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Publicity Record Breakers

24 October 2008

A really cool way to get publicity and have fun is to do something never done before.  Richard Branson and his kids are sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to break the world record on the fastest Atlantic Ocean crossing.
Of course you have to be able to accept failure.  Richard Branson has done [...]

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Business Stripped Bare preview

21 October 2008

Richard Branson’s new book which I reviewed last week has 43 pages available as a preview.  Check it out below.
The Random House – DDC – Widget.
I highly recommend the book.

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Big banks vs regional

15 October 2008

I have a great aunt with a lot of money.  She has many many accounts in many banks with no more than $100,000 USD in each because that is the limit the FDIC Insurance will pay.  Not many know this, but yes there is limit.  So if you have a lot of money use different [...]

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“Business Stripped Bare” best business book of the year

13 October 2008

I read Richard Branson’s new book Business Stripped Bare over the weekend. My family (all women) went to a women’s retreat so I was all alone this weekend. Except for a friend Ed who came over to watch the last James Bond movie, can’t wait for the new one to come out. [...]

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It’s the end of the world

1 October 2008

My friend Craig Perrine had an excellent post yesterday about the economic non end of the world.  Nice quote here.
It’s the circle of economic life my friend, not a crisis or the end of the US as we know it (contrary to what all the uber ninnies on the news are telling us).
As you’ll see, [...]

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There Is No Reverse Gear On This Thing

27 September 2008

I love this quote.
There are many ways to run a successful company. What works once may never work again. What everyone tells you never to do may just work, once. There are no rules. You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over, and it’s because you fall [...]

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In defence of capitalism

25 September 2008

Here is an article that was adapted from Richard Branson’s new book Business Stripped Bare.  I pre-ordered the book yesterday.  Here is an excerpt and the link to the full article is at the bottom.  Enjoy, he makes some very good points and it is very timely.

I learned never do anything that means you can’t [...]

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