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December 27th, 2006

How To Balance What’s Right, Making Money, And Worrying

Entrepreneurs are nothing if they’re not failures. Yup, we fail. And it’s more common than you might realize.
Truth is, failure is part of being an entrepreneur. Trial by fire and all that nasty stuff. Although it’s not necessarily that entrepreneurs are huge risk takers, we are doers. And doers make mistakes.
When you do fail, it’s […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 0 comments

December 27th, 2006

The Carnival of Entrepreneurs - Round 3

It’s time for Round 3 of the Carnival of Entrepreneurs, with a whackload of great, entrepreneurial content. This round, like the first and second rounds did not disappoint.
I’ve highlighted some of my favorites, but I encourage you to check out everything and anything that interests you.
As well, please help promote the Carnival by linking to […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 4 comments

December 18th, 2006

Why Ideas Suck

The naysayers have gotten to me.
Ideas are worthless.
But, they actually miss the entire reason why that’s the case.
Mark Cuban on the other hand, gets it. He recently wrote a blog post titled Success and Motivation: Drowning in Opportunity / Winning the Battles You Are In.
He’s listed 3 rules he uses when starting a new business […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 5 comments

December 14th, 2006

The Long Tail of an Idea

The long tail is a well-recognized term and concept. Chris Anderson’s blog is a great, insightful read and in many ways inspirational to the scrappy, little blogger that could.
I often think of how the long tail concept applies to ideas. What happens during the validation process to see if an idea is worthwhile, and beyond […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 0 comments

December 13th, 2006

The Carnival of Entrepreneurs Unleashed!

I had a feeling people would be happy to see a carnival related to entrepreneurship (after the old one disappeared), and I was right in a big way! I received a ton of great submissions, and considering I did very little in the way of promoting the carnival, I know this is going to be […]

By Ben Yoskovitz -- 23 comments

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