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I’ve been reading OnStartups quite a bit lately. This site has some amazing articles like this one about making mistakes. Definately give it a read if you have the time.

“There’s no limit to what a man can achieve, if he doesn’t care who gets the credit.” – Laing Burns, Jr. When people decide to partner up on the work they do, there are a few fundamental things that everybody considers deal breakers. These apply whether you’re going into business as a partnership, or you…

I stumbled across the story of Southwest Airlines this morning and then Compaq and thought it was funny that they were both formed on restaurant napkins in Texas. It would make a good question on Jeopardy. I wonder what other companies were formed this way?

Explain what “The Long Tail” is in one sentence.

The following article was contributed by Roger A. Simpson, the 4 Minute phone man is a Telephone New Business Development Consultant and Phone coach from Phoenix, AZ. The 4minutephoneman.com would like to share a sales and marketing tip for any sales person who picks up the phone to make a cold prospecting call. The old…

So you’re a creative pro currently using Macromedia Studio MX… You know Macromedia’s announced a newer version, which including Flash Professional, costs $499 to upgrade to. That’s what their site store charges. And along comes Amazon, selling the same thing for $299? It might a typo, but to save $200 on something you’ll buy anyways?…