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Shopify vs. Magento, a.k.a. 9 Reasons You Should Switch to Shopify
I’m going to be bold here and say that if you’re a small business with fewer than 100,000 customers and a pretty normal business model, [&hellip

Is there some “secret sauce” to becoming an entrepreneur?
Recently, someone added me on LinkedIn and sent me a message with a series of questions about how to become an entrepreneur. Will getting a [&hellip

7 Business Lessons from Facebook’s Culture & History
Every time I visit Facebook HQ, I get a healthy dose of what exactly it means to let a company’s culture pervade it’s workspace. Ever [&hellip

4 Powerful Life & Business Lessons from EO Alchemy
When I attended EO Alchemy this last weekend, I expected to come away with a great deal of business philosophy and plug-and-play operational strategies to [&hellip

The Cluetrain Manifesto – Manifested Today
With the huge abundance of experts cropping up in the fields of web marketing and social media, I am often surprised by the fact that [&hellip

Don’t Call Me Buddy: A Quick Guide to Business Communication
At an age where most kids are wearing baggy pants, dying their hair, and using words like “ridic” and “yo,” I chose to build and [&hellip

When it Pays to Salt the Earth in Your Industry
Recently, I was watching reruns of AMC’s incredible drama “Mad Men,” which for those of you who do not know, is about 1960′s Madison Avenue [&hellip

Social Media Secret Weapons
I am often asked how exactly I manage all of the Social Media work I do to promote my self, my business, my EO Chapter, [&hellip

What it Means to Fail Fast
A popular saying among entrepreneurs is “fail fast,” or the extended “fail often, fail fast, fail cheaply.” This is a perplexing phrase, especially in the [&hellip

14 Reasons I Prefer Reading on My iPad
And now, for a brief detour from the usual entrepreneurship and business-oriented posts, for my other love… Apple. I rarely if ever need provocation to [&hellip