It has been just over a week from the end of Startup Weekend Calgary and I have finally decided to put my feelings about it to video. I did this as my first video post while I was at it. So excuse the amateurish presentation of the video as I did no…
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Here is a great video from Startup Weekend Calgary featuring Patrick Lor speaking about his journey creating a $50 million business right in my backyard. There are quite a few good points on what you should consider when you are choosing your idea anBuy levitra online ukd then …
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As a serial entrepreneur, I often find myself wanting to invest and build multiple businesses and almost anything triggers an avalanche of ideas. Being a serial entrepreneur is a tremendous gift and with it comes a blessing of energy and creative ideonline pharmacy cialisas, however, these ideas are often …
Read MoreSeptember 27, 2010 Tags: business psychology, Entrepreneurial Spirit, tips for entrepreneurs
Category: Business Tips and Tricks, Entrepreneur News 6 Comments
I was on the phone with my friend last night who is an Hardcore YoungGoGetter & Entrepreneur. Â Our conversation peaked at him asking me for a little workout advice. Â Excited to help, I swiftly went through some of my old notes & composed a bit of research on the body-type he was trying to build. Â But then something hit me…and it hit hard. Â This guy is an entrepreneur to the core. Â There is no way he has enough time to properly eat and workout.
Read MoreJuly 14, 2010 Category: Entrepreneur News 4 Comments
Being an entrepreneur Rocks but it is hard work and extremely time consuming.  Combine that with the innate Young Go Getter attitude of accomplishing goals when your young and in your prime and you will find some stressed out individuals.  You get it?!  Time is important, and managing how you use it means everything to an entrepreneur, especially when trying to stay in tune with business related news.
Technology keeps booming, and more and more outlets are being created to receive information. Â It’s important to choose the right outlet that fits your current lifestyle.
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July 13, 2010 Category: Entrepreneur News, Podcasts 6 Comments
There is a lot of hype about what the America stands for. It is a country where you can start off with nothing and work your way to the top without regards to race, religion, or political views. Anyone who is willing to work hard can realize the “American Dreamâ€. It may not happen overnight, but with perseverance and a little entrepreneurial knack, it will happen over time. A perfect example of realizing an entrepreneurial dream is with Marc Gardner, CEO of North American Bancard.
He started North American Bancard in 1992, performing credit card processing services for small businesses. From the beginning he focused his efforts on helping small businesses by providing a level of service that the bigger processing companies could not provide. He has grown the company to more than 300 employees located in a newly purchased office building in Troy, MI. For more pieces of information about the company you can visit the North American Bancard Wikipedia Page.
Around 2003, Marc Gardner ceased the relationship with
Read MoreJuly 1, 2010 Tags: business, Entrepreneurial Spirit
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Attention YGGer’s, we have brought you Carlos Miceli, the Director of Content for Untemplater and one of the founding members.  Don’t know about Untemplater?  You need to. Following a similar philosophy and objective as the YGG blog, Untemplater focuses on the new generation of entrepreneurs and sharing their stories & journeys to inspire, motivate, and inform young entrepreneurs.  Check it out.
June 15, 2010 Tags: business, Entrepreneurial Spirit, interview
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Everyone is talking about social media these days. Those who haven’t begun to enjoy the benefits of it are more than willing to learn more about it, so they too can turn their start-up or small business into a stable and profitable business.
Just like offline marketing, if you do something wrong in online marketing, you will ruin your business image. Plus, when it comes to online social media, bad news spreads like wildfire. So, if something goes wrong, you will become notorious all over the world before you even know it.
Are You Ready to Promote Your Brand on Social Media?
May 31, 2010 Tags: branding, clients, social media, tips for entrepreneurs
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There’s this guy I know who’s in his early 20s, going to college, and has his own athletic apparel company he’s starting up. The guy is definitely an entrepreneur at heart, and he has huge visions of things he wants to accomplish in the future. He’s absolutely convinced he’s going to be rich, and I truly hope everything works out for him.
There’s just one slight problem. He’s so eager to pursue his entrepreneurial efforts that he wants to drop out of school. He mentions it every time I see him, and I know it’s only a matter of time before he yields to his temptation.
Read MoreMay 25, 2010 Tags: business psychology, Entrepreneurial Spirit, success, tips for entrepreneurs
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So, you’ve launched your small business, and now you’re ready to start growing a strong online presence. You enlist the services of an SEO company (or maybe you learn SEO and tackle the job yourself), and then, you wait. And you wait some more. You keep waiting. Then, you start losing your patience, and you consider pulling the plug on your SEO campaign.
But wait. Don’t ditch your SEO efforts just yet.
Look, I get that you want to see results as quickly as possible. We live in an instant satisfaction society, but that’s just not how SEO works. Good SEO takes time, and the key to getting results is sticking with proven SEO techniques for the long haul. In other words, you need to give your SEO efforts time to work.
So, why does SEO take time? Here are 5 reasons.
Read MoreMay 19, 2010 Tags: branding, DIY, seo tips, social media, tips for entrepreneurs
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