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    69 Day Giving Challenge โ€“ Day 9

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    I’m blessed to have my own business, and make my own hours. The great thing about it is that I can come and go as I please. The bad thing is that I’m the worst boss I’ve ever worked for….

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    We All Have Our Breaking Point

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    It was 2007, and I worked at Azoogle (now, defunct). At the time, a multiโ€“million dollar ad network. We ruled the tooth whitening, colon cleansing, date getting, and ring tone peddling portion of the Internet.

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    5 Simple Steps to Success

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    We all have fear. Some are innate, activating our fight-or-flight instincts. Some fear, however, is learned. That fear is insidious. It seeps into our unconscious paralyzing us to the point where we choose โ€œsafetyโ€ over the pursuit of our passions. I believe that โ€œlearned fearโ€ is the disease of our time. Battle it by taking…

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    Success is Taken, Not Given

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    A little over 2 years ago I launched Silverback Social from my home office. I spent the first few months chained to my desk, head down, plowing forward. I needed to close business, and kickstart my new venture. I had…

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    I’m a Loser

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    Iโ€™m a loser. Really, I am. Iโ€™ve had my ass kicked so many times Iโ€™ve stopped counting. Iโ€™ve been fired more times than I care to remember. Three times in less than two years in fact. I have scars. Deep ugly jagged cuts that at times have left me bleeding on the ground. Thatโ€™s precisely…

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    3 Reasons Why Wall Street Got it Wrong with Twitter

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    On Monday I was asked to visit 30 Rock Studios and chat with the closing bell team on CNBC about Twitter’s earnings. I’m “bullish” on Twitter stock. The analyst David Seaburg of Cowen and Company is obviously a very smart…