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Mike Smith

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I ❤️ 🚴🏽,🕺🏽,🛫,📚, underdogs, & business || Manager with @EYNews and VC @ScrappyCapital || Aspiring Renaissance man

New Jersey / New York

https://t.co/5MTadHDrP4

Joined October 2009

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@MrMikeSmith

Mike Smith

4 years

My twitter resume aka thread of threads covering: -Traits of successful people -Internet sins & business pet peeves -Public policy -Life as a traveling consultant -Podcast pull quotes -Yang2020 Post-Mortem -Niche Humor -Beliefs strong enough to warrant the use of 👏👏 👇👇

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Mike Smith

10 years

I wish my parents had the foresight to realize the terrible SEO implications of naming their son Michael Smith

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5 years

Wow. Just got an email from Chase Bank about how they are removing human tellers from the location I frequent. Notice how they craft the messaging so it is all about value for me.

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6 years

@Chelsea_Fagan To play devils advocate. Do we have an expectation of privacy in public spaces?

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6 years

@gabalexa I'm sure the worst of my gender will find a way to mansplain in sign language. 😐😂

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“I approach every interview with goals: (1) to make it a conversation, (2) to not be afraid to ask the question everyone is thinking, & (3) to conduct each discussion as if I were never going to interview that person again.”-⁦ @karaswisher ⁩’s

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Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Quote shared via Kindle: "I approach every interview with these three goals: (1) to make it a conversation, (2) to not be afraid to ask t...

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@AustenAllred Unquestionably @ramit 's I Will Teach You to be Rich. Don't let the title fool you. Tactical advice that is easily implementable for all income ranges and financial backgrounds. I Will Teach You To Be Rich

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6 months

I hope lil tay is doing well. Her fifteen minutes were a good fifteen minutes

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3 years

Grocery shopping without any regard for budget is such an privilege that so many people, myself included, rarely realize.

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10 years

"The biggest thing people are missing is the relationship between risk and cash" - @pmarca http://t.co/y6xRvGrvCo

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5 years

"if you are confident in your abilities in the free market you don't lobby 50 million dollars in Washington"

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Must See TV: @SRuhle argues that billionaires are being unfairly demonized, @AnandWrites 's response is just *chef's kiss*.

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@terronk @educationpalmer @altschool REALLY trying to find some way to read this tweet where it doesn't look like you are kicking someone (& tagging them) while they are down only to shout LOOK HOW GREAT WE ARE AT INVESTING! I don't think you intended it that way but how would you feel if it was reversed?

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@deadeyebrakeman the healthcare line is especially wild given employees not contractors get healthcare

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6 years

@EricJorgenson ***congratulate your connection Eric on the 10 minute anniversary of this tweet *******

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1 year

Life update twitter friends: I’m engaged

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8 years

When you thought you had an good shot at a job opening but then @CBinsights features it to 220k people in their newsletter.

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7 years

Wow. @ProductHunt owning email communications for pre launch signup is such a power move

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@StateOfLinkedIn Would bet a tremendous amount of money that the tradesman makes more money than they do

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4 years

@stshvmr @ckurdziel @zebulgar I think I am close

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8 years

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm just killing time till I make my fortune on @Jeopardy

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8 years

"Philanthropy is the market for love." @danpallotta via @Chris_LoPresti

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7 months

"the truth is that the people who rise to the top do not look for permission to move. They do their homework, see their angle, and move. This approach should become your baseline: " - @drgurner Success and the Imaginary Rules You Live By

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Success and the Imaginary Rules You Live By

Want to listen to this week’s edition of Ultra Successful?

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5 years

"your real resume is a catalog of your suffering" -⁦ @naval ⁩ with ⁦ @joerogan ⁩

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3 years

“Do not start anything if the phrase “whenever I have the time” is in your vocabulary when you’re talking about this stuff” - @polina_marinova

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3 years

This advice from @polina_marinova . 🔥 #WomenCreate2021

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5 years

Can someone explain to me the purpose of this question in a job application? Feels mildly inappropriate and/or discriminatory and does little if anything to assess candidate merits Change my mind

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4 years

. @AndrewYang volunteering with your campaign was one of the best things I have ever done. Learned so much about people, life, business and the government. Thank you

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7 years

"'most impressive company of 90s ( @walmart ) is working with the most impressive company of the aughts ( @google ) to take on the most impressive company of today ( @amazon ) - @profgalloway via @jaltucher

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5 years

I have such a professional crush on @adventur_es and their notion of "permanent capital" fascinates me. Read @BrentBeshore 's annual letter

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2 years

Spotted @surajpatelnyc canvassing one by one blanket by blanket in Sheep Meadow Central Park I think with his parents in tow. Gotta respect the grind!

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6 years

@impcapital Stop everything and watch this talk if you haven't yet.

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5 years

@AndrewYang Literally on that exact page in your book.

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4 years

My @ShrugCap @ShrugCalendar is the best thing I’ve bought this year It’s like twitter in paper form. Thread of my favorites

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Event "ended" an hour ago. @AndrewYang didn't leave till every hand was shaken (or is it shook?) and every selfie was taken. Just a real human politician. So rare today. #HumanityFirst #yanggang

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"Too many creatives price too early. Pricing is like the last thing. It's like the kiss" - @ramit The @tferriss Show

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9 years

. @pmarca I joined startup study group on slack & saw this channel and thought you'd enjoy. THANKS FOR MAKING ME COOL! http://t.co/4halCQQOXI

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6 years

@TaylorLorenz I try to be chivalrous and pay for drinks. But even with a few rounds I couldn't get to $300. But maybe I'm not classy enough.

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5 years

In just 1 month at @orangetheory I ran ~40 miles. Let's see if I can get 500 in a year or even by my 30th birthday

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Mike Smith

9 years

365 years to the day @sacca http://t.co/PkqPEB2NZk http://t.co/BtOju6ks3R

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@Bosefina @NewLab @prehype @expa @Human_Ventures @alley_corp @patternbrands This space is exploding. Was talking to @ckurdziel about this. Exciting time to be a corporate innovator. Have been exploring it lately. Check @Applico , , @LuminaryLabs , @QuesnayInc

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Mike Smith

11 years

Capital raising efficiency of startups by first letter of name. Fascinating stuff from @ttunguz via @Mattermark http://t.co/lrrGXvAI3k

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3 years

At EOM I'll start a role as a Big 4 consultant. This will be a thread about industry quirks & highlights Similar to my thread of life on the consulting road () Content will be about the profession & nothing about client work or proprietary info

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Mike Smith

5 years

As I wait for my first flight to a client I am starting a thread with the quirks of being a traveling management consultant not about the actual client work. Will update as time goes on.

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5 years

A nonexhaustive list of things that should put you into internet jail: 1. listing yourself as a TED speaker when it's really TEDx You spoke at your community college and that's totally cool. but it's not TED and you are lying implying otherwise

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4 years

@marcuslemonis here is a list I made. Anyone can contribute. Happy to help further if you want to DM and chat

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businesses near explosion in nashville

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8 months

“People confuse inaction with patience” -⁦ @noahkagan ⁩ with ⁦ @tferriss ⁩

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#717: Noah Kagan — How to Launch a Million-Dollar Business This...

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1 year

Just called my girlfriend’s parents to tell them I want to talk to them about marrying their daughter next time they are in town. LIFE IS HAPPENING!

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4 years

"A political campaign is not only a contest of ideas but also a business-building exercise" Finally took some time to write about what I learned from the experience of being in the #yanggang #politics #2020 #yanggang

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5 years

@garyvee my new thing is kindness instead of anger is the only real superpower

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4 years

@felon_fred @AndrewYang @realDonaldTrump Wouldn’t you rather have Yang have a seat at the table with Biden vs nothing with trump

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4 years

Update from company I invested in: 1. CEO has left the business 2. Changing their name was the first update in the investor update and for some reason a top strategic priority. THIS NEW VENTURE STUFF IS HARD!!!!!

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4 years

If we haven't already I think we will start seeing people put ads & such behind them in zooms. "influencers" could sell the space in their background. Does this already exist? If not who wants to buy one of these boxes for a month Can i go viral like million dollar web page?

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"Technology is taking us from being a republic to a true democracy" - @naval

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5 years

@conradsamtaylor @AndrewYang @realDonaldTrump When. Thanks for your hard work

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5 years

@N_Sportelli 1. Happy birthday!!! 2. Enjoy this meme

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4 years

Had a great call earlier today w/ @revwendy3 & team She's running for #DC Congress seat on important issues like #DCStatehood #UBI #universalhealthcare & more Check her out: especially you #yanggang donate here: #DCpolitics

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6 years

"people who tell people to slow down are just trying to catch up "- @davidrocknyc

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1 year

@girdley Emotional support clown

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4 years

@zachweinberg @alexisohanian

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10 years

@sean_a_rose but whoever rebranded marketing as growth hacking was a genius

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Mike Smith

5 years

Chips on shoulders put chips in pockets. @wolfejosh is this your original?

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9 years

Whoah! World's 1st #SocEnt financing platform: @GSE_Funding by @SyracuseU @WhitmanatSU alum

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7 years

Anybody else disgusted that stores open as early as 5pm or 6pm on Thanksgiving? Feel sad for retail workers who sacrifice time with their families to sell trinkets. Literally the opposite of Thanksgiving. #Thanksgiving #BlackFriday #2017

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7 years

-moved out of my parents house -lost 40 pounds -tripled the amount I have in savings/investments

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3 years

Imago Dei: Every person is inherently valuable independent of behavior and beliefs. Everyone matters. Treat people accordingly, without exception.

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Brent Beshore

7 years

Recently asked, “What are the ten biggest ideas that changed your life?” Great/hard question. Here's where I landed... 1) Imago Dei: Every person is inherently valuable independent of behavior and beliefs. Everyone matters. Treat people accordingly, without exception.

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6 years

@noahkagan Yes. @replyall did a good tear down of this. . I for one welcome our robot overlords.

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6 years

WOW. Just signed up to get paid as a contractor via @JustworksHR . Cannot believe how fast that was. Literally 4 minutes and 10 seconds. And would have been half the time if I had my EIN or bank info handy. Delightful. #HR #Talentacquisition #contracts

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3 years

@drgurner @ChrisJBakke But does it scale? What if Google did this?

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4 years

@marcuslemonis hey @marcuslemonis I used Google Maps to make you a list here. These are the 15 businesses within two blocks of the explosion ++ their phone numbers.

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businesses near explosion in nashville

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10 years

Wow. Just got accepted to @ycombinator 's #Startupschool in NYC. Very excited. #speechless .

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5 years

@bencasnocha Even more value is having a unique name from an SEO perspective. Signed from the 10th page of Google

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6 years

Had an issue with Google's @gsuite . Submitted a ticket at 11:43 they called me by 11:52. Good luck beating that support time everyone else pretending they will be the next google. #customerservice

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5 years

@carlypreilly @erickmsanchez Cool if men help too!?!!!????

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7 years

"if you claim something as a priority but don't spend > 10% of time / assets on it: It's not a priority" - @ramit

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Ep. 246 - Ramit Sethi: You Have Something People Would Pay For Right...

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6 years

Great night at @googlecloud watching another @SyracuseU @NewhouseSU @LaunchPadSYR success story @DirectedbyKELS pitch @theCLLCTVE as part of @BGirlVentures pitch night #bgv #bgvnyc #blackgirlventures

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6 years

“I never really had a business plan. Those things are always wrong.” - @elonmusk #SXSW18 #emsxsw #sxswmike

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7 years

Birthday marketing is severely underutilized. Right @Chris_LoPresti / @FindTouchPoints

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Mike Smith

7 years

Only received 5 birthday marketing emails: @Zocdoc , @okcupid , @eHarmony , @Sportsbook_com and my childhood orthodontist.

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4 years

@ZachandMattShow

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6 years

@AustenAllred "If more information was the answer we'd all have six pack abs"

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6 years

Excited to be back at my 2x alma mater @WhitmanatSU / @syracuseu to judge the senior capstone. Can’t believe it’s been six years already since graduation.

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@WarriorWomen4Y How dare he eat food. How absolutely dare he. What’s next? This guy gonna start breathing air or drinking water??!??

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7 years

Realize I lost 40 pounds in about a year. How do I get my hands on all that weight loss influencer money flying around the internet

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7 years

Just set up #echoconnect to piggyback on my grandparents #echodot for handsfree calling. Now they can call 911 verbally in emergency. LifeAlert for the modern age. Feels like #safety and #emergencies are an under marketed use case for #voicefirst

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5 years

@svershbow It me. I do like to saunter but a little past 7.5. I know women are strong but I certainly underestimated how challenging Barre + dance and tone was going to be.

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Went speed dating last night Got matched(s) we are given email addresses not phone numbers Currently composing an email to women I met. Talk about copywriting. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE !!!!

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8 years

Wow @amazon is selling advertisements on the boxes they ship things in. Brilliant. #lovein3words

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7 years

Still wise @pmarca

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9 years

Omg. I got mentioned in @mattermark 's @MattermarkDaily Weekend Edition - April 25th, 2015 making mom proud http://t.co/mJRT8xqe0I

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7 years

Time to bring back my favorite meme in honor of @hackupstate #hackupstatex cc: @tcharles411

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Mike Smith

4 years

Happy birthday my friend @candipuffs the QUEEN of #yanggang Voter ID. Last summer she put in 40-hour volunteer work weeks spreading the gospel of @AndrewYang and moving humanity forward.

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Candi 🍎

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Today's my 30th birthday!!! 🥳🎂🍾 I made my own cake of course 😍

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3 years

Attention twitter: I have now paid off my student loans in full. First off thanks to my parents who without them I've be in this nonsense for another decade. What do I do to celebrate this milquetoast accomplishment?

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Mike Smith

4 years

A year ahead of schedule. ~6.5 months till I'm done with student loans. I HOPE i can take a nice vacation to celebrate this in spring 2021 Should do something symbolic. Maybe burn an orange (school mascot) in backyard?

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5 years

Two gem outtakes from headshots earlier today. Time to update the online brand.

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6 years

@impcapital I think @CBinsights list is pretty good: very data focused. Less feelings and brand.

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2 years

You teach people how to treat you

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3 years

"With founders an easy pattern to get into is being a "responder" to your business and its a very challenging way to work. Shift your mindset from being a responder to a driver. Operating as a responder will keep your company stagnant" - @drgurner

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Dr. Julie Gurner

3 years

I don't do these that often, but I'll be talking to @yorkgrowth with some specific guidance for founders out there in a fireside chat. It's on Monday. Feel free to register (free), grab a notebook, and should be a blast!

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money favors speed and certainly NOT perfectionists. - @ANDYCAV4

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9 years

Life goals: get a blog post in @Mattermark 's @mattermarkdaily

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9 years

On-Demand Geofilters: @Snapchat lets you make your own filters via @mrmikesmith on @ProductHunt

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6 years

“Kanye West , obviously” - @elonmusk asked about his inspirations. #sxsw #emsxsw

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7 years

@stevesi @moaazsidat @sama "to sell is human" by @DanielPink is a must read. I also really enjoyed "selling to big companies" by @jillkonrath

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4 years

Trump getting kicked off twitter is a textbook example of not building your business on someone else’s platform.

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6 years

Sometimes I think self employment and entrepreneurship is a disease

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