My cohort Toby is in the running for best blog and needs your vote.  It doesn’t cost you anything at all…please click here and vote…often, late and early. Don’t forget to vote for Diggings (click here) as the best recruiting blog and/or the best sourcing blog. [tags] Toby Dayton, Diggings, shameless tampering with votes[/tags]

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I am often tempted to undertake a creative, out of home advertising program for JobDig.  I keep seeing stupid, but very effective, viral efforts that seem to explode via YouBoob or MyFace or whatever.  I have come to the conclusion that most advertising people have no idea what will take off and what won’t. I [...]

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From [tag]Born Standing Up, A Comic’s Life[/tag] by [tag]Steve Martin[/tag]: “For my first show back, I chose to do a bit I had developed years earlier at the [tag]Ice House[/tag]. I speed talked a Vegas nightclub act in two minutes. Appearing on the show was [tag]Sammy Davis, Jr.[/tag] who, while still performing energetically, had also [...]

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[tag] The Entrepreneur Meme[/tag]: Blogger and story tellers check out the complete list of 100 Attributes and add your own story. Your link will make $1 for a national charity, up to $500. Let me know by either linking or email me at gl at jobdig.com. Here are the steps. Here is the blog post [...]

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The reaction to my series of 100 Attributes of a Successful Entrepreneur has been incredible. Thanks for all your notes, emails, and comments. Some back story: like most of you, I have read countless books and stories from successful entrepreneurs. They have motivated me and helped me as I have gone down this path. However, [...]

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Here are one hundred characteristics and [tag]attributes of people who start companies[/tag]—some born of experience, education or birth. Most can be learned by study and practice. 1. Speed reading. These days one needs to be able to read reports, white papers, newspapers, magazines, business literature and even blogs. If you are a reader that still [...]

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81. No procrastination, in business matters. A startup requires fast action and faster decisions. Larger companies can allow problems to evolve, even mature before someone takes action. Startups cannot. One simple way to determine if you are dealing with a startup mentality: this person will not wait for a return phone call, he will simply [...]

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What follows is a random collection of tips, observations and ideas for those who are contemplating starting up their own business. If you can find one nugget in the list that helps you as you begin your journey, great. If you cannot find a single usable thing,–well, as Steve Martin used to say, ”Well, excuuuuuuse [...]

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What follows is a random collection of tips, observations and ideas for those who are contemplating starting up their own business. If you can find one nugget in the list that helps you as you begin your journey, great. If you cannot find a single usable thing,–well, as Steve Martin used to say, ”Well, excuuuuuuse [...]

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What follows is a random collection of tips, observations and ideas for those who are contemplating starting up their own business. If you can find one nugget in the list that helps you as you begin your journey, great. If you cannot find a single usable thing,–well, as Steve Martin used to say, ”Well, excuuuuuuse [...]

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