Startup Logic

startup events

• Jan 28, 2012: Workshop on Product Management at Pune at Will be Confirmed to the Registered Participants
• Feb 3, 2012: Workshop on Product Management at Bangalore at M/s KnowledgeWorks IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd.,
• Mar 15, 2012: Handset & Gadget Innovation Review 2012 at Intel Corporation Headquarters
• Feb 3, 2012: Sri Sakthi India Leadership Summit at Sri Sakthi India Leadership Summit
• Feb 21, 2012: LA Innovative Startup Competition at Voivoda Labs Building
• Feb 9, 2012: Women's Business Exchange February Breakfast at Women's University Club
• Feb 29, 2012: Peter Cohan's 'Great Demo!' Workshop at Moorpark Hotel
• Feb 15, 2012: Health Tech Breakfast: Investor Landscape - Outlook for 2012 at Genentech 31-1A
• Feb 14, 2012: Entrepreneur Forum: 4G Apps at Vodafone Labs
• Feb 20, 2012: Personal Kanban workshop with creator & author Jim Benson at Holborn Bars

• Feb 8, 2012: SVForum Main Event at Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
• Feb 7, 2012: VC TaskForce - The Life Sciences Investor Pitch at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
• Jan 30, 2012: Meet Walmart Labs: Portland’s Latest Mobile Powerhouse at Urban Airship
• Feb 1, 2012: Business Booster - Negotiating with American Business Partners at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
• Jan 30, 2012: Short-Term Coaching for Rapid and Long-Term Results at GISSV - German International School Silicon Valley
• Jan 30, 2012: Apple: World's Biggest Startup. Special presentation by Adam Lashinsky at Innovation Warehouse 1 East Poultry
• Feb 25, 2012: Bird On The Wire Presents: Tycho at Cargo
• Jan 28, 2012: Entrepreneurship Summit 2012 at IIT-B
• Feb 2, 2012: Telecom Council Mobile Forum: Connected Car at Marvell Headquarters
• Jan 28, 2012: E-Summit 2012 at Indian Institute of Technology
• Feb 16, 2012: #MTLStartupTalent at Le MARQUIS
• Feb 7, 2012: SVForum Quarterly Venture Breakfast with Pillsbury Winthrop and PwC at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
• Jan 28, 2012: Millionaire Productivity Secrets for Solopreneurs at DaVinci Institute
• Feb 2, 2012: Silesia OpenCoffee at "Za kulisami"
• Nov 29, 2012: Gojko Adzic's BDD for Developers - Two day course at Skills Matter Limited
• Aug 6, 2012: Gojko Adzic's BDD for Developers - Two day course at Skills Matter Limited
• May 23, 2012: Gojko Adzic's BDD for Developers - Two day course at Skills Matter Limited
• Feb 6, 2012: Gojko Adzic's BDD for Developers - Two day course at Skills Matter Limited
• May 15, 2012: Annual Michigan Growth Capital Symposium at Marriott Resort
• May 28, 2012: Lion 101+201: Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.7 Bootcamp at FMC Orlando
• Apr 16, 2012: Lion 101+201: Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.7 Bootcamp at FMC Orlando
• Feb 27, 2012: Lion 101+201: Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.7 Bootcamp at FMC Orlando
• Jun 11, 2012: Lion 101: Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.7 at FMC Orlando
• Apr 30, 2012: Lion 101: Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.7 at FMC Orlando
• Mar 19, 2012: Lion 101: Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.7 at FMC Orlando
• Feb 6, 2012: Lion 101: Mac OS X Support Essentials v10.7 at FMC Orlando
• Dec 9, 2012: Cavoodle Puppies For Sale:dogs|cavoodle-puppies-for-sale at cavoodle puppies for sale
• Mar 3, 2012: Starting a Cafe or Restaurant Workshop - Melbourne at Red Spice Road Restaurant
• Feb 25, 2012: Starting a Cafe or Restaurant Workshop at Leichhardt
• Mar 24, 2012: Starting a Cafe or Restaurant Workshop at City East Community College

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news.ycombinator.com

• Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin , usr/sbin split
• CityHash: new hash function by Google (faster than Murmur)
• Jekyll Bootstrap: The Quickest Way to Blog with Jekyll
• Doing Y Combinator a second time
• Facebook to File for IPO Next Week
• How Much Is an Astronaut's Life Worth?
• Fixing Student Loans: Let’s Give Colleges Some ‘Skin in the Game’
• How I Develop Things and Why
• Linux Easy To Support = Lower Software Prices
• The problem with startups is that they can’t solve the big problems.

• U.S. government invalidates potent Rambus patent
• Curebit (YC W11) Raises $1.2 Million For Online Referral System
• This is what 864GB of RAM looks like now
• What I Learned From Opening a Bookstore
• Coding Horror: Separating Programming Sheep from Non-Programming Goats
• Great article and maybe creates opportunity
• Apple's Wild World of Coded Magnets
• Welcome Geoff
• The Miracle of WD-40
• Chapter 6 of the Rails Tutorial, 2nd Edition is out ("Modeling users")
• US CTO Aneesh Chopra stepping down
• Google Kills Android Menu Button, Replaces It with Action Bar
• PyPy funded to begin support for Python 3 and Numpy
• Fun with math: Dividing one by 998001 yields a surprising result
• Show HN: I made a site that rings a bell every time you have a new customer
• Twitter isn't Censoring You. Your Government is.
• Twitter uncloaks a year's worth of DMCA takedown notices, 4,410 in all
• How I Learned Enough Ruby On Rails In 12 Weeks To Launch Freelancify
• Graphene: The perfect water filter
• Three years later, Mr. Moore is still letting us punt on database sharding

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venturehacks.com

• You can be so bad at so many things
• The problem with the Internet startup craze
• 1.5 Years Of AngelList: 8000 Intros, 400 Investments And That’s Just The Data We Can Tell You About
• Before product-market fit, find passion-market fit
• But I don’t want to follow you on Twitter
• Anatomy of an (un)fundable startup
• Getting Leverage in Hostage Negotiations
• Reading your legal docs
• “A” players write the playbook
• AngelList startup wins TechCrunch Disrupt

howtosplitanatom.com

• Stop Buying Banner Ads
• The Sales Pitch
• Anatomy Of A Failed Consultant
• A Critique of Small Businesses
• Deconstructing Large Businesses
• I Think I Can
• Living In The 21st Century
• Fast Talking More Effective For Ambivalent Audiences
• What Scientific Beliefs Have Been Flat Wrong
• Confidence Often Trumps Honesty

startup news

• Launch: searchmash, an experimental site started by Google
• News: Google launches "Features, Not Products" initiative
• Launch: Google Code Search
• Preview: Google testing new site design
• Launch: Democracy, the free internet TV system
• Launch: Google Pages, new Geocities-style site-building software
• Launch: Google running AdWords in newspapers
• Launch: TextPayMe, makes it easy to send money through SMS
• Launch: Google Music, search for bands and albums
• Purchase: CNET buys Consumating, dating site for bloggers andgeeks

• Launch: Pandora, creates a custom webcast of music you'll like
• Story: Xooglers, Google's former Marketing Director tells his story
• Launch: Click-to-Call AdWords, Google will let you call advertisers
• Launch: pbwiki, start your own wiki in seconds
• Launch: Protopage, create your own personal start page
• Update: Blind test reveals Google offers best results
• Preview: Newsvine, a community news sharing site
• Launch: Google Analytics, see the statistics on your website
• Announce: Google to unwire Mountain View, WiFi on street lamps
• Preview: Dabble DB, easily build custom online web apps
• Launch: Google adds Creative Commons support
• Launch: Google Local Mobile, get Google Maps and more on your mobile phone
• Preview: BBC Annotatable Audio Project, provides a wiki for annotating the BBC's audio content
• Launch: Simple JavaScript Database, uses TrimQuery and AMASS to provide a full SQL database in JavaScript
• Preview: Google on the future of advertising
• Funding: Digg, a democratic news site, gets $2.8M in VC from Greylock, angels
• Update: Flickr adds support for photo printing, books, DVDs, posters, stamps
• Launch: Seattle 911, maps 911 calls in real time
• Sale: Search engine jux2.com sells for $101K on eBay
• News: TypePad blogging software is having trouble keeping up with growth
• Launch: Yahoo! Trip Planner, share trip plans including hotels, sightseeing, and notes
• Launch: Google Video adds 450 interviews with top television producers
• Update: Google "Smart Pricing" charges less for clicks from poorly-converting sites
• Event: Seattle Mind Camp, November 5-6
• Launch: Kaboodle, collect and review pages you find on the Internet
• Launch: Waxmail, send voice emails from Outlook
• Launch: Jobster, location-based job meta search engine
• Launch: Frappr, place photos of you and your friends on a Google Map
• News: MSN joins Open Content Alliance, commits to scanning 150,000 public domain books in 2006
• Preview: Motherload, new broadband network from Comedy Central
• News: Google strengthens focus on Greater China
• News: Google donates $350,000 to open source projects at Oregon State
• Preview: Google Base, a structured database hosted by Google
• Update: Google briefly releases Google Web Accelerator 2.0
• Coming: stickis, post a note to yourself and friends on any webpage
• Launch: BlinkList, feature-packed social bookmarking site
• Launch: Google Maps Mainia, a blog covering Google Maps apps
• Preview: Groop.us, visualize the tags in your social network
• Coming: devshop.com, project management software just for programmers
• Launch: Socialight, location-based communication on your mobile phone
• Launch: Riya, face recognition photo search
• Launch: Vizu, community polling website
• Coming: ma.gnolia, new twist on social bookmarking
• Launch: Healthline, web-based medical search engine
• Launch: upto11.net, intelligent music recommendations
• Launch: Taskable, RSS and OPML browsing in your Windows taskbar
• Launch: Inform, another new RSS reader
• Launch: PreviewSeek, new topic-based search engine
• Launch: Eurekster Swicki, create your own search engine
• Launch: Qumana, blog editor that makes it easy to add ads
• Launch: Yelp, review local businesses
• Launch: Insider Pages, share reviews of local attractions with your friends
• Preview: Wink, people-powered search
• Launch: Pump Audio, connecting indie musicians with TV/movie licensees
• Update: Y Combinator's Winter Founders Program Speakers include founders of Blogger, Excite
• Coming: Shopify, hosted ajax online store software
• Launch: Outfoxed, web browser with built-in trust metric
• Update: Yahoo!, MSN link instant messaging networks
• Launch: AMASS, Flash-based Ajax local storage system
• Update: Google now helps search for plane tickets
• Learn: Interview with creator of i2hub, Wayne Chang
• Hire: Tom Coates joins Yahoo! Tech Development Group
• Coming: John Henry, web-based IDE for Ruby on Rails
• Update: Google Local adds restaurant details
• Preview: Termite, new (ajax?) open-source RSS reader
• Hire: two Ruby on Rails team members join 37signals
• Launch: reservemy.com, displays hotels on a Google Maps
• Launch: ajax domain name search
• Preview: Sphere, new blog search
• Preview: Measure Map, new blog site stats app from Adaptive Path (Jeff Veen)
• Launch: Flock, new Web 2.0 browser with built-in del.icio.us and blogging
• Hire: Matt Mullenweg leaves CNET to work on WordPress full-time
• Hire: "DVD Jon" Johansen joins "Oboe", Michael Robertson digital music project
• Learn: Startup School report from Linux Journal
• Learn: Slides from Startup School
• Learn: Interview with Jason Fried of 37signals (w/ MP3)
• Launch: Remember the Milk, featureful ajax to do list
• Purchase: Verisign buys Moreover for $30M
• Update: Google adds tagging support
• Launch: Google RSS Reader
• Coming: Chalk, ajax online collaboration software
• Coming: infogami, web-based site building software

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startup questions

• Open Question: Who in an online brokerage firm startup must have a Series 7 certification?
• Open Question: How do you go about filing self-employed business taxes on a joint tax return?
• Open Question: virtual pc 2004 problem with windows server 2003 startup---ctrl-alt-del key ambiguity duplicated?
• Open Question: How to start a web designing company, logo?
• Open Question: Ego hurt by money around me?!!?
• Open Question: Best insurance company for small startup security training agency and consulting firm?
• Open Question: help me or fail pleasee! agebra?
• Open Question: What are my chances for University?
• Open Question: Credit cards??????????????
• Voting Question: Can you name more "BROKEN PROMISES" President Barack H. Obama said He would do for AMERICA if HE were elected?

• Voting Question: Screwed up big time on last year's small business taxes...what do I do to correct them?
• Resolved Question: Would you like to be a multimillionaire?
• Resolved Question: finite math help...dealing with fixed cost and marginal cost?
• Resolved Question: Ways to get startup money for a business?
• Resolved Question: Opening Balance Equity on Quickbooks?
• Voting Question: How much money am I allowed to save and spend?When does the IRS get involved?
• Voting Question: What is a good name for a new space program?
• Resolved Question: How do I setup a secure file share for individual students in a classroom?
• Resolved Question: Does anybody own, or have started a residential cleaning business?
• Voting Question: Business ideas, please look, thanks. ;)?
• Resolved Question: How to set up an online business selling nearly-new items?
• Voting Question: Need to think of a startup business?
• Voting Question: How can I find investors?
• Resolved Question: What are all the taxes and regulations in business?
• Resolved Question: I'm looking for a Name to start my New Consultancy, Training and Development firm?
• Resolved Question: My loan request was denied. Would they reconsider if I wrote them a letter?
• Voting Question: Odd Linksys/Ps3 wifi issue?
• Resolved Question: Is there a business in texas that will assist you in starting a business?
• Resolved Question: What is a reasonable interest rate and loan term for a loan of 1.4 million dollars?
• Voting Question: Could somebody please give me some advice?
• Resolved Question: Could somebody please give me advice on how to pick the best web hosting?
• Resolved Question: Can we run our own startup - legally - while working as a Technical Architect at Yahoo! or Google?
• Resolved Question: Even though I'm not in the military, I can still get a beautiful white woman to be my wife right?
• Resolved Question: Can you go to jail for a law you didn't know existed?
• Resolved Question: how do i finance my party promotions company?
• Voting Question: Is it douche to call yourself a CEO of a small/startup business that makes like 40k/year?
• Resolved Question: vending machine experiences?
• Resolved Question: Do you know of any LEGIT work at home businesses that offer availibilty worldwide?
• Resolved Question: Where to find funded startup companies who need animated video commercials (video demos)?
• Resolved Question: why are people so pretentious when you say you're not in college?
• Resolved Question: Politics govt: Does anyone want a business idea that is guaranteed to make you money.?
• Resolved Question: are internet auto businesses exempt from having a california broker license?
• Voting Question: My friend wants to start a graphic design business from her home. How much to charge for her service?
• Resolved Question: Which website provides CDA / NDA signing and file downloading kind of service (like business plan)?
• Resolved Question: Where can I find business partner online for startup in India?
• Resolved Question: I'm looking for some business ideas for a new move?
• Resolved Question: Business grants and loans for disabled ?
• Voting Question: To claim small business deductions on income tax, how much do I need to sell?
• Resolved Question: How should I invest my $4500?
• Resolved Question: Innovative Startups or Tried & True Businesses?

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onstartups.com

• Startup Tribes: Tips on Roles and Recruiting
• Startup Branding: A Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs
• 7 Lessons On Startup Funding From a Research Scientist
• The Big List: The Best and Worst Startup Stuff In 2011
• 13 Ways To Think About And Crush Your Competition
• Visiting The Valley: Why It's A Special Place For Startups
• Insider Tips From HubSpot's Launch of Marketing Grader
• Cult of Product: Marketing Isn't Just For Losers Who Pay For Sex
• 12 Things Entrepreneurs Should Be Thankful For
• DON'T start a company...yet

• The CEO Should Be The Chief Experience Officer
• The Backuisition and 9 Other Types of Acquisitions [humor]
• From Deadpool to Acquisition: Lessons From Sprouter's Almost Fail
• Forget The MBA: How About a Masters In Startup Awesomeness?
• Startups: You're Not Really Ramen Profitable, You're Ramen Sustainable
• I Am Not Steve Jobs and Steve Would Have Wanted It That Way
• Choosing A Minimally Viable Co-Founder
• Why The Value Of The Fund-Raising Process Is Not Just The Funds
• 43 Pithy Quips On The Business of Software
• MIT Startup Bootcamp 2011: Notes and Musings
• 23 Tweetable Insights From "The Lean Startup"
• Why Venture Capitalists Invest In Pigs, Not Chickens
• 3 Quick Entrepreneurial Sales Lessons
• How To Pick The Right Idea For Your Startup
• Combating the Innovators Dilemma – HubSpot’s Experiments Framework

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instigatorblog.com

• HighScore House Launches at 500Startups
• Schoolwork, Dating or Hacking Side Projects: Pick Two out of Three
• Competitive Differentiation that Matters
• Kids and Computers
• One Customer Doesn’t Make a Market
• The Resume Black Hole
• A Massive Opportunity to Create Massive Damage Success
• Reward Customers Earlier
• There’s No “Shitty” in MVP
• Performance vs. Features — Which is More Important?

startup ideas

• Go Retro with Iphone
• Slovenian library creates surprise book packs based on genre
• Augmented reality poetry book can only be read via webcam
• At Bahrain auto shop, customers can exercise while they wait
• Mobile app adds an element of gaming to home energy metering
• BiKN Helps You Keep Track of Your Life
• With every half-sized restaurant meal, a donation to fight hunger
• Interactive, motion-sensing walls to motivate gym-goers
• Wallee Headrest
• Personal solar charger broadcasts and rewards users’ energy savings

• A social network for teens on the autism spectrum
• In Japan, a hotel for dead people
• RF-enabled app locates lost objects or children
• The Bike Valet
• Touchscreen Waiter
• Pretty FieldCandy Tents
• Dwolla, The New E-Commerce Solution
• QR Haircut for Football Fans
• Natural Libary
• Free Report: Awesome Business Ideas of 2011

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blog.guykawasaki.com

• Raising Money: What Not to Say and What Not to Believe #OfficeandGuyK
• Design a Sam Adams beer
• How to Create an Enchanting Financial Forecast #OfficeandGuyK
• How to Create an Enchanting Business Plan #OfficeandGuyK
• How to Create an Enchanting Pitch #OfficeandGuyK

everyjoe.com

• Chick of the Day: Evelyn Lozada
• Fox Morning Show Co-Anchor Greg Kelly Accused of Rape
• Pat Sajak & Vanna White Hosted “Wheel of Fortune” Drunk
• Rihanna Gets a “Thug Life” Tattoo
• Could Facebook Shut Down Over SOPA & PIPA?
• Wikipedia to Go Dark on Wednesday to Protest SOPA & PIPA
• Betty White Turns 90
• Tim Tebow Keeps Starting Job
• Healthy Super Bowl Party Food

businesscreditcards.com

• Top 10 Travel Scams to Watch Out For
• 10 Most Recognizable Business Mascots
• 10 Green Businesses that Made It Big
• 9 Businesses That Depend On The Holiday Rush
• 10 Worst Celebrity Business Ventures of All Time
• 10 Financial Benefits of Living With Your Parents After College
• The 12 Strangest Celebrity Businesses
• The Business Behind Halloween
• The Business of Getting Hitched
• 10 Major Companies That Are Hiring Big Time

startupstudio.com

• Ariba and XOJet founder Paul Touw
• David Hornik of VentureBlog, VentureCast, August Capital, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Harvard Law School…
• Hayden Hamilton, founder of GreenPrint, ProgressiveRx.com and Progressive Health Worldwide
• Spinner Networks, Grouper, and Brondell co-founder David Samuel
• Jon Gavenman of Heller Ehrman Venture Law Group
• Kiptronic founder Jonathan Cobb
• Kong Company founder Joe Markham
• Grammar Girl’s founder Mignon Fogarty
• blip.tv co-founder Dina Kaplan
• ZipRealty co-founder Scott Kucirek

• Meebo founder Seth Sternberg
• Aggregate Knowledge co-founder Chris Law
• WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg
• Employease founder Michael Seckler
• Embrace Pet Insurance founder Laura Bennett
• FeedBurner co-founder Matt Shobe
• The Bulb Hunter, aka Chris Wiesinger, founder of The Southern Bulb Company
• Eventbrite founder Kevin Hartz
• Ravenswood Winery founder Joel Peterson
• MerchantCircle founder Wayne Yamamoto
• Serial entrepreneur Barbara Carey
• Tazo Tea founder Steve Smith
• Oprah’s guest, patemm founder Grace Welch, shares how she did it
• George Foreman and his lean, mean, fat-reducing grilling machine
• Southwest Airlines founder Herb Kelleher
• Esprit founder Susie Tompkins Buell
• Coinstar founder Jens Molbak

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workhappy.net

• Launch Effect
• Why entrepreneurs should be watching Discovery Channel's "Gold Rush"
• Answers on Startups (a Stack Exchange site)
• How to find a good domain name
• Landing Page Case Study - Invoice Bubble
• Good landing page principles are good UX principles
• A few landing page principles
• Defining a "successful" landing page
• I need your help - seeking successful landing pages
• Founder of Threadless keepin’ it real

• Shopify featured (briefly) on 37signal's "profitable and proud" series
• Happy Quote (on being unbeatable)
• Happy Quote (on pricing and service)
• Clicky Web Analytics (GetClicky.com)
• Using Google Docs to make a survey

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killerstartups.com

• Droover.com - Live Search Engine
• SiteNailer.com - Create Thumbnails And Screenshots
• Wallpoper.com - Free Quality Wallpapers
• TalkdeskApp.com - Turn Your Browser Into A Call Center
• Appatista.com - Create Mobile Apps
• JobKaster.com - Jobs By Location
• Near2There.com - Reminders For Places
• ScriptPlazza.com - Resources For Webmasters
• Vitogo.com - Get Fit Without Going To The Gym
• Doodle.com - Free Event Scheduler

• Invoicebus.com - Invoice Clients Online
• GroupDocs.com - Convert Documents Online
• CouponSlap.com - Daily Deals And Social Coupons
• Cyfe.com - Track Business Metrics
• InfoAbout.me - Online Resumes With Real Time Stats
• ShoutMy.Biz - Sites For Small Businesses
• uWhisp.com - Record Voice Messages
• MyTravelToolbox.com - Build Better Travel Sites
• ThinkBinder.com - Online Study Groups
• ShortcutBlogging.com - Instant Blog Posts
• AutoGlance.com - Compare Used Cars
• HiredFor.com - Market Your Skills
• FreeHomeOwnerListings.com - Free Real Estate Listings
• ScholarPRO.com - Find Scholarships Online
• Scoutzie.com - Hire Top Designers
• Fancloud.com - Social Site For Sports Fans
• Wipolo.com - Organize Your Trip
• WetterWolke.com - Weather On Twitter
• CarBounce.com - Know When To Trade Your Car
• Plebu.com - Build Friendly Sites
• Distilus.com - Distilled Beverages Database
• Drowned.org - Help Drowned Victims
• Dugg.com.au - Buy Men Underwear
• Splitable.com - Split The Bill
• Manilla.com - Pay Your Bills
• Yufit.com - Exercise At Home
• ZoomSphere.com - Monitor Social Media
• Switchcam.com - Music Videos With Fan Footage
• TestMyMessage.com - Improve Your Marketing Messages
• TheAlky.com - Nightlife In The US

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E Factor

trizle.com

• What Motivated Sam Walton
• How To Get More Sales From Your Customers
• How To Win More Business Deals
• How To Find Your Business Idea
• How to Choose Your Customers
• How Business Success Happens
• How To Find a Good Lawyer
• How to Win Any Customer
• How to Delegate Your Tasks
• How to Focus on the Right Things

• How to Make Company Decisions
• How To Overcome Fear of Failure
• How to Build A Better Business Culture
• How To Make Work Interesting
• How To Sell Things Better
• How to Improve Your Brainpower
• How To Make Customers Happier
• How to Build a Cooperative Team
• How to End Office Politics
• How To Encourage Innovation

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Cubicle Nation

• A concrete example of how to get yourself to “do the work”
• How to build a powerful and profitable mailing list
• Bigger goals mean more resistance – don’t back down!
• What it looks like to walk in the direction of your goals – or not
• How to step clearly and powerfully into the new year
• Check out the wonderful things my clients shipped in 2011!
• A spot of advice for the holidays
• 4 questions to ensure 2012 will be your best year yet
• The secret to creating great classes, programs and presentations
• How to get out of your own way as an entrepreneur