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4 Apr
Some very nice
testimonials collected so far for #adm3396.
Thank u all: http://bit.ly/iivBQX @hockey15eh
4 Apr
#mba6298 Here is the
URL 4 the poll 2 give us feedback on the course: http://4491810.polldaddy.com/s/mba6298-advanced-business-models
4 Apr
Brookhaven Nat'l Lab
accelerates gold nuclei to 99.999% lightspeed. Reduce
computers 2 that size, interstellar robots become practical.
4 Apr
35-yr old man died
> wife texted him. Police say 2.5 sec
concentration lapse caused accident. Veered >15 ft laterally:http://bit.ly/fwze2Z
3 Apr
Urban Dictionary might
suck; cld've been a useful tool. Anyway, I have 2
channels there: http://bit.ly/aUK0hi & http://bit.ly/a290lz
2 Apr
@AssocMgr I was referring 2 this FB app:http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/comments/.
17,000 ws install it the 1st week.
2 Apr
Eg, u cld cr8 an Urban
Dictionary clone but w/ trusted definitions/comments
using FB log in/comments which provides user authentication.
2 Apr
There will be a whole
new slew of biz models based on 'FB Comments'. It will allow developers 2 cr8
models w/ trusted content. THIS IS BIG.
2 Apr
Make spaces smaller so
it is affordable 2 live in successful urban core (eg Manhattan): $93/sf/yr, 700
sf. http://r2.ly/8wn3 Via @davewiner
2 Apr
Paul
Vallee slides from his extraordinary speech last night at uOttawa: http://bit.ly/esA3a1 #ec3396
31 Mar
@zgeagea GM
4 u: add a Tiffin Express (Foodie) Truck that goes
from town to town serving; see: http://bit.ly/fOiyRB.
-ve cost mktg.#mba6298
30 Mar
@TylerSteeves Wld also be cool if u cld add a sports
drink 2 yr prdt line: http://www.eqjournal.org/coconut-sports-drink-march-2011.jpg
30 Mar
How can a sportswear
startup find strategic investors who want 0 equity? Ans: look thru their value chain, http://bit.ly/efuYv4
26 Mar
What is the only thing
we are SURE is infinite? Ans: ideas. I can prove it
too. What is the largest prime number?
25 Mar
How 2 take into acct
existing debt in yr early stage valuations:http://bit.ly/enFe6u $#ec3396 #mba6298
25 Mar
How 2 capitalize yr
biz/recognize yr sweat equity/be fair 2 investors/irr/add
strategic partners + Bootstrap Capital:http://bit.ly/fIllNh
25 Mar
Want 2 improve
yr performance? Then do more goal setting (N = ?)
& democratize it (by posting it everywhere): http://bit.ly/fyBBaT
25 Mar
#mba6298 EP
marks 4 WOMIZ: http://dramatispersonae.org/womiz-ep-mark-25-march-2011.pdf
25 Mar
#mba6298 EP
marks 4 LEO: http://dramatispersonae.org/LEO-ep-mark-25-march-2011.pdf
25 Mar
#mba6298 EP
marks 4 Last Mile Inc:http://dramatispersonae.org/last-mile-inc-ep-mark-25-march-2011.pdf
25 Mar
#ec3396 For yr final exam, u are gonna have 2 know how 2 calculate
project IRRs. I will go over this next week:http://bit.ly/fAx7ku
25 Mar
#ec3396 can
u pls provide feedback 4 Trevor Wilkins? Here's the form: http://bit.ly/hlQPL5. Send yr form 2: feedback@holisinc.com
24 Mar
@
@carlyouderkirk @JanieRN1MBA Marks 4 GeoSalus:http://dramatispersonae.org/geo-salus-ep-mark-24-march-2011.pdf
24 Mar
Jordan Silbert starts drink biz q-tonic for $35,000. Personal Biz 4 Life: http://dramatispersonae.org/q-tonic-startup-march-2011-bbw.pdf bbw
24 Mar
#mba6298 Marks
for Zoodle EP:http://dramatispersonae.org/zoodle-ep-mark-23-march-2011.pdf
24 Mar
#mba6298 Marks
for Tiffin Express EP:http://dramatispersonae.org/tiffin-express-ep-mark-23-march-2011.pdf
24 Mar
#mba6298 Marks
for Crowd Angels EP:http://dramatispersonae.org/crowd-angels-ep-mark-23-march-2011.pdf
24 Mar
#mba6298 Marks
for Campus Assistant EP:http://dramatispersonae.org/campus-assistant-ep-mark-23-march-2011.pdf
24 Mar
How 2 use the
'so what' (why) technique 2 improve yr offering/biz model w/ @DuanevanGaalen & @masterinfluence: http://bit.ly/gcIjmj
24 Mar
How to REALLY
turn selling into buying (slides): http://bit.ly/iiuZ0b.#ec3396 Thanks
again to @masterinfluence
24 Mar
How 2 elicit
what your client REALLY wants w/ @Sab_Lesage & @masterinfluence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1gPSxJyR4k
24 Mar
Order of
presentations for #mba6298: http://www.eqjournal.org/biz-model-teams-schedule-2011.pdf
24 Mar
How 2 turn
selling into buiying w/ @Francov88 &
@masterinfluence:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm0-CjyCfPk
24 Mar
If u want 2 see
a gr8 send-up of a tech presentation, here it is, The Entabulator: youtube.com/watch?v=oIS5n9… Via
@isackgalib
24 Mar
Gr8 places 2
look 4 a PB4L are large cos that are shedding or closing 'losers'; eg, some1 shld buy Guitar Hero:http://bit.ly/eRQDIW
21 Mar
Fabulous Magic From a Hat Lecture by @andrewdraper on Manpacks.com, Products as a
Service: http://bit.ly/hnpgSf #ec3396
21 Mar
Reversing out
the work: using 'unreadable' portions of New York Times archive as word test 2
gain online access thereby making it readable.
20 Mar
180 heroic
Japanese engineers have stayed on the job at Fukushima 2 avert nuclear catastrophe. That's
what it means 2 wear an iron ring.
16 Mar
#mba6298 I
posted my notes on biz model redesign 4 EventBots at:http://bit.ly/eOql51
16 Mar
How 2 do a 1-pg
biz plan pitch courtesy of Silicon Alley:http://bit.ly/gfX7mH
15 Mar
#ec3396 Here are the answers 4 the mid-term:http://www.eqjournal.org/mid-term-exam-sample-with-answers-2011.pdf
10 Mar
How 2 make
Chambers of Commerce more relevant? They help their clients (members) sell more
2 THEIR clients. My sketch:http://bit.ly/ii5iL6
8 Mar
How 2 give ppl
in fast food a living wage? Make them more productive. Turn biz processes
inside out, my sketch:http://bit.ly/hZLoDz
8 Mar
Internet metrics leading 2 new forms of pricing in biz models. Eg, bill yr client based on mthly sub fee/# hits/# Likes/#
conversions/GIS...
2 Mar
Home price
increases in Ottawa
from 1956 to 2010:http://bit.ly/fVAylK
1 Mar
Gr8 place 2 look
4 a PB4L, castoffs by large cos. Austrian Impossible Project tries to revive
Polaroid Instant Film:http://bit.ly/eT7AfR
28 Feb
Billion prices
project wld make a pretty good PB4L:http://bit.ly/eNF7sM
28 Feb
Moral
underpinnings of entrepreneurship explained:http://www.eqjournal.org/moral-underpinnings-of-entreprenurship.pdf
20 Feb
Some cool GM
from Guy Kawasaki 4 his new book: u get a free PDF cc of an old book of his if
u go 2 his FB Fan Page & 'Like' it.#ec3396
24 Jan
TinyUrl.com
tripped up by bit.ly the same way that bit.ly may get short circuited by t.co/bad
biz models: 7 Minute Abs,http://bit.ly/egRnLu
9 Dec
Sushi in NA took
off > a. they pre-packaged it so it was easier to order & b. upped the
portion size. Simple MMB, Magic Marketing Button.
10 Oct
Not a very walkable place but the new Centrepointe Town Centre is
better than the usual poorly imagined Ottawa
plan:http://bit.ly/aw8uLH
3 Sep
If YouTube cld
get a respectable $15 per thousand viewers then Comedian Natalie Tran cld get
$833k instead of $101k:http://bit.ly/b77eeS
1 Sep
If Huffington Post's numbers are correct, YouTube is getting a
really crappy ~$1.82 per 1,000 views from advertisers: http://bit.ly/cdtLlC
1 Sep
Marketing 101. We got a flyer in our mailbox this am. Added a face,
URL, testimonial. Faces count in the Internet age:http://bit.ly/alMAWK
1 Sep
Mega yachts (http://bit.ly/aKt5Nc) probably exist 4 same
reason as mega homesteads: storehouse of value/not
easily attached by creditors.
22 Aug
"Who am I 2
be brilliant, talented, fabulous & wonderful?
Actually who are u not 2 be? Your playing small
doesn't serve the world," Mandela.
22 Aug
This is scary:
What the Amish Don't Pay (http://bit.ly/cPClMw) & You Do; >
$10k/mth or $14.3 million over 40 yrs at 4.5%.
3 Aug
"At a
minimum, don’t you think you should treat your clients at least as well as you
would treat yourself?" Glenn Schmelzle.
31 Jul
More stores shld
double load 2 maximize sales. We did this w/ Scotiabank Place
where stores face in & out (2 serve even on dark days.)
31 Jul
How 2 get out of
a bad com lease: negotiate w/ yr LL/bankrupt the co/buy out the lease/get yr
new LL 2 take over yr existing lease/sublet.
31 Jul
Amish can self
insure (4 medical/home/etc) because over 40 yrs, they save >$14 million
compared 2 avg family of 4:http://bit.ly/9E6XQb
31 Jul
New initiatives
rarely start top down. Practice an old art form called 'nemawash'i
(by the Japanese): bld consensus below the 'waterline'.
30 Jul
Masayoshi Son,
head of Softbank in Tokyo says: keep an idea bank yr entire life;
discard bad ideas/keep good ones/review frequently.
30 Jul
A friend in Tokyo tells me: US co does 2,000
things/yr, 1/3 wrong. Japanese co does 1,800, 1 wrong. At yr end, Japan: 1,799, USA: 1,333.
30 Jul
Found a 1913
photo of Stephen Leacock (http://bit.ly/c1LjAW) & a living
biography: http://bit.ly/cf9u5e in my Dad's things.
30 Jul
No real idea
what a Twitter acct is worth but here's a guesstimate 4 that: http://bit.ly/dzWNJ3. Ashton Kutcher: $8.6m. ProfBruce $6k.
25 Jul
Photo of Scotiabank Place
when it was an empty field (Uncle Peter, Prof Bruce & son, Matt in front of
Palladium sign):http://bit.ly/a0QTBN
15 Jul
'Frigonomics'
defined on Urban Dictionary: http://bit.ly/c2bsGa
14 Jul
NYY's owner George Steinbrenner makes
a compound ROR on his original investment of ~ 15% pa: http://bit.ly/cGERg5
14 Jul
Former student
Jennifer Schweers starts her own photography biz:http://bit.ly/cNDPgL. Uses GM: gets FB clients whose status is 'engaged'.
12 Jul
Approx. density
calcs for Riverhead, Long Island Master Planned Community by Baldassano Architecture: http://bit.ly/9zShOM
11 Jul
Baldassano Architecture achieves res density of ~28 units per acre
for Long Island community with 2 &
3-storey towns:http://bit.ly/arECT1
11 Jul
Hard 2 beat r.e. returns. Edouard Manet's Self-Portrait sells for $33.2 million > 13 yrs.
Compound return = 4.1% p.a.:http://bit.ly/b89PBC
10 Jul
'Secret' biz models
are like bad crypto: full of holes. Until yr biz model meets real clients, may
look pretty but probably won't work well.
5 Jul
Siberian Cedar Medallions. Make yr own,
promote good health + gr8 project to do w/ yr kids (at Red Pine Camp, say!)http://bit.ly/dwFu7z.
4 Jul
2 make car
washes better neighbors, why not add 'air lock' system 2 them 2 contain noise? http://bit.ly/adkC5G
1 Jul
Here's yr very
own Ontario HST new Housing calculator/spreadsheet: http://bit.ly/b9K4wT
10 Jun
> July 1,
2010, Ontario HST = 0.13 x PP - Rebates, where PP is Purchase Price of Newly
Constructed Home & Rebates =http://bit.ly/dwLeDF
7 Jun
The most
important decision an entrepreneur makes other than the decision 2 start a biz
is who they choose as their first hire.
1 Jun
Assets don't
produce income, ppl do.
1 Jun
Every business
is an experiment until proven otherwise.
1 Jun
How shld we
celebrate Canada's
150th Birthday in 2017? MY suggestion: let's build a national boardwalk in Ottawa:http://bit.ly/avxJ60
24 May
Smart truth:
Independent Senate candidate Charlie Crist: "It
isn't a matter of right or left but being right or wrong."
2 May
Here is yr very own spreadsheet 2 turn
$25,000 into $51,197,953.00:http://bit.ly/btVuEW. This is 2 b
viewed w/: http://bit.ly/bT0PQ8.
16 Apr
Thinking of creating new event 4 Ottawa: Entrepreneurs Trade Show 2 be called 'Bootstrappers'. Draft: http://bit.ly/bgSdwU. Comments pls?
16 Apr
Bill Shenkman told me 25 yrs ago: "Invest in Parking
Lots!" I invested in office bldgs instead. He lives in Monaco, I live in Nepean!
21 Mar 10
When shld fear of prejudicing yr IP get in the way of
feedback on it? Not sure but maybe the answer is never.
21 Mar 10
How good is Twitter for Profs? Hashtags: #EC3396, multi-dimensional conversation
incl cross talk amongst students, Prof updates, Q & A ...
21 Mar 10
Invented new form of commerce: sell
only prdts that are rated by yr community > 7. If below 7,
relegated/must be rehab'd thru FS/make goods.
1 Mar 10
Here is my old cheat sheet on how 2 sell and tips from #NLP:http://bit.ly/90EaCb
21 Feb 10
What's an acre of land worth on Chamapgne
near Carling in Ottawa?
$5.6 million or ~ $130 per s.f. Bought for 2 condo towers.#OBJ
20 Feb 10
#ec3396: Structure yr partnership deals
so that you end with equal shares even if you don't have the same amt of dough:http://bit.ly/d4wcQd
14 Feb 10
#EC3396: How to flip and trade in land
with no money down (see Postscript 2): http://bit.ly/9nT1hf
14 Feb 10
#EC3396: here are the answers to the
midterm exam. Compare them to yr own: http://bit.ly/cgoteW
11 Feb 10
I told one of my former students about -ve cost selling (http://bit.ly/K37HA). He said:
"Cool. It's like you'll pay me to hire you!"
9 Nov 09
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