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• The Idle Inventory Economy

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  For those of you who know me, you know I’m fascinated by economics and business, so this is an idea I’ve been toying with for a while. There have been a number of startups popping up to help people monetize their idle assets, airbnb, rideshare, etc. I like to think [...]

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• Entrepreneurial roots: Middle School

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  In my last post I talked about where my entrepreneurial roots started all these years ago (20 years ago really). Now I’d like to fast forward a bit to when I was in Middle School and my various entrepreneurial endeavors I participated in between 1993-1996. I don’t really consider this [...]

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• The value of an idea

  
  The value of an idea lies in using it – Thomas Edison

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• My recruiting policy

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  After six years of giving free referrals to companies for hiring/staffing, I must now end that policy and request applicable payment depending on the business, project and affiliation. I had always done this as a favor to friends or startups, but it has hit the point where I can no [...]

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• Red Bull Stratos

  Said right before jumping from 120,000 feet high. Pretty humbling. – Source Quora

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• Can SilverCar be the JetBlue of car rentals?

  
  I don’t usually talk about specific startups, much less non-miami startups. However this one caught my eye the other day: Silvercar. Silvercar who just raised $11.5M from various funds in their series A round is hoping to disrupt the rental car market. The rental car market [...]

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• Steve Jobs RIP 2012

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• Facebook gifts and becoming the largest affiliate on the net

  I haven’t written much about Facebook or social media in a while, because frankly it bores me and its over-covered elsewhere. However the new Facebook gifts product intrigues me. If you remember a few years back Facebook had this product called gifts, in which you’d pay $1 or so to [...]

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• My entrepreneurial roots

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  A few weeks back I talked about how I have learned a number of lessons over the years of entrepreneurship, from both successes and failures. My foray into entrepreneurship was probably in my blood, my grandfather had started [...]

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