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If You’re so Smart, why are you Working for Someone Else?
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
...Recently I sat down with a financial manager who wanted to pitch me on using his firm to manage my finances. He gave me a laundry list of reasons why his firm should be the group that makes the key financial decisions for my money. I waited quietly for his pitch to finish so that I could ask the one question I’ve never gotten a good answer to. [more]
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BrassTacks – A Raw view of Business Planning
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
...Here at Go BIG, we read a ton of blogs. Every once and a while you need a blog that breaks the typical news and advice clutter. [more]
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Wils Interview on The American Entrepreneur
Author: Damon Caiazza
Thursday, May 22, 2008
...Wil was recently interviewed By Ron Morris of The American Entrepreneur. [more]
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Wil Discusses Initiative with Jim Canterucci (Part 4 of 4)
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
...Jim of MyPersonalBrilliance.com interviews Wil about the Initiative to start a new company. [more]
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Wil Discusses Focus with Jim Canterucci (Part 3 of 4)
Author: Wil Schroter
Monday, May 5, 2008
...Jim of MyPersonalBrilliance.com interviews Wil about the Focus needed when launching a startup. [more]
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The Seven Laws of User Interface (UI) Design
Author: Jared Tame
Monday, March 10, 2008
...Although it’s not common knowledge, there is a list of Laws to Interface Design (which is credited to Jef Raskin, the author of The Human Interface).  [more]
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Ken Losch - Empowering the World
Friday, February 15, 2008
...When you think of billionaire real estate developers, why do you think they do what they do? Money? Fame? Power? Excitement? [more]
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Don’t Ever Say “I want to be an entrepreneur”
Author: Damon Caiazza
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
...People want to be firemen, policewomen, and teachers. They don’t ever say they want to be an entrepreneur. Why is this? My take is you either are or you aren’t. [more]
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Why Are the Patriots So Good?
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
...With the SuperBowl coming up – it’s only natural for everyone to be thinking about football. I’m not a huge football fan, but I enjoy watching the games regularly.  [more]
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Competitive Advantage – One of the most important things in
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
...Recently I was asked to define the one thing that’s most important to a business. My answer is two words: competitive advantage. [more]
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Focus on Your Strengths, Don’t Fix Weaknesses
Author: Jared Tame
Monday, December 17, 2007
...There’s a lot of advice out there that goes against the grain when it comes to what you’re good at. Most people will tell you  [more]
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Family Life and Startup Life Don’t Mix
Author: Damon Caiazza
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
...While starting a company is hard, starting a company when you’re married with children is even more difficult. After having started and run five [more]
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Design Lessons from MySpace and Facebook
Author: Jared Tame
Monday, December 3, 2007
...A lot of entrepreneurs wonder why MySpace does so well considering the poor design. MySpace does, after all, get more traffic according to [more]
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Keep it Simple
Author: Jared Tame
Monday, November 26, 2007
...There’s one universal rule that every startup and every entrepreneur should live by.  [more]
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Timing is Never Right
Author: Jared Tame
Monday, November 12, 2007
...I asked a successful entrepreneur I spoke with recently, “why did you decide to sell everything you had, buy a one way ticket to the United States, an [more]
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Are Unoriginal Ideas Bad?
Author: Jared Tame
Monday, October 29, 2007
...I’ve been pondering the pros and cons of starting up based on an unoriginal idea. It sounds bad when you hear it, as I think the startup culture has wrapped entrepreneurship in this bubble that expects new and entirely innovative solutions. [more]
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Do you need an Advisor? Go BIG Can Help!
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
...Disclaimer - this is my explanation of a new service we've just rolled out, not a typical post. Do you need an advisor to help you Go BIG? Judging by  [more]
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Welcome to Day One of your New Startup Job
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
...Day One of Your New Startup Job [more]
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Why do You Love Working at a Startup? Here are my Top Three
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, July 5, 2007
...I was driving to work this morning thinking about how much I love working at a startup company (and always have).  I think there are a few unique [more]
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How to have a Life Outside of Your Startup
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
...While the startup life is amazing to most, the cost of having a startup life - not having a life outside of a startup - is damn high. Today's let's t [more]
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The Most Important Assets you Lose when you're over 30
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
...When I was 19 years old, at the dawn of the Internet age, I couldn't figure out why "old people" (basically anyone over 30) didn't inherently understa [more]
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Go BIG is Hiring! Two Client Service Managers
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
...Yes, we're hiring again.  We actually have six new open positions but I just wanted to talk about two.  We're looking for two Client Servi [more]
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Wil's 'Go BIG' Keynote at Ohio Growth Summit
Author: Wil Schroter
Monday, June 11, 2007
...If you dig what I'm writing in these blog posts and columns, I think you'll enjoy the keynote I'm giving on Wednesday (8:30 a.m.) at the Ohio Growth S [more]
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3 Lessons you Mistakenly Inherited from your Parents
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, May 24, 2007
...As a proud Gen X'er, I get to stand firmly on the line between the old-line thinking of the baby-boomers and Generation Y.  I'm not sure any [more]
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Wil's Version of "The Secret" (Get Off Your Ass)
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, May 10, 2007
...If I hear one more person ask me if I've heard about "The Secret" I think I'm going to throw myself out of a plane. (Disclaimer - I'm more fired up ab [more]
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Music, Parties and Booze - Three Sites That Love to Party
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, May 10, 2007
...(Special thanks to the folks at KillerStartups.com for providing the links/reviews to these services) I'm a big fan of discovery services on the Web.& [more]
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Times are Good Again, but it ain't no 1999
Author: Wil Schroter
Monday, May 7, 2007
...I'm hearing more and more references to "it's 1999 all over again."  Valuations are up, money is flowing, lame business ideas are coming to marke [more]
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3 Reasons the Microsoft/Yahoo Deal Needs to Happen Today
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, May 4, 2007
...The New York Post (since when do they get an exclusive?) has broken the news that Microsoft is in talks to buy Yahoo for an estimated $50 billion. I h [more]
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Go BIG Network Launches Service to Help Entrepreneurs Find T
Author: Wil Schroter
Monday, April 30, 2007
...World’s largest community of startup companies connects entrepreneurs with programmers, marketers and consultants that are looking to help grow startu [more]
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New Launch - Go BIG Projects!
Author: Wil Schroter
Sunday, April 22, 2007
...We just launched a huge new feature at Go BIG - Projects! This is probably the biggest launch we've done since it applies to so many startup companies [more]
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My First AskMen.com Column - I Now Offer Career Advice Too!
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, April 19, 2007
...I've become a regular columnist for AskMen.com, the largest men's magazine on-line (5 million readers per month.) The first story, How to Positio [more]
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3 Reasons Entrepreneurs Should Never Retire
Author: Wil Schroter
Monday, April 16, 2007
...This morning I had a discussion over a can of Red Bull about when it's time for an entrepreneur to retire.  The conventional wisdom is that at so [more]
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Anyone else going to SF Beta or Ad:Tech on the 26th?
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
...Me and some of my henchmen from Go BIG are going to be in somewhat-sunny San Francisco on the 25th - 27th for both the SF Beta meetup and the Ad:Tech  [more]
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It's not about what you start, it's about what you finish
Author: Wil Schroter
Saturday, January 27, 2007
...Starting things is not what matters - finishing them is what matters. [more]
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My First TechCrunch Story - ScoopLive.com
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, January 26, 2007
...Yesterday I published my first story on TechCrunch.com, a must-read for the serious entrepreneur, even if you're not particularly tech-minded.  [more]
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