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These are the posts from May 2009

May 31, 2009
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Cameron Hall TDIA Case Study #3: How Small Projects Become Big Profits

This is a guest post by a very early to the game, iGoogle widget developer who turn a small project into a huge profit. Cameron Hall, a co-worker of mine, and a graduate of Cornell University held onto his widget just long enough so he could use the credibility as a resume builder. He ended [...]

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Posted Under Entrepreneurship People & Leadership

May 29, 2009
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Help Early, Help Often: Be The Middle Man In Networking & Win

In my post, how to get a job in a crap economy, we talked about building your network before you need them. I want to stress this point again and provide an example that you can use today in order to do this effectively. Building my network and learning from the people around me is [...]

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Posted Under Delivery & Execution People & Leadership

May 27, 2009
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SocialDreamium Gets Closed

Today, I’m announcing my plans to close SocialDreamium, LLC. This decision, which came about over the last month or so, was a challenging and complex one. Either way, I’ll tell you that this decision revolved primarily around money, competition, vision, and team: maybe the most critical factors of a successful startup. SocialDreamium was attempting to [...]

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May 25, 2009
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5 Ways To Become A Leader And Increase Your Street Cred

When you are a leader people listen. Things get done because of your ability to see the big picture and communicate the intended outcome. You are effective because you don’t have to do everything yourself, you have the ability to piece the big picture  together and delegate tasks appropriately. Unfortunately, becoming a “listened to” leader [...]

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Posted Under People & Leadership

May 21, 2009
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Sex and Social Media: What’s better, Market Behaviors or Social Behaviors?

via flickr While reading ‘Predictably Irrational‘, a phenomenal book by Dan Ariely, well known TED speaker, I began thinking about his discussion of Social Norms and Market Norms. I’ve re-termed them for the sake of this post to be a bit more descriptive as Social and Market Behavior Codes. I’ll first start with my own [...]

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The How To Get A Job In A Crap Economy: Case Study

We all know this is one of the worst economies in US history, and with this terrible economy comes heavy unemployment rates. Those unemployment rates have brought some really tough times for people in every market. This economy is challenging people in their goals to put their dreams into action. A few people very close [...]

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Posted Under Delivery & Execution Economics

May 18, 2009
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Response to Paul Graham’s 13 Sentences

Paul Graham, the founder of Y-Combinator, regularly writes great articles for the startup community. His latest, ‘Startups in 13 Sentances‘, was his 13 most important tips for startup founder. As the advisor to many successful startups, I take his advice very seriously. I thought it was valuable enough to reflect on so I want to [...]

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Posted Under Entrepreneurship People & Leadership

May 15, 2009
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Nate Ritter TDIA Case Study #2: Working From Abroad

via Lisa Brewster For THE DREAM IN ACTION Case Study #2 I wanted to learn more about how someone can use the mobility of web work to live/work abroad. I reached out to a good friend, Nate Ritter, about how he has done the travel while working thing multiple times. With travel stints of 3 [...]

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Posted Under Entrepreneurship People & Leadership Travel & Adventure

May 13, 2009
Posted by Ryan Graves

The First 25 Steps As An Startup Entrepreneur

via mario.nolla I’m now working on startup numero 3. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the process but I’ve not really enjoyed the process, yet. As in, I’ve not made it. I’ve yet to create anything that was sell-able, sustainable, or strong enough to go full time on. So, I decided to make a list for myself of [...]

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Posted Under Brands & Marketing Delivery & Execution Entrepreneurship Mistakes & Lessons

May 12, 2009
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Online Forums: Old Technology But Still A Powerful Social Media Tool

via world economic forum Why THE DREAM IN ACTION Has A Forum I’ve decided to add a forum to THE DREAM IN ACTION because I want the site to be more than one to many communication. Simply put, I think putting your dreams into action on a daily basis is as much a group thing [...]

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Posted Under Projects Technology

May 10, 2009
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Building Your Brand: Follow Through on Customer Expectation

I was checking out the new site 100twt.com that follows the top 100 most followed Twitterers when I came across this tweet from Diddy. This is a call out from Diddy asking his followers for inspirational quotes. Below are his next week of Tweets. See any RT’s? No retweets (RT’s) at all. At first I [...]

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Posted Under Brands & Marketing Delivery & Execution

May 6, 2009
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Richard Branson: TDIA Case Study #1 – 7 Principles of Business

This week I’ve been listening to Richard Branson’s: Business Stripped Bare (on audio book), for the second time. It’s a book that, at first, does not seem immediately applicable for someone who is not already running a successful business or conglomerate like Branson’s Virgin, but after paying closer attention to the themes and advice in [...]

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May 5, 2009
Posted by Ryan Graves

Now THE DREAM IN ACTION.com: Free Amazon $ For The Best Dream In Action Story

Everyone dreams about what they would ‘ideally’ do with their lives. Everyone has ideas of how they could improve their life in order to live their dreams. Don’t you want more meaningful relationships, more social influence, and a thicker wallet? You and I will both will always be interested in how we can improve our [...]

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Posted Under Brands & Marketing

May 4, 2009
Posted by Ryan Graves

Congrats and Thank You: LibraryforLaos.org hits $1500

Fantastic week of fundraising!  Thank you for donating and helping us spread the word about the LibraryForLaos.org campaign! Unfortunately we did not hit our lofty goal of $5,000, but we were still able to raise a substantial $1,500 that will fund reading programs and book purchases in the rural villages of Laos!  With a village reading [...]

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May 1, 2009
Posted by Ryan Graves

I can smell all the books!

Let me first just say… ONLY ONE DAY LEFT. Make your donation now and JOIN HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE in fighting illiteracy in Laos. So, we’ve gone 4 strong days of fund raising and you guys are awesome. The total is at $1212 and we have about 24 hours to go. My expectation is that [...]

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