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		<title>How To Pick The Perfect Name For Your Startup</title>
		<link>http://chitechscene.com/2011/03/17/how-to-pick-the-perfect-name-for-your-startup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m often asked by young entrepreneurs whether it&#8217;s important to find a strong name for a new startup. The name is important, but the process to come up with a unique name can easily distract you. For example, it took us nearly 50 hours to ...
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		<title>Do You Count Every Hour In The Day Or Make Every Hour Count?</title>
		<link>http://chitechscene.com/2011/03/15/do-you-count-every-hour-in-the-day-or-make-every-hour-count/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past five years, I&#8217;ve talked to thousands of entrepreneurs pursuing their dreams to build a successful startup. The most successful entrepreneurs had a number of things in common &#8211; including a deep understanding of how time constra...
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		<title>Social Media and Ant Colonies</title>
		<link>http://chitechscene.com/2010/07/30/social-media-and-ant-colonies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dozens of articles are written daily about ways that businesses and individuals can leverage Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace, and other social networks. Many of these articles assume that one-size-fits-all when marketing on social networ...
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		<title>How Often Do You Ask Why?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do birds fly? Why is the sky blue? Why do you drive a car? Why do I have to wear shoes? Why do I have to go to bed? Toddlers are relentless in asking &#8220;why?&#8221; questions.  The questions are driven by sheer curiosity &#8211; they want to k...
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		<title>Do you celebrate incremental success?</title>
		<link>http://chitechscene.com/2010/07/26/do-you-celebrate-incremental-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs interpret goals and measure success in very different ways. While most people appreciate huge wins, many have difficulty appreciating smaller accomplishments. After all, most of us are conditioned to believe that success in founding a sta...
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		<title>Startup Tip: Marketing One-To-One</title>
		<link>http://chitechscene.com/2010/05/05/startup-tip-marketing-one-to-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 16:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When most people talk about marketing, they talk about broad, strategic tactics focused on large groups of customers or potential customers. Adwords, banner ads, print ads, email marketing &#8211; these are all common tactics used by many businesses to...
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How To Respond If A Customer Thinks You Run The Bunny Ranch</title>
		<link>http://chitechscene.com/2010/04/20/how-to-respond-if-a-customer-thinks-you-run-the-bunny-ranch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Book Review: Rework</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I admire 37signals because they make simple, easy to use web applications and because of their unique perspective on business. Rework is a collection of short essays by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, focusing on doing less and embracing cons...
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		<title>To Succeed, Don&#8217;t Obsess About Reasons You Might Fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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