Crowdfunding: Globally financing small business one person at a time

Entrepreneurs are masters of thinking outside of the box (the good ones anyway) and that is an especially useful skill when it comes to financing all of their incredible ideas. With bank purse strings still tight from the series of unfortunate … Continue reading →

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WordCamp Chicago 2011

I was lucky enough to share the stage with some cool people at WordCamp Chicago in July 2011. The slides from my presentation are available for download at http://maxim650.com/wcchi-2011. If/when the video from the presentation becomes available this w…

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comfort zone.

i don’t like getting out of my comfort zone. i don’t enjoy doing things i’m not good at. i don’t try things that i’m fairly sure i will fail at. for example, i didn’t attempt to walk until i knew i could make it all the way across the room. i didn’t ta…

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Testify Communications: What exactly do we DO anyway?

So you’ve checked out the website, you’ve seen our tweets, you’ve liked us on Facebook- and you’re still not really sure how Testify Communications fits into your life. There are tons of ways actually! Our objective is to help faith-based … Continue reading →

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Anchoring Your Intentions

We can recite all the affirmations in the world.  However, without appropriate action, our wants will stay dreams. That’s why it’s important to move our desires from thoughts  (electro-magnetic wave) to actions (physical plane). In addition, it’s important to make our thoughts “real” by creating a physical representation of our goals. This is why you’ll [...]

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Entrepreneurs tapping farm mystique, food with ‘a story’ and more

By Jane Fyksen, Crops Editor Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:33 PM CDT Deciding to add value to farm production or diversifying by launching some unrelated enterprise requires more than a creative idea. It takes work targeted at marketing and a financial plan. However, having a passion for what you’ll be doing will turn most of [...]

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Entrepreneurs tapping farm mystique, food with ‘a story’ and more

By Jane Fyksen, Crops Editor Wednesday, July 27, 2011 12:33 PM CDT Deciding to add value to farm production or diversifying by launching some unrelated enterprise requires more than a creative idea. It takes work targeted at marketing and a financial plan. However, having a passion for what you’ll be doing will turn most of [...]

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Pretty Please at the Movies: ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love.’

The sight of Steve Carell can draw me into a comedy. Call it The Office effect. Ryan Gosling is reason enough to get me to the theatre. And Emma Stone, well I’m convinced she’s the It girl of cinema today. Put them together and I’m bound to love a mod…

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Shoe Designer – Alejandro Ingelmo

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Praline Chocolate Dessert!! Yummy!

Celebrating is always so much fun! It is even more fun when there is good food and more importantly good dessert! This is one of Ryan’s favorite desserts…not the best picture but you get the idea! AMAZING is all I have to say about the taste of th…

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