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Recent posts in Book or magazine ideas

bottle design
There are very few books out there on the subject: Art of Perfume Bottle Design: Beer Wine and Spirits Absolut: Biography of a Bottle But really, the pickings are very...

the web is not quark
I've had this idea kicking around for a while now. I work with a lot of print designers at my current job. These are hard-core print people, with little to...

where the fluffy ones sleep
Since I run Pampered Puppy, I've been thinking a lot about dogs lately. I recently got a preview copy of a fabulous book called Barkitecture, which is a coffee-table book...

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Recent posts in General business ideas

how not to do things
Sometimes the best ideas on how to run your business come from looking at unsuccessful companies. Learning what not to do can be just as vital as learning what to...

when I run my own business #3
Some thinking about accountability and what leadership means. Gleaned from a Fast Company article: “The first lesson I learned as a plebe came from an upperclassman yelling in my face....

quotes from HBS
I was very excited to find that Harvard Business School runs an online magazine. If I can't afford to go there, I will at least soak up as much as...

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Recent posts in Web site ideas

bottle design
There are very few books out there on the subject: Art of Perfume Bottle Design: Beer Wine and Spirits Absolut: Biography of a Bottle But really, the pickings are very...

chickflicks dot com
I spent the weekend in Yentl mode, and that's what started it. Allow me to explain. You know when you get a certain song, book, movie in your head and...

Man, do I feel your pain
It's not that I haven't had ideas lately - I have. I just keep finding out someone else has already done it - most of it, all of it, or...

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