Saturday, May 3, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // May 3, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // May 3, 2014

With IPO Hopes Fading, Square And Box Face Reality Of Commodity Products

Square and Box would seem to be the very epitome of every startup founder's dream of reaching the pinnacle of entrepreneurial success. Take a kernel of an... read more

Ugggghhhhhh

At a time when Silicon Valley is facing increasing scrutiny over the treatment of women in technology, there emerges a website called Codebabes.com, where, as... read more

Steve Ballmer Now Owns More Microsoft Stock Than Bill Gates

Bill Gates sold 4.6 million Microsoft shares recently, an SEC filing released today indicates. That action lowered his holdings to 330,141,164 shares in the... read more

After Technology Destroys Capitalism

In honor of May Day, let's think big for a moment. No, no, no. Bigger than that. Consider all the furious attention paid to economic inequality of late,... read more

Apple Acquires Power Efficient LED Tech Company LuxVue

Apple has acquired LuxVue Technology, a stealthy company that had been working on micro-LED, screen technologies, we've heard from sources close to the... read more

Facebook Promotes VP Of Product Chris Cox To Chief Product Officer, But No Organizational Change

Chris Cox helped invent News Feed and devised Facebook's "Social By Design" strategy, so now the company is recognizing his critical contributions by promoting... read more

Google Buys Rangespan To Add Big Data Inventory Management To Google Shopping

Google has made another move to build out its e-commerce business, and specifically its retail portal Google Shopping. It has acquired Rangespan, a London-based... read more

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CrunchWeek: Foursquare Splits Into Two Apps, Facebook f8, Twitter Stock Sinks To New Lows

Most of the TechCrunch team has converged in New York City in advance of our annual Disrupt NY conference. So in... read more

Meet AltSchool, The Startup That Is Going To Reinvent Primary Education

Education is one of the last industries that is still going through massive change and disruption with the introduction... read more

Inside Jobs: Why Fitbit's Tim Roberts Looks For Rock Bands, Not Just Rock Stars

 As a kid growing up, Tim Roberts wanted to be an artist. Today as an adult, he’s the vice president... read more

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Friday, May 2, 2014

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Top Stories of the Day // May 2, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // May 2, 2014

Netflix Accidentally Pulls Popular Shows Off The Service

Twitter has exploded again, which can only mean one thing: people can't watch their shows on Netflix. Hell hath no fury like the scorn of someone halfway... read more

Everything Facebook Launched At f8 And Why

This year's f8 didn't see comedian Andy Sandberg bumbling around on stage parodying Mark Zuckerberg. And that was smart, because Facebook is no joke to the... read more

Ambient Proximity Is The Next Phase Of Location Sharing

It's not where your friends are, but how close they are that matters. After years of exact coordinate check-ins, both Foursquare and Facebook are now focusing... read more

Vine Launches A Six-Second YouTube

When Vine first launched on the web, all you could do was view your stream and check out profiles for individual users. The desktop version came with TV Mode,... read more

Box IPO Delay Wouldn’t Be Without Compromises

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Meet AltSchool, The Startup That Is Going To Reinvent Primary Education

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Microsoft Patches Latest Internet Explorer Security Flaw — Even For XP Users

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Meet AltSchool, The Startup That Is Going To Reinvent Primary Education

Education is one of the last industries that is still going through massive change and disruption with the introduction... read more

Inside Jobs: Why Fitbit's Tim Roberts Looks For Rock Bands, Not Just Rock Stars

 As a kid growing up, Tim Roberts wanted to be an artist. Today as an adult, he’s the vice president... read more

What's Next For PonoMusic, The Startup That Took Kickstarter By Storm And Raised $6.2M

 Once in a while, a Kickstarter project just hits a nerve and compels thousands of people to donate money... read more

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // May 1, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // May 1, 2014

Snapchat Adds Ephemeral Text Chat And Video Calls

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Apple Patents MacBook Keys With Built-In Displays, Touch Sensors And Haptic Feedback

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Logitech Just Entered The Smartphone Accessory Market In A Big Way

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Facebook Launches Anonymous Login So You Can Try Apps Without Giving Up Your Data

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Six Secrets That Turned Out To Be True

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Facebook Audience Network Mobile Ad Network Launches At f8

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Indoor Positioning Startup Wifarer Not Acquired By Apple, But Its CEO And Founder Now Works There

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TOP VIDEOS

Inside Jobs: Why Fitbit's Tim Roberts Looks For Rock Bands, Not Just Rock Stars

 As a kid growing up, Tim Roberts wanted to be an artist. Today as an adult, he’s the vice president... read more

What's Next For PonoMusic, The Startup That Took Kickstarter By Storm And Raised $6.2M

 Once in a while, a Kickstarter project just hits a nerve and compels thousands of people to donate money... read more

CrunchWeek: The Future Of Google+ And Why RadiumOne's CEO Has To Go

This week Leena Rao, Colleen Taylor and I sat around the Round Table to discuss the precipitous exit of Google’s... read more

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You have what you need

I had to write this post. You can read it on the blog here.

. . . . . . . . . . .

Whether I inspire you to take action today, or whether that inspiration will come from somewhere else, I need to write this post.

Four figures in 24 hours. How?

If you really want to know how, then you probably want to know what tools I used, how big my email list was, what kind of promotion I did, what were my refund rates and all that marketing stuff that I don't want to get into today.

Why?

Because it almost doesn't matter. 

It doesn't matter because you're letting the organ between your ears stop you from doing the things that need to get done. It doesn't matter because your fear of failure is greater than your desire to succeed.

We're all afraid. Fear is normal; it means you're doing something right. Fear doesn't exist in your comfort zone. So as far as courage goes... you got that. I know you do because you wouldn't be reading this post and going on this journey if you didn't.

Time?

If you don't have the time to blog, write and grow your business, that's fine. Use what little time you have. 15 minutes of focused work is better than nothing.

Skills?

Contrary to popular belief, skills are developed by failing - not by watching videos or listening to someone talk about it. Get to DOING and you'll develop all the skills you need for your project. (and if you don't want to learn, there's always outsourcing)

Technology?

It's all there. WordPress. Aweber. MailChimp. Gumroad. Free plugins. Free themes. MS Word. PowerPoint. It's all at your disposal. Use it.

Permission?

You don't need permission. This isn't work. There's no boss. You're the boss. Get up, walk to the nearest mirror, stare at yourself for a few seconds and say "I give you permission to be an expert, or sell the book, or write the post," or whatever it is you need permission to do.

If that fails, email me (Hector@Inboundpro.net) - Run your idea by me and I'll give you permission.

Ideas?

Ideas you have plenty of. The problem with ideas is not being able to decide which one to tackle first. I say go with the one that people are already making money with and one that you're actually excited about. (again, if you still can't decide what to blog about or write your ebook on - email me)

Tactics?

All the tactics you need are either on this site or inside Ebook Blueprint, all you need to do is implement them. Start taking action and be consistent, that's the only way to get great results.

Stop fooling yourself into thinking you need something more. You already have everything you need.

Hector
2332 University ave. Bronx, NY 10468, USA

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