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• How A 16-Year-Old Made His First Million – with Christian Owens 20 August, 2010, 7:54 pm
  Short story: he created a quick and dirty web page to collect email addresses of people who wanted to hear about discounted Mac software. Then he sent email to software developers and found some who let him bundle their software and sell it at a discount. Then he sold thousands of dollars of software. He keeps repeating that process and plowing back a share of his profits into marketing so he could grow his customer base. Want to hear the step-by-step details?
• “Success begins with desire, a *burning* desire.” [clip] 20 August, 2010, 7:54 pm
  I asked Todd Smith, a RE/MAX Hall of Famer and blogger at Little Things Matter, about what drove him. You can see (or read) his answer here.
• How Wild Apricot Became A Hit Only After Its Founder Left Himself No Other Option – with Dmitry Buterin 20 August, 2010, 7:54 pm
  Before he launched Wild Apricot, the membership platform that now generates $160,000 in monthly sales, Dmitry Buterin tried building another product, which failed. It failed, he says, because it was side-business, which meant couldn't get the attention it deserved. So he did something drastic....
• Launching Startup Weekend And pick.im While Fighting Crowd-Sourced Design – with Andrew Hyde 20 August, 2010, 7:54 pm
  What I admire about Andrew Hyde is that he doesn't just complain that crowd-sourced design takes advantage of people who create without getting paid, he launched a business to create an alternative. pick.im, the marketplace he started, lets clients can find and hire freelancers. It's one of many startups that he launched, including...
• “Closing off options is a really good thing” [clip] 20 August, 2010, 7:54 pm
  I asked Jason Fried, founder of 37 Signals, if he was closing off options by being so opinionated. Watch (or read) his answer here.
• “If Guys Like Sam Walton Didn’t Waste Time Building Their Personal Brands, Why Should You?!” – with Sasha Strauss 4 August, 2010, 9:21 am
  I anticipated your skepticism. That’s why the question in the headline is first thing I asked brand strategist Sasha Strauss before he spent the better part of an hour teaching you the basics of finding your message and building your brand. And, of course, Sam Walton wasn’t using social media to build his brand, but [...]
• How A Younger Steve Jobs Closed A Deal On His Terms [clip] 4 August, 2010, 3:10 am
  In this clip you'll hear a story about how Steve Jobs shrewdly negotiated a deal.
• He Left A Comfortable Job. Launched ConnectSolutions. Worked Insane Hours. Turned A Profit In 13 Months. – with Michael Fitzpatrick 3 August, 2010, 9:04 am
  You'll hear Michael Fitzpatrick of ConnectSolutions explain why he doesn't believe all those warm and fuzzy blog posts about how entrepreneurs can lead balanced lives. For three years, he and his co-founder were on non-stop, high alert. If you called at 3am, they knew about it. Maybe Michael had a little more pressure to succeed than most. He...
• How A Former Talent Booker Launched ShowClix, Which Sold 400,000 Tickets In 40 Months – with Lynsie Camuso 2 August, 2010, 9:44 am
  ShowClix is Lynsie Camuso's first startup, and she had to change the company's direction along the way, but in the 3.5 years since she launched the site it sold over 400,000 tickets and generated over $7 million in sales. This is the story of how she did it.
• “The Stockdale Paradox” [clip] 31 July, 2010, 5:16 pm
  The problem with empty faith.