ChangeThis.com – A Website For Ideas

This site has the download of Seth Godin’s book “The Bootstrapper’s Bible” which I saw a story about on “Your Business” on MSNBC. This site, ChangeThis.com has some thought provoking e-books and some are free.  It is Another free book is called “The Secret to Self-Discipline” by Rory Vaden.  See what he says about the … Read more

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Video Game Maker Value Corp. Made Piracy a Non-Issue

Value Corp. are the makers of such hit games as Half Life and Portal. They are giants in digital distribution of PC games where piracy is a huge challenge.   Gabe Newell, the co-founder of Value, gave some off the cuff remarks about experiments they conducted with pricing using the companies Steam distribution system.  The … Read more

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Pricing Effects On Video Game Portal Sales

Value Corp. are the makers of such hit games as Half Life and Portal. They are giants in digital distribution of PC games where piracy is a huge challenge.   Gabe Newell, the co-founder of Value, gave some off the cuff remarks about experiments they conducted with pricing using the companies Steam distribution system.  The … Read more

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“The Bootstrapper’s Bible” on Your Business

I was watching “Your Business” on MSNC and Seth Godin was talking about his book “The Bootstrapper’s Bible.”  He is a bestselling author of books about marketing.  I agree with his explanation that starting up is more than a stage: it is a state of mind that he calls bootstrapping. In prototype your product or … Read more

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Building Resilience – Harvard Business Review

Gen. George W. Casey, speaks with Master Resilience Training School students during a recent visit to Fort Jackson, S.C. U.S. Army photo by Susanne Kappler.

What makes one person grow from experiencing a trauma, another gets through it to be basically the same as they were before the trauma (resilience), and yet another fall apart?  Dr. Seligman shows how training can move people towards growth as the result of the trauma.  “These are the people of whom Friedrich Nietzsche said, “That which … Read more

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