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Venture Voice's podcast interview with John Bogle
April 26, 2006 in 5 out of 5 stars, A podcast, An interviewVenture Voice's podcast interview with John Bogle: A podcast interview with John Bogle of The Vanguard Group. John Bogle founded The Vanguard Group and built it upon principles of honesty, simplicity and the "relentless rules of humble arithmetic." Bogle is a man determined to fight and reform the corrupt self-serving mutual fund industry by infusing it with clear, straightforward thinking and approaches. He founded the first index fund ever. Nobel Laureate economist Paul Samuelson called this "equal to the invention of the alphabet and the wheel." Gregory Galant of Venture Voice conducted the interview. I've had this podcast sitting in iTunes for some time and hadn't bothered to listen. I thought this would just be some stuffed shirt prattling on about "inside baseball" investment stuff that put me to sleep. Instead, he blew my mind. John Bogle is the real deal. His own entrepreneurial story is interesting and inspiring to be sure (started with nothing, failed several times, etc). But it's his philosophies, his motivations, his maverick ideals and idealism that absolutely rocked my world. He's obviously spent a great deal of time speaking publicly because he has a very smooth and polished delivery. The upside is that he brilliantly articulates his ideas and is riveting. Free Reviewed by Carson McComas Another John Bogle podcast interview: Books by Bogle:What is it?
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Happy Quote
April 21, 2006 in Happy QuotesIt's really scary to quit your job at an average company doing average work just because you know that if you stay, you'll end up just like them.
Which is why it's such a great opportunity.
— Seth Godin, bestselling author, entrepreneur and agent of change.
Vitamin
April 18, 2006 in 5 out of 5 stars, A magazine, A websiteVitamin: A new online magazine targeting web designers, developers and entrepreneurs, providing expert articles, training, podcasts, interviews are more. Ryan Carson Because it's a collection of rock stars providing clear and helpful information, training and advice. They're positioned at the crest of the wave of exciting entrepreneurial developments on the web. (I've subscribed to every feed!). It's focused specifically on web-based entrepreneurs. It can't be faulted for that, but that is it's target, so it may not appeal equally to everyone. Much of the training is on nuts and bolts of web design and development, but there are also nuggets of business wisdom and advice that anyone can appreciate. Free baby. Reviewed by Carson McComasWhat is it?
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Happy Links
April 11, 2006 in Happy Links- The Web 2.0 Show interviewed Shaun Inman (maker of Mint).
Shaun is a killer entrepreneur, a 1-man show with an enviable, quality little business. (It helps that he's some freakish kind of multi-talented genius). The Web 2.0 show guys cornered him at SXSW and Shaun offers some juicy tidbits in this podcast. - Anytime is the Right Time to Start a Company
More pile-on after Caterina's "it's a bad time to start a company" post. The themes are starting to get a little worn, but I enjoyed this one. - The Art of Driving Your Competition Crazy
Another classic from Guy. "Companies go astray when defeating the competition becomes more important than taking care of customers. When companies become obsessed with the pursuit of excellence, by contrast, they often reach new levels of greatness." - Reality Check 2.0
Appropriately titled, this is something we should all be thinking about. I'm afraid there are far too many "cool" resources out there, that after the initial "cool" moment wears off, don't have much traction. - Startup Websites That Work
An antidote to "Reality Check" issue above? He's focused more on sites than strict web apps, but this advice applies to any website selling something. - Stanford on iTunes
Stanford University has begun to make recordings of select lectures, speeches, interviews and events available on the iTunes Music Store, for free. Freakin' sweet. (thx Jamais) - Understanding (and overcoming) Procrastination
Man this is good. I think this might be the floundering entrepreneur's biggest challenge. Well worth a read. - How to create a proper proposal.
Something many entrepreneurs must face, this guide is deep. I tend to go way leaner in my proposals that what he suggests here, but it's comprehensive and packed with great ideas.
Thanks Lifehacker (for these last two and a zillion other excellent links).