Entrepreneurship

November 25th, 2010

It’s been a rough year for the biz, which has at times turned me into a giant grumpy stress-ball.  Wish I could blame the economy, but it’s almost entirely my fault.  I’m thankful for my amazing community of family and friends who have helped me through it and brightened each day. -Nick

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October 20th, 2010

I got an interesting mailer the other day from a company called storesonline.com. It said, “FREE Livermore Dinner Conference… Two Tickets Enclosed…” and, “Dinner Table for Nicholas Loper and guest.”  Now, knowing that nothing’s free, I was even more curious to find out about this company and what the sales pitch was going to be. [...]

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September 6th, 2010

Saturday’s Husky loss at BYU (13 straight road losses!) got me thinking about winning and losing.  I like to reason with myself that the time spent watching the game is all worthwhile if it results in a victory, but completely wasted if it’s a loss.  This is flawed logic because the true value lies in [...]

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August 27th, 2010

This year, British Airways awarded 100 Business Opportunity Grants to small and medium sized businesses.  The grants included free business class airfare to London and connecting cities, and $1000 to spend on a hotel stay. Those Brits are pretty smart. The grants were awarded to companies looking to meet face-to-face with clients and partners overseas.  [...]

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August 18th, 2010

These streets will make you feel brand new. I spent the last few days in New York for the Affiliate Summit conference.  The speakers were great and I brought home some good ideas to move the biz forward with. This was my third trip to the Big Apple in 13 months, and even though I’m [...]

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April 6th, 2010

I recently finished The Other 8 Hours: Maximize Your Free Time to Create New Wealth & Purpose by Robert Pagliarini.  The premise is if you sleep for 8 hours, and work for another 8 hours, you really only have the remaining 8 hours each day to truly “live.”  What you choose to do with that [...]

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