Innovation and Entrepreneurship
by Paul Mobley, MBA
From the category archives:
For the last year I have been working on launching an internet startup in Orange County. This has given me the opportunity to explore the ecosystem and develop relationships with other tech leaders in the OC. Overall I have been very impressed with the efforts being made to both create new companies and support them. [...]
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This year at infiniteROI we started an internship program. We’ve been blessed to have a very smart and curious intern named Kyle Chezum (a senior business management major from Biola University). Kyle accompanied me on the trip to San Jose and he had a different take on the California Realtors Expo. I asked him to [...]
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Today, October 6th, the California Association of Realtors start their annual Expo in San Jose. I’ll be attending on Wednesday and Thursday and I will share my impressions with you. Last year the Expo was in Long Beach. These are some of my observations from last year. The primary focus in 2008 was on the [...]
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I’m glad open-source technology exists to help shape our future. If not…
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This week we took our son to his first mountain experience. We chose to go up to the Idyllwild Inn where my old friends Josh & Emily White are the hosts. In a world of cookie cutter hotel experiences the Idyllwild Inn is a refreshing change. There is something special about a business that has [...]
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Derek Sivers, the head of CD Baby, said, “It’s so funny when I hear people being so protective of ideas. (People who want me to sign an nda to tell me the simplest idea). To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.” The book Getting Real [...]
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This post is dedicated to [b]ecker and all of the other great photographers who always out play me in Texas Hold’em. The short list also includes: Jessica Claire, Mike Colon, Dane Sanders, and many more. Paul Mobley had the cover image and a feature article in Rangefinder Magazine in July 2009. How do you like [...]
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Steve summed up my point from yesterday in this wonderful political cartoon from the San Diego Union-Tribune. Thanks for sending it to me Julie!
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Greg Creed, the President of Taco Bell, said last week that their goal is to be, “the other number one” by growing to $10.6 billion in sales within 5 years. (Note: The “one” is McDonald’s). Today I am proud to say that I have reached the status of “the other number one”. At what, you [...]
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The “E” Myth Revisited is one of my favorite books on small business management. It challenges the concept of being a “business” owner. Not that owning a business is bad, on the contrary, Michael Gerber just makes the case for not owning a “job”. Additionally, he gets into some wonderful strategic planning for startups. If [...]
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