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Avi Flombaum discusses “Naked Functionality” – What Separates Your Application from the Rest

Avi Flombaum [co-founder of Designer Pages] is definitely one cool dude. I always laugh when I talk to people about Avi, because there’s always one common demoninator when someone speaks about him — how smart and chill he is. And that’s exactly what makes Avi such a down-to-earth and enlightening entrepreneur. So glad to have [...]

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David Askaripour Speaks about “The Trance of Samadhi”

Samadhi is a non-dualistic consciousness where the experiencing subject becomes one with the experiencing object. Meaning, you become ONE with anything that you are doing, i.e., riding a bike, playing a game, playing an instrument, whatever it may be. You fall into a trance where you are totally aware, yet not thinking of anything. Totally [...]

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Orian Marx: “How to Build and Maintain a Strong Founding Team” (part 2)

part 1 | part 2 Orian continues his presentation on building and maintaining a founding team for your business. His principles for building a team can be applied to many situations, not just your business. The book mentioned in the presentation,The Partnership Charter , may be of interest to you and your team.

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Orian Marx: “How to Build and Maintain a Strong Founding Team” (part 1)

part 1 | part 2 Orian is co-founder and CEO of Eluciv Knowledge: an upcoming RSS / feed filtering service that’s going to revolutionize the entire process of how people receive, store, and review the content from all the blogs you read. We’ll definitely be talking more about their disruptive service in the upcoming months. [...]

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Avi Flombaum: “The Crystallization of Ideas”

founder of: Designer Pages Ideas “are pretty worthless” The ability to explain your idea clearly is paramount Sometimes you’ll need to change your direction and that’s okay Find out what people really want, then polish your ideas about that need Stick to what you’re good at

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David Askaripour: Never Settle on “The Authority” (part 2)

The follow-up of the “Never Settle on ‘The Authority’” (part 1) talk, going into certain individuals in history who simply weren’t happy settling for the answers they were receiving — they just weren’t having it. So they went out to answer their own questions.

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David Askaripour: Never Settle for What “The Authority” Says (part 1)

Never settle for something to be true, right, and correct simply because an “Authority” figure has deemed it so. Always venture within and ask yourself as well. You know more than you think.

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Darius Askaripour : “Transitioning from Employee to Employer”

Mind Petals NYC Chapter | Gathering 4 October 30, 2007 It’s okay to fire your boss and go off on your own Do the math before you leave your job It’s expected to fail a few times (re: many times!), but just keep at it Don’t fall into the hype of “safety” as an employee [...]

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David Askaripour : “The Ever-Changing Nature of Ideas”

Mind Petals NYC Chapter | Gathering 4 October 30, 2007 Ideas are constantly changing and in motion In order for your ideas to evolve, you must free your mind Don’t think outside the box, stay inside the box and shake it up Ask new question, do new things, talk to new people Do things out [...]

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