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	<title>Ploomy &#187; INSPIRATION</title>
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		<title>Until Until Until</title>
		<link>http://www.ploomy.com/2010/06/15/until-until-until/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down &#8211; until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>There are those of us who are always about to live. We are waiting until things change, until there is more time, until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down &#8211; until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event that must occur in our lives before we begin living.<br />
- George Sheehan</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us</title>
		<link>http://www.ploomy.com/2010/05/18/drive-the-surprising-truth-about-what-motivates-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 17:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
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		<title>Are you focused?</title>
		<link>http://www.ploomy.com/2010/05/03/are-you-focused/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Raisner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NBA Playoffs are in full swing and they&#8217;ve been airing these great commercials (see below). I&#8217;m lovin one in particular about &#8220;Staying Focused.&#8221;
Men usually get a bum rap from women for not being able to multi-task. Even if that is true, is it a bad thing?
Don&#8217;t get me wrong I&#8217;m just as guilty of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The NBA Playoffs are in full swing and they&#8217;ve been airing these great commercials (see below). I&#8217;m lovin one in particular about &#8220;Staying Focused.&#8221;</p>
<p>Men usually get a bum rap from women for not being able to multi-task. Even if that is true, is it a bad thing?</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong I&#8217;m just as guilty of having Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Outlook, and Excel open all at the same time and toggling back and forth like a pin-ball. But I know when I really want to or have to get something done I need to resist all the evil time sucks of the Internet and just plow through.<span id="more-2719"></span></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been &#8220;multi-tasking&#8221; today and haven&#8217;t gotten isht done. Matter of fact the multi-tasking part is the problem.</p>
<p>The next time you want to hit CTRL T or ALT Tab, don&#8217;t.</p>
<p>STAY FOCUSED.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ploomy.com/2010/05/03/are-you-focused/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
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		<title>How to Make it in America</title>
		<link>http://www.ploomy.com/2010/04/21/how-to-make-it-in-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of stuff to watch on TV and even more on the interwebs, but if you haven&#8217;t checked out HBO&#8217;s How to Make it in America, then here&#8217;s your late pass.
How to Make it America is about two twentysomethings trying to make it in the ultra competitive New York fashion scene. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a lot of stuff to watch on TV and even more on the interwebs, but if you haven&#8217;t checked out <a href="http://www.hbo.com/#/how-to-make-it-in-america" target="_blank">HBO&#8217;s How to Make it in America</a>, then here&#8217;s your late pass.</p>
<p>How to Make it America is about two twentysomethings trying to make it in the ultra competitive New York fashion scene. It&#8217;s basically just two guys on their hustle.  It also happens to be some of the same players involved with that little hit series we know as <a href="http://www.hbo.com/entourage/index.html" target="_blank">Entourage</a>. If you somehow got free HBO like everyone else seemed to have received in the last 12 months from your cable provider or if you actually pay for it, then this is definitely worth a look.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ploomy.com/2010/04/21/how-to-make-it-in-america/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>And if you&#8217;re already a fan of the show, let us know in the comments.</p>
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		<title>How to Build an Internet Business, There&#8217;s an Interview for That!</title>
		<link>http://www.ploomy.com/2009/11/23/how-to-build-an-internet-business-theres-an-interview-for-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to learn how to build  a successful Internet business?
If your answer is &#8220;no,&#8221; then stop here, do not pass go, do not collect $200 (homage to Monopoly, one my favorite boardgames of all time).
If your answer is &#8220;yes,&#8221; then keep reading because the answer is quite simple, watch or listen to the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you want to learn how to build  a successful Internet business?</p>
<p>If your answer is &#8220;no,&#8221; then stop here, do not pass go, do not collect $200 (homage to Monopoly, one my favorite boardgames of all time).</p>
<p>If your answer is &#8220;yes,&#8221; then keep reading because the answer is quite simple, watch or listen to the interviews on <a href="http://www.mixergy.com" target="_self">Mixergy.com</a> &#8212; all of them.</p>
<p>Want to learn how to start an Internet business, how to raise venture capital, how to build community, how to get links to your site, how to get people to pay for services, how to create compelling content?&#8230;.<strong>there&#8217;s an interview for that!</strong></p>
<p>Mixergy.com, &#8220;<strong>home of the ambitious upstart</strong>,&#8221; provides free video interviews (at least for now) with successful Internet entrepreneurs. The interviews are conducted by Andrew Warner, an accomplished Internet entrepreneur in his own right with his own fascinating <a href="http://mixergy.com/about/" target="_blank">roller coaster of a story where he took his company to $30+ million a year in sales</a>.</p>
<p><span id="more-2539"></span></p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-2541 alignright" title="mixergy-andrew-warner" src="http://www.ploomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/mixergy-andrew-warner.jpg" alt="mixergy-andrew-warner" width="300" height="250" />Mixergy.com has 100+ interviews on the site and is chock full of nuggets of wisdom for entrepreneurs. Andrew asks all the tough questions and really tries to get to the heart of what made the entrepreneur successful with their respective website business. He has done interviews with people who have been-there-done-that and is slowly growing a valuable library for startups to gain insight.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve watched or listened to just about every interview on Mixergy. Below are some of the interviews on the site I recommend.</p>
<p>I also encourage you to follow <a href="http://twitter.com/AndrewWarner" target="_blank">@AndrewWarner</a> on Twitter to get the latest updates on who he is interviewing next.</p>
<h3>My suggested interviews on Mixergy.com</h3>
<p><a title="Wikipedia’s Founder On How The Site Was Built &amp; Promoted. – with Jimmy Wales" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/wikipedias-founder-jimmy-wales/">Wikipedia’s Founder On How The Site Was Built &amp; Promoted. – with Jimmy Wales</a></p>
<p><a title="How Threadless Got People To Buy Over A Million Tshirts A Year. – With Jeffrey Kalmikoff" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/threadless-million-tshirts-jeffrey-kalmikoff/">How Threadless Got People To Buy Over A Million Tshirts A Year. – With Jeffrey Kalmikoff</a></p>
<p><a title="How 99designs Built A $5+ Million Marketplace In 16 Months. – With Matt Mickiewicz" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/how-99designs-built-a-5-million-business-in-16-months-with-matt-mickiewicz/">How 99designs Built A $5+ Million Marketplace In 16 Months. – With Matt Mickiewicz</a></p>
<p><a href="http://mixergy.com/goodreads-otis-chandler/" target="_blank">How A Quiet Developer Built Goodreads.com Into Book Community Of 2.6+ Million Members – with Otis Chandler</a></p>
<p><a href="http://mixergy.com/community-tips/" target="_blank">How To Build Your Online Community –The Mateo Gutierrez Interview</a></p>
<p><a title="How To Erect A Pay Wall That Generates Revenue – with Wil Schroter" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/affordit-wil-schroter/">How To Erect A Pay Wall That Generates Revenue – with Wil Schroter</a></p>
<p><a title="Why This VC Showered With Construction Workers And Why You Must Also Be Willing To! – With Mark Suster" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/mark-suster-venture-capital-entrepreneur/">Why This VC Showered With Construction Workers And Why You Must Also Be Willing To! – With Mark Suster</a></p>
<p><a title="How Being Scrappy Made Grasshopper Profitable Within 2 Months – with Siamak Taghaddos" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/siamak-taghaddos-interview/">How Being Scrappy Made Grasshopper Profitable Within 2 Months – with Siamak Taghaddos</a></p>
<p><a title="How The Owner Of “Fail Blog” And “I Can Has Cheezburger” Keeps Racking Up Wins – With Ben Huh" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/cheezburger-fail-ben-huh/">How The Owner Of “Fail Blog” And “I Can Has Cheezburger” Keeps Racking Up Wins – With Ben Huh</a></p>
<p><a title="How Maponics’ Founder Learned To Sell To Companies Like Google &amp; CitySearch – With Darrin Clement Maponics" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/maponics-darrin-clement/">How Maponics’ Founder Learned To Sell To Companies Like Google &amp; CitySearch – With Darrin Clement Maponics</a></p>
<p><a title="The JibJab Story. Maybe The Most Inspiring Mixergy Interview Ever! – With Gregg Spiridellis" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/jibjab-history-gregg-spiridellis/">The JibJab Story. Maybe The Most Inspiring Mixergy Interview Ever! – With Gregg Spiridellis</a></p>
<p><a title="Bootstrapping Lessons From 37 Signals — The Jason Fried Interview" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/bootstrapping-37signals/">Bootstrapping Lessons From 37 Signals — The Jason Fried Interview</a></p>
<p><a title="Small Changes That Helped UserVoice Raise $800,000 From Investors. – With Marcus Nelson" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/small-changes-uservoice-raise-money-investors-marcus-nelson/">Small Changes That Helped UserVoice Raise $800,000 From Investors. – With Marcus Nelson</a></p>
<p><a title="What Does It Take To Build A Successful Online Company? – With Michael Jones" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/metrics-focus/">What Does It Take To Build A Successful Online Company? – With Michael Jones</a></p>
<p><a title="How A Musician Built A $22 Million Dollar Business From His Home. –The Derek Sivers Interview" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/derek-sivers/">How A Musician Built A $22 Million Dollar Business From His Home. –The Derek Sivers Interview</a></p>
<p><a title="How Blogs Helped The Four Hour Work Week Become a Best Seller – The Timothy Ferriss Interview" rel="bookmark" href="http://mixergy.com/tim-ferriss/">How Blogs Helped The Four Hour Work Week Become a Best Seller – The Timothy Ferriss Interview</a></p>
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