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End the year strong

November 4, 2011 By Jim Raffel 1 Comment

It's not time to slow down for the holidays; not quite yet. It's time to tie up loose ends and start planning for 2012. It can be a tricky balancing act here in the U.S. as Thanksgiving approaches and then the inevitable onslaught of holiday parties to attend in December starts up. Take a different … [Read more...]

Filed Under: motivation, personal development Tagged With: coast, fast start, hunting, missed opportunity, opportunities, planning, start, strong, the year

Why you want to help start something

April 26, 2011 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

When Joe Sorge started Kitchen Table Companies (affiliate link) with Chris Brogan, he asked for my help filling the forums with useful and interesting content. I said yes because Joe is a friend; but that's not what this post is about. Instead, I learned the value of being a first mover in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer, motivation, personal development Tagged With: Chris Brogan, first mover advantage, joe sorge, kitchen tables, ktc, start, start something, strategic management, successful, venture

Starting a Business in Seven Steps

January 26, 2011 By Jim Raffel 7 Comments

There are many details involved in starting a business. Here, I've boiled it down to the seven that I have found to be most important to continuing business success. 1. Open a checking account. The moment you make the decision to go in business for yourself, open a new checking account. Decide how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Small Business 101 Tagged With: business, business cards, business funding, business ideas, business success, checking accounts, expense, seven, seven steps, start, starting a business

Ideation ideas

September 26, 2010 By Jim Raffel 8 Comments

Two quick ideas to keep your mind moving forward and thinking. When making a numbered list always add one number at the end and leave it blank. By doing so you encourage your mind to keep thinking. Instead of the "that's done" mentality, your thinking will be "what else?" When sketching or taking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: paper, personal development, Stuff I Like, Writing Tagged With: creativity, idea, ideas, ideation, number list, start, thought

Ideas + Discipline = Success

August 12, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

"How do you pick which idea to write about" and "how do you write every day" are the two most common blogging questions I am asked. They are great questions, because you need the ideas and the discipline to write regularly in order to achieve blogging success. First, the ideas. Now that I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, motivation, new media, social media, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: blog, blogging, developing ideas, discipline, finding idea, ideas, linkedin, social information processing, start, success

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