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Career Dreams – In Three Parts

June 28th, 2011

What will I do with my life? How will I leave my mark on the world?

These questions have been a constant part of my life since I was very young – and it’s still a guiding question in my life. Now that I’m a parent to three children and a mentor to other adults, I can see clearly how the same thoughts float through the heads of others.

What will I do with my life? How will I leave my mark on the world?

Let’s look at those questions through the stories of three people and see where they lead.

Her Dream Right now, I’m serving as something of an informal mentor to a 19 year old young woman who is incredibly passionate about photography. She’s one

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10 marketing lessons for early stage tech startups

June 26th, 2011

If I can help you avoid some of my first-time mistakes it would be a victory. The following are some lessons I learned about early-stage startup marketing. Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.).

1. Where Stealth is Good – There’s a lot of discussions on the Web about whether startups should be stealthy before they launch or not. The truth is there isn’t a “right” answer for your company. You need some guidelines to make decisions. My general rule is that it’s good to be stealth in the early days while you’re building your product and testing your market. Stealth does no

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The Oscars Vs. SuperBowl

June 26th, 2011

Two of television’s most beloved annual events are the Super Bowl and the Oscars. But how does one event, which culminates the football season, stack up against the other, which celebrates excellence in film? Both events came from humble roots. Super Bowl one, held in 1967, had a ticket price of $10 and an attendance of about 61, 946. The first Oscars, held in 1929, had a ticket price of $5 and was attended by 250 people. .

Compare those modest figures to the 2010 numbers and you might be shocked: the Super Bowl was the most watched event in television history, with nearly 111 million viewers. T

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How To Release Money From The Value Of Your Home

June 26th, 2011

When reaching retirement, your house can be a source of huge sums of money.

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FOMC: Steady as She Goes

June 26th, 2011

With QE2 set to conclude next week, the Fed left its monetary policy statement largely unchanged. Reflecting current concerns, however, it lowered the GDP outlook and raised the core inflation projection for 2011.

Monetary Policy Remains in a Holding Pattern

As expected, today’s announcement from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) proved largely uneventful as monetary policy remained unchanged. The federal funds target rate remains highly accommodative at 0.0 percent to 0.25 percent, a range we have seen for the past 31 months. M Read more…

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A Day in the Life of a Quicken Loans Gilbert Award Winner

June 25th, 2011

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Last week, Quicken Loans held our annual Gilbert Awards Ceremony at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit, MI. Each year, we take time to honor the brightest and best, the cream of the crop. My brother, Jason, works in our in-house print center and won the Gilbert Award for Outstanding Internal Client Service. I couldn’t have been prouder. And I’d never imagined how winning this award would change Jason’s life in just a week. He wa

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