Entreprenews of the Week

Arnold exposes the focus group.
Focus groups. I’ve been a consumer in a couple and host of a few. All of which led to general insight and un-creative inspiration. Take a look at the results from a group of individuals that aren’t in the Apple or pop culture loop.

How Not To Inspire Confidence In Your Customers
The latest form of MLM, BlogRush, seems to have already taken over the sidebars of quite a few bloggers (please don’t fall for it). You gotta love how they carry their used-car salesmen persona over to their marketing, like this cheesy e-mail.

The Back Up Gun Rack
For only $39.95, you can kill anyone that bothers you during your sleep. If you’ve had a long day, and your husband tries to sneak out for a snack, shoot him. We’ll even throw in a phone number for life insurance, cause your kids sure-as-hell won’t be smart enough to wander around and lift your comforter up.

Buying and Selling Blogs: How Do You Value Blogs?
They can be a great investment if you’re able to spot a deal. But there are plenty of things to consider before you buy or sell a blog. Chris covers the key points.

Mel Blanc on David Letterman
Mel Blanc, the voice of many Looney Tunes characters, appeared on Letterman way back when. Along with his incredible voices, he brings up some points about production 20 some years ago, that applies to the lackluster quality of today’s cartoons.

Burp.
Manners versus Beers. The facts of life.

A Few Good Creative Men
This is an unbelievably well re-created spin on A Few Good Men. Any creatives and adfolk out there will get a kick out of this. “You can’t handle a bigger logo!”

Polaroid Photography of Grant Hamilton
A great source of colour inspiration through a series of Polaroid photos. Gorgeous simplicity that can inspire any and every facet of design.

How to Unschedule your work and enjoy guilt-free play
LifeClever shares a unique approach to organizing your life. “Instead of scheduling work you have to do, you fill in everything you want to do.”

The Powerbook! The Powerbook! The Powerbook’s on Fire!
These dreaded fires seem to be common nowadays with previous generations of Apple notebooks. This is an interesting story of how one ignited and Apple’s response (much nicer than how they’ve responded to iPhone hack freezes).

Reminder: Tomorrow, October 15th, is Blog Action Day. If you haven’t already, please do sign up and write a post to help make the environment a priority.

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