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Practical Advice? Business for Dummies (or at least for me)

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Ignite slides I threw together at FOO Camp. The last slide is borked up, but this is the third time I tried to upload this and I'm going with 'good enough'. What do the keynote people do?

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Practical Advice?Business for Dummies (or at least for me)

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The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is

reason.

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Bad AdviceWomen are cows at best...

Incapable of true friendship.

WTF?!?

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Good AdviceI am that which must ever SURPASS ITSELF...

FTW!!!

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WorkAll wealth is the product of labor.

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EnthusiasmNothing great in the world has

been accomplished without passion.

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OpportunityEntrepreneurs are simply those who understand there is little difference between obstacle

and opportunity...

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InnovateTake the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

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ConflictTruth springs from argument amongst

friends.

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ParadiseFinding the right work is

like discovering your own soul in the world.

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ReflectLife can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

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ChoiceEvery man is born as

many men and dies as a single one.

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MetricsPerfect numbers like perfect men are very

rare.

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ManagementWhen you disarm the people,

you commence to offend them and show that you distrust

them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both

of these opinions generate hatred.

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RespectAlways recognize that human individuals are ends, and do

not use them as means to your end.

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RecognizeThe greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

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MotivateAll human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

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OutsourcingFor him who calls in

mercenaries, they are always disadvantageous; for losing, one is undone, and winning

one is their captive.

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CommitmentBy all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a

philosopher.

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