Why I Asked the Questions I Asked: the 2011 Money Summit Interviews

Those who are larger than life, and seemingly possessed with superpowers, are humans too, like the rest of us. This is what I learned when I engaged some of the speakers of the 2011 Money Summit in a conversation via Facebook messaging.  Some of them are downright funny (hilarious even), and all are inspired and [...]

How to Get A VC to Fund You

Before the Entrep Summit entitled Click! Technopreneurs Secret Revealed, I was not very familiar with the venture capitalist (VC for short). I have heard about them but was not sure how they figured in the world of business.
Turns out, VCs are the power behind great start-ups like Facebook (as you would have already found out if you watched the movie Social Network).

And through the Entrep Summit, I learned the hoops of how I can get funding from a VC.

But as I said in an earlier article, it is not simple. A lot of money is at stake and venture capitalism is not charity – the venture capitalists are also in the business of making money.

But yes, getting funding from a VC might be well worth your time – it not only eliminates worry but it also lets you know someone believes in you and that someone has your back.

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Hoarding Emails (and Letting Go)

I was getting tired of seeing 5,600+ unread mail in my mailbox. What’s funny is I am also being bombarded with emails that say I should simplify my life.

So I did.

But it is harder than I thought.

As of press time, I still have 3,089 unread emails. And it is growing by 50 a day.

I am confounded as to why my unread emails became that much. I am usually overly zealous at reading what’s up in my world and everyone else’s. Looking at my 2008 emails (Gmail has allowed me to keep them), I saw that I had read each and every one. I do not know what happened between then and now.

Maybe it’s just that I am a sucker for enlisting for products and services. In early 2009, I was so big on personal finance and internet marketing that I had signed up for those websites and people my mentors recommended – Schefren, Daily Wealth, Daily Crux, Morningstar, Napoleon Hill, Bob Proctor, League of Extraordinary Minds, Carl Ocab and many more other websites. I seriously think this is the time when my emails ballooned to unimaginable and my life went from simple to crazy-exciting.

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Are You On The Internet?

The future is on the Internet. MavenSecrets has opened a lot of doors for me, even doors within myself. I feel what Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan must have felt as colonizers eyeing a new colony – the reach of my eyesight cannot even comprehend the breadth and height and limitless potential of what is before me. Except that I am sitting on a desk, my eyes reflecting the many colors on the computer screen.

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