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The Influence
Posted Under: Announcement, Marketing, Social Media on 8 Aug, 2010
Many of you may have heard, Fast Company is looking for 2010’s Most Influential Person Online, and the project is called – The Influence Project. Basically, anyone and everyone can sign up on the Influence Project site, they get a unique URL (link) and then they are supposed to promote that link and collect clicks and signups via their unique link. As you may have guessed by now, the more clicks you receive, the higher you climb on this Influence ladder. Fast Company plans on closing this contest on August 15th, 2010 and promises that the most influential people will have their pictures in the November 2010 issue. Before I dive deeper into this post, take a look at what does Fast Company have to say about this project – Welcome to The Influence Project! ...
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Interview With Jason Weberman
Posted Under: Interview, Pre-Startup on 7 Aug, 2010
Jason Weberman is our guest expert for today. Jason has over a decade of corporate experience and was climbing the corporate ladder very well when he realized that it was not what he wanted out of life. Jason now a business and life coach, uses his corporate background and expert coaching skills to help clients access their own inner strengths and motivate them to take powerful steps towards being effective leaders. Let’s talk to him and find out more…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Dawn Shedrick
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 6 Aug, 2010
Today under the “Our Heroes” series we are meeting with Dawn Shedrick a psychotherapist who became so fed up with ego-driven executives and bureaucratic nightmares that she decided to break free of Corporate America. After 14 years of working as an employee, Dawn realized that she needed professional freedom to achieve her career goals and establish a comprehensive wellness center offering people holistic services. Let’s hear more about how Dawn’s success surfaced…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Jason Meinzer
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 5 Aug, 2010
Today under the “Our Heroes” series we are speaking with Jason Meinzer, business analyst turned co-founder of CityRyde, an innovative bike sharing service which facilitates environmentally friendly public transportation. Jason knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur since the age of 12 when he felt the satisfaction of making a few bucks shoveling snow for the neighbours and today, Jason couldn’t be happier he took the entrepreneurial leap. Keep pedaling to find out more…...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – David Heitner
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 4 Aug, 2010
David Heitner, financial advisor turned entrepreneur, is today’s guest under the “Our Heroes” series. David fled Corporate America and his job at Merill Lynch to start up Heits Building Services, a professional cleaning service. He bravely tapped into his savings used his experience from opening a cleaning business after graduating college to get his now multi-million dollar business going. Let’s find out more about how it all transpired…...
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