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Feb 10

Poker Taught Me Everything I Know About Business

Tony Hsieh (Zappos.com) has a great post called “Everthing I Know About Business I Learned From Poker.”

  • If there are too many competitors (some irrational or inexperienced), even if you’re the best it’s a lot harder to win.
  • Make sure your bankroll is large enough for the game you’re playing and the risks you’re taking.
  • You need to adjust your style of play throughout the night as the dynamics of the game change. Be flexible.
  • Learn by doing. Theory is nice, but nothing replaces actual experience.
  • Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.
  • Be nice and make friends. It’s a small community.
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Feb 10

Dodge Charger is the New Man Ship

I absolutely love the new Dodge Charger ads. They’ve taken the Hardee’s approach to focus exclusively on their target audience.

Funny, well crafted, effective.

How could I not love a car that claims to be a “man ship”?

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Feb 10

Note to Self – Avoid Adobe if Possible

I’ve been on the phone with Adobe for 55 minutes and haven’t spoken to a single live person yet. I’m trying to activate a piece of software that my company paid almost $2,000 to get, and I can’t get a single support person to answer the phone. Tried live chat. Failure. Called a different support number. Failure.

Adobe. Failure.

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Jan 10

URBaCS Launches New Website for New Focus HR

We, @URBaCS, just launched NewFocusHR.com for Kristen Shingleton. Kristen and I met while serving together on the Big Ten Career Expo committee. When she left her company to start her own venture she approached me about building a website for her. I was honored because I respected Kristen and truly valued her opinion and work ethic on the committee.

Although the design/development took longer than I’d hoped (my fault entirely – sidetracked on other projects) I’m thrilled with our finished product. Her site is clean, bright and effectively communicates what she does. She’s an HR professional that provides consulting, training and speaking services to businesses in Indianapolis and the surrounding areas.

What do you think? I’d love to hear your feedback.

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Jan 10

The iPad is here

Steve Jobs said, “This will be the most important thing I’ve ever done.” He’s referring to Apple’s new tablet called the iPad. Details are scarce but those that have been able to demo the tablet claim it is going to completely change the game. We’ve seen how the iPod has affected the music industry, movie industry, television industry, book industry and all related manufacturing industries.

My guess is with this bold of a statement the iPad could in fact change the world.

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Jan 10

Blippy?!? I don’t understand…

Just heard about a new service opening to the public at Blippy.com. It’s a new way to share what people are buying. You sign up and add a credit card or authorize an online account like Amazon, iTunes or GoDaddy. Then everytime you buy something it autoposts the amount and the details of your transaction for the world to see. I just don’t understand why anyone would want to publish this information publicly. I get Mint, Outright and MoneyStrands, where users can track and manage their money online. But why would I want to share my personal financial history with the world? In real-time?

I could see spammers running all over this data. Creating feeds that track my purchase history and selling lists of users that shop at specific stores or have specific buying tendencies.

Blippy just raised $1.6 million from some the the biggest names in the VC world. So apparently, those that are smarter than I understand the value.

Someone please explain?!?

Blippy Screenshot

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Jan 10

Interesting Business Model – Pinboard

Pinboard.in is a social bookmarking service similar to Yahoo’s Del.icio.us. The major difference: Pinboard is not free.

They charge a one-time fee to join that is calculated based on the number of users in the system. This encourages a customer that’s on the fence to sign up now or risk paying more later. The price goes up $0.001 for every new user that joins ($5.94 at the time of this post). Genius!!!

This income stream allows the company to stand above other services in terms of customer support and reliability. If you have a question/problem, you’ll get an answer within minutes and you don’t have to worry about the company closing shop and taking your links with them.

Did I mention I really like the way they drive registrations and grow their bottom line? Kudos.

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