Archive for October, 2006

Richard Branson: Losing My Virginity

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Losing My Virginity has been one of the most – if not the most – enjoyable autobiographies that I have ever read. Learning about Branson’s life from a young child to a successful multi-billionaire entrepreneur was an amazing journey for me – very inspirational!
Branson is one of a kind. His philosophy is to live life […]

Don’t Pay it Back – Pay it Forward

Remember that movie Pay it Forward? I don’t remember all the details of the movie, but I remember the main idea: a young student comes up with an idea for a class project. His idea is called “Pay it Forward” which means that every time he helps someone, that person doesn’t pay that person back, […]

Do Entrepreneurs Cook Anymore?

I remember once upon a time when I wasn’t an active entrepreneur (can you believe that? ha) and I always seemed to be cooking. I feel that back then, I had a lot more time to cook in the morning, afternoon, and at night. It was pretty fun, too.
Nowadays, to be honest, there are some […]

Remember Classhelpers? Well, I’m selling it

A few months back I started a series called Flipping Classhelpers.com. After reading a few articles on how students were selling sites on the net for pretty decent profits, I decided to start Class Helpers and see what I could do with it.
A few weeks into the project, I decided that I really liked […]

Be Careful Who You Get Into Bed With

As an entrepreneur you’re going to come across a lot of business opportunities. There will people who want to work with you because they love your vision, enthusiasm, or for whatever reason or another.
It’s important that you always give each opportunity a lot of thought and consideration before you jump right into bed with […]

Your Passion May be Unhealthy: Find the Balance

Two good friends of mine recently told me:

Owning a business is kind of like being in a relationship……. you can love the other person with all your heart, but, before you know it, they can start sucking the life out of you; you forget who you used to be, you get so wrapped up in […]

It’s not “WORK” it’s a LIFESTYLE

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A few days ago around 11:30PM a close friend of mine asked me to “stop working, get away from the computer, and to give it a rest for the day”. I responded with: “this isn’t work, it’s my life.”
In all honestly, I don’t like to think of what I do as “work.” Indeed, there is […]

The Burden of the Entrepreneur

Wouldn’t it be So Easy If
“I could just continue to work at my job, make my $60,000 per year, take my yearly 2 weeks vacation, purchase my BMW, and just sit back and enjoy my life without worrying about becoming ’successful’ one day like what those entrepreneurs are trying to do. Heck, I’m already set […]