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70 Interviews to Help You Build an Outstanding Internet Company

January 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Andrew Warner of Mixergy.com has put together some incredible interviews with some amazing people with purpose of helping entreprenuers create better Internet companies. Amazingly, all of the interviews are free!

There was one issue I encountered that minimized my joy a tiny fraction at finding this treasure trove; 1) not enough time to listen to them all right now! and 2) no one place to go for an easy short list of all of the interviews (this is undoubtedly because Andrew is busy creating awesome interviews!)

In this post, I have created a list of all the interviews in a easy to browse format that takes you directly to the interview page for your convenience. On that interview page, Andrew has an introductory video, written summary of the interview, streaming audio and download link. Enjoy! I sure am.

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Filed Under: Blogging, Business, Design, Life Hacks, Management, Marketing, Personal Development, Productivity, Sales, Social Networking
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Running Microsoft Office 2007 Under Wine 1.0 in Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04

July 20, 2008 by 8 Comments

This howto should help ease the process of installing Microsoft Office 2007 under Wine 1.0 in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. I should note that after all was said and done, I ended up going back to OpenOffice.org and sometimes AbiWord. There were just too many small bugs that made the experience frustrating. If I need to run Office 2007, I now do so in either VMWare or Windows XP.

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9 Key Elements for Building a Powerful Promotional Website

April 7, 2008 by 1 Comment

37 signals knows how to promote their sites with low overhead. They have a built a large user base around those promotions. Take a look at the formula they use, and think about how you can incorporate their ideas into your next Web 2.0 project.

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Filed Under: Business, Sales
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12 Questions to Qualify your Leads

March 28, 2008 by 1 Comment

Top salespeople know the value of good qualification methods. Proper qualification can skyrocket your closing ratio and save a tremendous amount of time. These 13 questions are derived from Doug Dayton’s Selling Microsoft: Sales Secrets from Inside the World’s Most Successful Company.

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How to Get Small Amounts of Funding for Non-Profits

March 26, 2008 by 1 Comment

Many people I have talked with about non-profit fund raising, seem to focus on the large sponsorship opportunities. While that is ultimate goal, there are many opportunities to get help at smaller levels that can eventually lead to the large sponsorships. If you have a non-profit and your fund raising is stalled, read on. [Read more…]

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Take the Cold out of Cold Calls with Proper Research

March 23, 2008 by 1 Comment

If you are faced with the daunting task of working through a cold call list, these tips should help you increase your chances of success. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Sales