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Serious Presentation Tips From Standup Comics

InfoChachkie

They often write their own material, book their gigs, arrange their travel and negotiate and collect their compensation from club owners. Comedians often deploy the bookend technique, in which they reference their opening joke at the conclusion of their show. A version of this article previously appeared on Inc. Share and Enjoy.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

Both Sides of the Table

Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. I didn’t want to run out of things to write about in the first 6 months.

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

Both Sides of the Table

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. Write out the topic and maybe even the blog title. I wanted to write about the top 10 attributes of an entrepreneur.

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Brad Feld: Secrets To A Successful Startup Life (Hint – Creating Wealth Ain’t Everything)

InfoChachkie

Brad is in the midst of writing a series of startup-oriented books. When writing Startup Life , Brad noted that he and Amy''s primary goal was to avoid a YARB (Yet Another Relationship Book). And on the other end of that spectrum, we didn''t want it to be a ''YARB,'' which we refer to as ''Yet Another Relationship Book.''

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The Entrepreneur Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

I know that people prefer to use Twitter as their RSS feed these days but wanted to remind anybody else that you can still get the traditional feed. I’m not just writing that “I love entrepreneurs&# to curry favor with startup CEO’s. It’s why I always tell entrepreneurs to reference check their VCs.

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How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener

SoCal Delicious

It was fun to write, so go get the best out of it. My husband referred me to your blog. It’s all dumped from memory without further thoughts and didn’t face a syntax checker. I consider this pamphlet kinda draft of a concept, not a design pattern or tutorial. I’d be happy to discuss your thoughts in the comments.

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