Author: Zvi
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Re-branding doesn’t always work
You often see companies attempt to convey that they are offering more than just products. Some say they are selling a lifestyle, an image, etc… But when Zappos rebrands itself as a “Service Company that happens to sell…” it has people looking for what “service” it is offering. Are they now leasing shoes? Too far.…
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Barcamp!
After finally coming out of my post-grad shell and seeing what’s out there in the working world, I found out about, and subsequently signed registered for, Barcamp DC. Barcamps are un-conferences, a concept where, instead of attendees shelling out a ton of cash to listen to a few highly paid people at a conference organized…
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Israeli Entrepreneurship
When I was on a technology and entrepreneurship-geared trip to Israel in late 2005, I was struck by one thing in particular. Besides Israel being one of the hotbeds for technology and entrepreneurship (and the country with the most stocks in the US stock market – after the US), the majority of entrepreneurs, in all…
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Couch to 5K
Over the course of college, especially the last two years, I gained a tremendous amount of weight. I tried to stem this by going to the gym, but “going to the gym” meant driving over there a couple times a week and doing half an hour on the elliptical. A lot of things changed once…
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Driven.
“We’re willing to make less money than everybody else.” –Bob Nelson , VP of financial planning, Costco A La Fast Company…
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Amazon Payments Service
This has been all over the major blogs today, so I am not going to blather too much about it, just give my opinion. Standing on one leg, Amazon now lets web developers add payment stuff to their site, so they can sell things. To me, this is a true game changer, especially for entrepreneurs.…
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Not covered in the MSM
‘Egyptians killed 4 Sudanese on border’ | Jerusalem Post The Egyptians then carried the man several meters away from the border fence, and proceeded to beat him and another wounded refugee to death with stones and clubs. Sad. And Israel still gets plugged as the major human rights abuser by these cowards.