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January 20, 2009
Posted by Ryan Graves

Inauguration response

Image by m-c via Flickr I am so incredibly proud to be an American today. God bless you President Obama, you have my support. The prayer given by Pastor Rick Warren today was incredible. He was so elegant, inclusive, and powerfully uniting that I honestly believe many non-believers became believers today. I thought that Obama’s [...]

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Escape the cube!

Two of my best friends Nick Sabato & Allen Burt are traveling for 7-9 months depending on available funds. They started their adventure on January 7, 2009. They started their journey in Morocco and to be honest I’m not sure (and either are they) where they’ll go. I was very happy to see that they [...]

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November 18, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves

Understanding the importance of bottom up growth

Bottom up is the way to grow anything these days. Construction workers have know this for…well, forever. Surprisingly the idea of bottom up growth is just getting around to startups, politicians, and corporate America… probably in that order. 37 Signals When Jason Fried, founder of 37 Signals was first building his company he was inspired [...]

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November 4, 2008
Posted by Ryan Graves

Isn’t it exciting to go and vote!

Last night I had dinner with my 87 year old friend Mr. Tim Herrington, some of you see me talk about Mr. Herrington on Twitter from time to time as he shares his experiences with me. When I started talking to him about the election he didn’t get into his views left or right, he [...]

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October 22, 2008
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Politics at my Alma Mater

Miami University a traditionally very republican school seems to be a bit up in the air this year. Look at this video found on boston.com Obama’s appeal to younger voters definitely will make this years election interesting on Miami’s conservative campus.

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