Monthly Archives: September 2011

End Malaria Day 2011

Today is End Malaria Day — and I’d urge you to buy this book; $20 of the $25 goes toward buying mosquito nets for people in Africa. Why do it? Read Seth Godin’s post. I’ve been on a net drop while I was in Ghana with Sloane and Taylor — and its truly an amazing experience that you need to experience for yourself to understand the full weight of its power. And I have to give a hat tip to Jaclyn Schiff (who I just found today via a blog comment she left somewhere) for tipping me off to End Malaria Day.

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It’s Amazing to See What is Possible

You should all watch this video. It’s crazy impressive what Kiva.org has accomplished in just 6 short years.

Kiva.org – 620,000 Lenders funding 615,000 Entrepreneurs

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Advice for Selling Your Company

If you want to sell a company now or in the future, read this advice from James Altucher.

Why Are Founders the Best Leaders?

This is a pretty long winded article for a really simple answer — founders care more about their company than anyone else.

Want to Work Online from Anywhere and Make Money?

Everyone I talk to wants to work remotely and make money online. It’s the dream job. Blogging is one potential avenue to explore to help you accomplish that. If you’re in that camp of wanting to be location independent and thinking about starting a blog, head over and read about the million dollar blog project. The goal is to produce a blog that makes a million dollars — and IS NOT about making money online (a topic already written about far too much). Bottom line — building a profitable blog is doable. It requires a lot of time and work. And it requires execution, which is where most fail. But I’m sure Corbett and his … Continue reading

Go Dawgs 2011

If you are in Seattle, and planning to tailgate for tomorrow’s game — let me know. I’ll be there somewhere. [via Nick Loper]