’s always a question of just what truly is working hard. I’ve found that most entrepreneurs, if compared to the average office worker at a big company, work extremely hard. However, just because you’re working [...]
Continue reading...Presentations for entrepreneurs from my eduFire classes
Friday, December 18, 2009
As many of you know I’ve been teaching a series of courses related to entrepreneurship on eduFire. I wanted to post links here to some of the presentations I’ve used in case you find them helpful. Enjoy! A Decade’s Worth of Entrepreneurial Advice Entrepreneur Bootcamp: Your Idea Financing Your Venture How to Build a World Class Team How [...]
Continue reading...Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
There are two kinds of “quit” in this world. There’s the smart quit. The one where you know you’re not doing the right thing with your life. The kind of one David Allen did. The one that intuitively feels right in every kind of way. And then there’s the other type [...]
Continue reading...A Quick LearnOutLoud Shout-Out
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
As some of you already know about five years back I helped to start a site to aggregate audio content called LearnOutLoud.com. When I started eduFire in 2007 I turned over the reins on LearnOutLoud to my brother David and he has done a fantastic job growing the company and he let me know [...]
Continue reading...Hacking the University: Taking the Power Back
Monday, November 30, 2009
I’m pissed. One of my missions in life is to help make education more equal. Equal as in “more access for everyone” kinda equal. And then I come across stories like this one:The Subprime Student Loan Racket and this one: Video Professor Tries To Bully Washington Post, Fails and I get pissed. Pissed [...]
Continue reading...Build your entrepreneurial confidence. Try these tips on for size.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Entrepreneurship is hard. You’re going to go through moments where you feel like you’re on top of the world. And then you’re going to experience moment when you think the world is going to come to an end. And often those moments will occur within the same hour of the day. When you [...]
Continue reading...A dozen of the best start-up pitches on the Web
Friday, November 13, 2009
One of the best ways to prepare yourself to pitch your company is to watch other people pitch theirs. Here are a dozen of the best “start-up” pitches I could find (watching people pitch established companies is, in general, not as much fun ). Watch and learn! (PS Post any other [...]
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
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