Good night
Oh what a day.
Are you looking back on your day? Did you see how this day was better than the day before.
Sorry, I know, the day before you were skiing in Colorado and today you were back at the office. Working towards your next trip skiing in the Dolomites in the north of Italy.
Drinking gluvine, eating pasta, and checking out the latest in Italian fashion. This little work experience gets in the way. So get a better job.
by Maggus Oil
Today, being the first day of the rest of our lives puts us at a great advantage, that is, if we need one, over other people, or the persons or people we were, or thought we were yesterday. Right?
There is no doubt that no matter how well planned our day is, we will most likely not get it right. Or something will go wrong for us or somebody close to us.
Plan to succeed and be prepared for disappointment.
Today has magic in it. That magic is yours and mine. Make your magic work for you.
http://www.ted.com Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN’s World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war. Her vision: “Food is one issue that cannot be solved person by person. We have to stand together.”
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate.
“My house was our office and warehouse over the first year until semi-trucks started showing up on my cul-de-sac. At that point, I realized that we had outgrown my house,” said Jason Ross, founder and CEO of Jackthreads.com, an online retailer of discounted streetwear and contemporary brands.
When you launch a company, your hard work seems endless until all of a sudden you strike gold. When you hit your initial peak in business, you often wonder where the growth, revenue and customers had been hiding all along. You soon realize the late nights and setbacks were all worth it.
Running a startup presents many challenges that soon evolve into opportunities. Learn how Ross became a thriving online retailer with no experience or industry connections and why passion is the key ingredient for success.
Founder: Jason Ross, 29
Company: Jackthreads
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Industry: Retail
Startup Year: 2008
Startup Costs: $50,000 – $100,000
How I Got Started:
I’ve always been into having cool things. I realized there was no outlet for the types of brands I was interested in to sell their close-out merchandise. The private shopping club model was taking off in Europe, so I set out to bring it to the United States. My goal was to apply the same business model to a niche demographic of 18 – 35-year-old males looking for better streetwear and contemporary brands at discounted prices.
I launched Jackthreads in the master bedroom of my house in Columbus, OH. The house was our office and warehouse over the first year until semi-trucks started showing up on my cul-de-sac. At that point, I realized that we had outgrown my house, so we moved the warehouse to a friend’s space about 20 minutes away and kept the office at the house. Eventually, we found a large enough space to house our office and warehouse under one roof, so we could focus on growth.
Best Success Story:
One of my proudest moments was the day Jackthreads went live. The website was a mess and wasn’t accepting credit card payments, but I decided to launch anyway because I had been working on this for 2 ½ years and wanted to get the business going.
On day one, we hosted sales with 6 brands, and managed to acquire several hundred members, and sold 3 items. About three months after the launch we started to really gain traction, and I felt like we were onto something big.
Biggest Startup Challenge:
The greatest startup challenge I faced was during Jackthreads’ infancy. We were in our first 2 ½ years and I was trying to break into the fashion and e-commerce industry without prior experience and zero connections. Simultaneously I was trying to build a website and find ways to drive traffic to Jackthreads.
Every day was a struggle, but I made myself a promise that no matter what barriers or roadblocks we faced I would find a way around them. Overcoming those three things was key to our success.
#1 Tip for New Entrepreneurs:
My number one tip for the entrepreneurs of tomorrow is to create something you’re passionate about. It is hard to start a company, let alone a company where you don’t truly love what you’re doing. You have to love what you do every day, and you have to be passionate about it.
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Here’s a clever video of a guy who travels and shoots a second or less of footage in each location he went to.
by Mark Scott
LONDON — The Saudi Prince Walid bin Talal and his investment company, Kingdom Holding, said Monday they had bought a “strategic stake” in the social media site Twitter for $300 million.
The investment represents roughly 3 percent stake of the company, based in San Francisco, which was valued at $8 billion in August.
In a statement, Prince Walid, who owns 95 percent of Kingdom Holding, said the purchase was part of a strategy “to invest in promising, high-growth businesses with a global impact.”
More on that story: DealB%k
Don’t you just hate it when people make excuses for their failures? So do I. But do you know what I hate even more? Finding myself making excuses for my failures! I have a policy that I try to live by: No excuses.
Here are some thoughts on a “No Excuses” policy.
People will respect you. When you say that there are no excuses, that you blew it, and that you take full responsibility to make the situation right, people will be astounded (since very few people make no excuses) and they will come to a greater respect of you.
You will find yourself taking greater responsibility. When you know that your policy is to have no excuses, there will be less room for error because you will be doing everything that you can to make sure the job gets done!
You will become the “go to” person. When someone wants something done, they will turn to you because they know that they can count on you to perform. And they know they won’t get any excuses! This will improve your level of success, and that is exactly what you are aiming for, right?
Practice up: “You’re right. There is no excuse for that. I will fix it immediately.” Refreshing!
About The Author:
Chris Widener is a popular speaker and writer as well as the President of Made for Success, a company helping individuals and organizations turn their potential into performance, succeed in every area of their lives and achieve their dreams.
To see Chris “live” go to http://Chris-Widener.InspiresYOU.com/ or call 800-929-0434.
Apple has updated its iPhone 4 camera and now has 5-megapixels still frames, HD video, and an LED flash. Put that together with a DSLR lens, and you’ve got a device that can shoot amazing images/video with SLR lenses, edit them on the fly, and share them on the internet all in one device.
More details on the Mount and Housing http://iphonedslr.com/blog/archives/73fb
