Francesca on March 30th, 2009

Oh man… I just found a map of the top 50 American craft brewers. Now how many can I hit on my trip? Looks like I might be able to visit the following:
Flying Dog Brewing Co: Denver CO
Breckenridge Brewing Co: Denver CO
Boulder Beer Co: Boulder CO
Anchor Brewing Co: San Francisco CA
Gordon Biersch: San Jose [...]

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Francesca on March 26th, 2009

I was recently quoted on Toilet Paper Entrepreneur’s post: 163 Ways to Become an Entrepreneur. I said:

19. Plan Less, Act More

How To Become An Entrepreneur: Stop planning, start acting. You’ll make mistakes along the way, but eventually you’ll figure out the solutions that work for you and your business.”
My full quote was:
“I think people get [...]

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Francesca on March 11th, 2009

So I’ve accepted the task of finding warm bodies to come to Phoenix Bike’s annual Bike Show fundraiser. While reading a hilarious job ad for some guy willing to be the fall guy for your cratering hedgefund, I stumble onto this bit of brilliant prose:

Merciless writer willing to head-butt puppies (Downtown)
Reply to: res-p4pem-1070149830@craigslist.org
Date: 2009-03-11, 12:04PM [...]

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Today I responded to a query on HARO asking about “how to become an entrepreneur.” It got me thinking about what constitutes an entrepreneur and what people hope to achieve through owning their own business. I think that people both over-think the process and don’t spend enough time figuring out how to build a business [...]

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