The Awesomeness of Projects
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The Awesomeness of Projects
*the people whose images I am using have no idea.
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(Non-criminal) Background
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Projects- Less structure- Pursue something you’re passionate about - Test stuff you’ve always wanted to do- Meet people you would have never met- Learn stuff you would have never learned- Feel really good about what you do - Good things happen to people who try
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I always told everyone I needed to be an entrepreneur.
Turns out, I suck at it.
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Full-Time - A ton of responsibility- Marriage meets the 80-work week - You better love it, because you need to bet everything on it- Big upside potential, sometimes even financially
Part-Time- A creative outlet - Start small, test the waters- People think you’re organized and ambitious- Feels more like the beginning of a romance
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Why IdeaMensch?
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Why #IM48?
20,000 miles, 48 states, 50 events, 4 months, 4 dudes, one Honda Element, no girlfriend(s). Actually, no girls at all.
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Typical Wednesday9:29am - Wake up, rush downstairs before LA Quinta stops serving free waffles. Drive 5 hours to our next location. - call local media for coverage of tonight’s event - reach out to speakers of this Friday’s event and check- in on their presentations - email organizations that might care about entrepreneurs to help us promote next Monday’s event - try to find a pizza sponsor for next Wednesday’s event. - find a free venue for next Friday’s event - try to line up speakers for next Friday’s event
3pm - Arrive at event location, setup. 6pm - 9pm - Event. Apologize for whatever went wrong this time. 9pm: Buy local volunteers beers. Pack as much leftover pizza as possible into car. Drive a couple of hours. Midnight - Check into a LaQuinta somewhere else. Rinse and repeat. For four months.
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Tell the Universe.
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Then start.
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Surround yourself with people who have a reason.
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Iterate.Try then succeed or fail.
Then try again.
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Carl Blake not safe for work
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Carl Blake
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Radar control Not an urban myth.
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Be Lean.
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Be Lean.
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Be Lean.
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3 Feats. Every Day.
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When in doubt, email.
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Go all in.
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And remember.
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20,000 miles. $261 in speeding tickets. $45,587 in income.$45,678 in expenses. 175 speakers. 2,500 tickets sold. Dozens of friends across the country. 5 nights on a pig farm. A world record (or so I told girl at airport bar last night) Two weddings.Never be able to consume Popchips or RedBull again.Ditto for LA Quinta Waffles. Ditto for sharing hotel beds with another man. I still drink boxed wine.4 brothers. For life. An awesome job. In Montana. No girlfriend. Actually, no girls at all. Endless perspective.
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Wayne Gretzky
“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”