Balloon Marketing Stunt Gone Wild

Flying Lawn Chair & Aviation Regulation Michael Strahan’s recent comment on Live with Kelly and Michael should give some aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs with hot schemes reason to rethink their ideas using Murphy’s Law risk assessment checklist, and possibly consulting a stupidity app for potential ranking. Strahan noted, after learning about an entrepreneur who devised […]

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Self-Employment Q and A: Work-Life Conflict

Clarence Crane & Starbucks Founders Q. What’s the difference between candy inventor Clarence Crane and the founders of the original Starbucks? Shouldn’t Crane and Starbucks founders both been able to walk away from business ideas that may not have been compatible with their skill sets? A. You are referring to an earlier post in which I noted that it […]

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Overlooked Lessons about Aptitude From A Downed Plane

When Skill Set and Thinking Ability Don’t Match Work Tasks Scan the countless stories about the recent plane crash in Taiwan and pilot error is given as the cause. But nowhere do accounts place the root cause in the headline Gross management ineptitude. The pilot, according to reports accidentally shut off the sole working engine […]

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Tips, Facts, and Resources for Aspiring Teacher-Entrepreneurs

Avoiding Pitfalls Note: No person or organization listed in the content paid for mention Part-time entrepreneurship has long been a part of the teaching profession, according to the Wall Street Journal. Educators are more likely to moonlight more than members of other occupations. In Texas alone, moonlighting has doubled during the last 30 years. Related […]

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Avril Lavigne: illness Disrupted Ability to Work

Avril Lavigne, bedridden because of a mystery illness, told by top doctors it was all in her head. Her experience is all too common. Women are far more likely than male patients to have their unexplained maladies dismissed as emotional. Unfortunately, fame and fortune can override a historical issue that many women confront when they […]

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Aptitudes and Skills in Popular Movies

Taken & The Shawshank Redemption So I have already noted previously that the most chilling self-evaluation of one’s skill set is probably uttered by Liam Neeson’s character during a phone call in the film Taken… “What I do have are a particular set of skills…” You see, Neeson’s character is a CIA operative and the phone conversation […]

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Blog Update

Jan Accommodation Post Updated… Jan Accommodation And Small Town Newspapers post… http://wp.me/p3Kr4S-2SQ 4 lessons uploaded on Teachers Pay Teachers… Notes from Dad. http://tinyurl.com/o9vtxq7 Dream Goal Word Play http://tinyurl.com/phl333m Movie Titles Q & A Decoding… http://tinyurl.com/q67ytts Road trip Entrepreneurial http://tinyurl.com/qau7m9m Views: 11

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Why Small Town Newspapers Are Thriving Despite the Web

Entrepreneurship and Journalism Journalism professor, Judy Muller, appeared on C-Span to talk about her book, Emus Loose in Egnar: Big Stories from Small Towns. And how and why contrary to popular belief, many small newspapers continue to thrive despite technology upheaval. For journalism majors with entrepreneurial aspirations, check out this earlier video with one of the small […]

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Personality Traits of Mini Aretha Franklin

Johanna Colon UPDATE: Youtube has removed the official video since it went viral… But it can be seen on ABC News. The link has been added to this list. Granted this video is off the charts in the adorable factor… 6-year old Johanna Colon is a delightful diva talent… but watch her performance closely and […]

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How A Food Blog Landed A Movie Deal

Lessons And Inspiration for Aspiring Writers Back in 2002, Julie Powell, an aspiring writer with a day job she disliked, decided to start a blog in her spare time. The posts would chronicle for a year her daily attempt to prepare a recipe from Julie Child’s iconic cookbook on the art of French cuisine. Powell’s project […]

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