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Entrepreneurs are Talkin’: David Askaripour & Reid Morrow

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Reid and I decided to record a chat of the two of us just talking about various issues that entrepreneurs face on their path to success. We simply chatted in an unscripted, down-to-earth, and raw fashioned style that came out really well. Sure, we didn’t agree on everything, but would it be fun [...]

How to read Entrepreneur Magazine

Why am I writing this article? Because a long time ago I read an article on how to best read the Wall Street Journal and I was amazed at how useful it was. Well, I have been a subscriber to Entrepreneur Magazine for about eight years and I have picked up some useful [...]

A Tale of Mind Petals (part 3)

This is part 3 of “A Tale of Mind Petals.” Jump to part 1 then part 2 to catch up on all the goodness.
So now it’s June 4, 2006 (the day before the launch) and I am sitting my room (Mind Petals headquarters) and I’m running through lines of code for the site, checking out [...]

A Tale of Mind Petals (part 2)

This is part 2 of “A Tale of Mind Petals.” Jump to part 1 to catch up if you haven’t already.
So after doing some pretty intense research and brainstorming for quite some time, I then began to talk with various young entrepreneurs – you know, just shooting around ideas and such.
I wanted to know if [...]

A Tale of Mind Petals (part 1)

Figured I’d do a mini 3 Part series focused on the last few months from the day I thought of starting an entrepreneur blog network up to now.
Here we go….
Ok, so I graduated from college a semester early in Jan. 2006. I moved back home to Long Island with my parents and brothers. There I [...]

SEO Basics

I finished a course in search engine marketing from Web CEO University today. It was a great course; you can see my certification certificate here.
I figured I would share some of the core things you should keep in mind for your website in terms of search engine optimization:
Analyze related keyword traffic, use a tool [...]