Gregg Fraley

When did Entrepreneur become a bad word? We should all be bending over backwards to help Entrepreneurs in these troubled times.  Watch this video! and get a fresh perspective on what it means to be an Entrepreneur. Send the video link  to every young person you can think of — today!  Let’s kick-start a new generation of  courageous, job making, world changing, “E people.” There’s no better time then now to fulfill a dream and start a business. The amazing video was written & produced by Sonja Jacob, designed by Ben White, and the compelling music is the work of Carly Commando (of NBA playoff theme fame).  I love the straight forward inspirational simplicity of the copy and the elegance

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I’ve been reading, or I should say digesting, Guy Kawasaki‘s new book, Reality Check, the Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition.  I’d suggest a deep red wine while reading, something to complement a meaty book, perhaps a Cotes du Rhone. It’s a book destined to become a classic vintage, a book about being an entrepreneur, written by an entrepreneur, for entrepreneurs. Its content is the nitty-gritty detail of what it takes to make a start up happen and work.  It’s practical, it’s concise, it covers a lot of bases, and yeah, it’s irreverent.  I think irreverent is true, but more accurately, the advice it gives is often not the classic BS (“Bull Shitake”, Guy’s term) you might

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1. Always have a business card. Even when you are out of work having a card is the cheapest and easiest way to advertise yourself and have people contact you. If you are computer savvy, then make your own. Use the “clean edge” stock Avery makes, you can buy at Office Depot (or Staples etc.) Change your card as often as you want. Don’t think of a business card as a static thing, it’s more like a little billboard where you can personalize a message about yourself. And give them to everybody you see. Put them on bulletin boards. Carry cards everywhere you go and don’t miss a chance to give it to somebody. 2. Go to every public event,

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