Monthly Archives: March 2006

It’s been a week of … moving

Posted on March 30, 2006 by Brock Blake

This past week has been so crazy I can’t believe it.  In the most literal sense, my wife and I spent most of last week and the weekend moving to a new home.  The whole process — packing, cleaning, lifting, … Continue reading →

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Internship stud

Posted on March 22, 2006 by Brock Blake

Our intern, Bryce, is a total stud!  The thing that I love about Bryce is that he is all about business.  He comes in (every morning at 8 am), does research, and then compiles a daily newsletter that is sent … Continue reading →

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Alan Hall standing Tall

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Brock Blake

I am continually impressed by Alan Hall. Alan Hall is the founder of Grow Utah Ventures, the most active early-stage venture capital firm in Utah. Their latest announcement is the funding of Revinetix — that’s 30+ technology companies funded by … Continue reading →

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VIPbloggers.com

Posted on March 16, 2006 by Brock Blake

One of my Junto Partners, Justin Bergener, just recently launched VIPbloggers.com.  VIPbloggers.com is a unique blog directory that helps you to attract traffic to your blog.  I purchased a space on the site and I have already received quite a … Continue reading →

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If I were on the TV show The Apprentice

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Brock Blake

While my wife and I don’t watch a whole lot of TV (unless it is sports), we regular watchers of Donald Trump’s reality show The Apprentice. Most of the time, I enjoy the show because the job candidates are involved … Continue reading →

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Life without my Blackberry

Posted on March 14, 2006 by Brock Blake

With all of this talk about Blackberry going out of business, I started to think about what my life would be like without my Blackberry. Here is a list of some of the things that I thought of: I wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Gcast.com

Posted on March 14, 2006 by Brock Blake

One of our potential partners showed me the free do-it-yourself-podcasting site called Gcast. I’m totally stoked to try it out and see what happens. Has anyone else tried or used Gcast? I’d love to hear about your experience.

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Google Reader

Posted on March 7, 2006 by Brock Blake

Ok…I might be a little slow to the blog reading community! Up until this past week, I have been reading my 10-20 blogs each day by visiting each of their sites individually. I guess that it wasn’t that hard because … Continue reading →

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It’s negotiable…

Posted on March 7, 2006 by Brock Blake

Recently I have had a lot of thoughts about negotiation and I’ve finally decided that it is a worthless game. We all know how it works: Let the other make the first offer No matter what the offer is (no … Continue reading →

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Experience wins (in some cases)… in more detail

Posted on March 3, 2006 by Brock Blake

Paul has blogged about his comments that I mentioned in my previous post…check them out at his blog.

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Experience wins…

Posted on March 2, 2006 by Brock Blake

I spent the past 2 days at the Corporate Alliance Summitt and met a lot of amazing people. While there, I learned a valuable lesson from Paul. When asked the question, “what is one of the reasons that young entrepreneurs … Continue reading →

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