This is my alegria. What’s yours?

Brazilians, I’m told, have a unique word for joy; Alegria – which describes the contentment that comes from celebrating life to the utmost. I was asked by someone yesterday what my alegria is. I thought for a while and came up with this – Experiencing new things with my family. Like the tropical storm we…

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Question: With so many ideas and exciting pursuits, how do you go about choosing the good ones and following through with ideas as opposed to just talking about them?

This is another great question (like this one) that I was asked by someone recently that I thought I’d blog my answer to. With so many ideas and exciting pursuits, how do you go about choosing the good ones and following through with ideas as opposed to just talking about them? Focus is tough. And…

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Those lunatiks over at Kickstarter have done it again

Have I  mentioned how much I love Kickstarter? This entire genre of “micro-funding” is incredibly exciting to me. Whereas the only way businesses could really get funded before was through angel or VC funding (don’t tell me loans from banks, because if you’re a new business there’s no bank that will help you…I know this…

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