Andrew Warner of Mixergy.com has put together some incredible interviews with some amazing people with purpose of helping entreprenuers create better Internet companies. Amazingly, all of the interviews are free!

There was one issue I encountered that minimized my joy a tiny fraction at finding this treasure trove; 1) not enough time to listen to them all right now! and 2) no one place to go for an easy short list of all of the interviews (this is undoubtedly because Andrew is busy creating awesome interviews!)

In this post, I have created a list of all the interviews in a easy to browse format that takes you directly to the interview page for your convenience. On that interview page, Andrew has an introductory video, written summary of the interview, streaming audio and download link. Enjoy! I sure am.

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Do you have a todo list with hundreds of seemingly important items? Does looking at that list make you want to just ignore the whole list altogether? If you answered a resounding yes to these questions, this post is for you. The following advice assumes you are using the GTD methodology. If you are not using GTD, please read this first to gain the best value from this information. I hope that these tips can help you get back on track with your GTD-fu for the new year.

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Whether you use voice dialing or speed dialing, these phone numbers are essential for the mobile road warrior. It’s not a top seven list because I thought you might want to reserve the extra number for your BFF …

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One of my biggest complaints with BaseCamp is the inability to add a description to milestones easily. You can work around that problem by creating a message after you create your milestone, then attach that message to the milestone. Far too many steps! I want to be able to quickly add the description without all of the extra steps.

While I still cant add a description directly from the milestone creation screen, BaseCamp has just made it much easier to attach a description.

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Dr. David Schwartz, author of “The Magic of Thinking Big” contends that a key element of success is to follow a plan for liking people. In the book, he talks of President Johnson’s ten-point formula for success. Here are those points for your review. Ask yourself after reading each one: How can I better practice this idea in my daily life?

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One of the productivity features I miss most when leaving my Ubuntu environment for Windows Vista 64-bit is multiple (virtual) desktops. After searching high and low, I finally found a solution that best emulates my beloved Ubuntu desktop.

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Senior Detective Dave Street, of the Moreno Valley Sheriffs department, gave a presentation to the Riverside Tech CEO Forum about Identity Theft & Fraud. I found the presentation to be fascinating and disturbing. Based on the facts he provided, I believe everyone should take the time and review the information he presents. In this post I summarize the presentation, if you would like to view the full Power Point presentation, please download and/or view it at DocStoc.

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There are two books I recommend to any startup: The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything and Getting Real. I created a guide based on the former, and now I have created a mind map based on the latter. I suggest that you use the mind map for review or to gain an overview of the key points. You can download the mind map here (it is in the FreeMind format): Getting Real Mind Map.

That’s right, according to Devlyn Steele of ToolsToLife.com, your life can be built using the following six steps. Don’t believe me? I suggest you go through each step, then after you follow through, let me know if you achieved the result you wanted.
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While J. Paul Getty believed that luck, knowledge and hard work were all necessary (with an emphasis on hard work) to become a millionaire, he insisted the single most required trait, is the millionaire mentality.

In his book, How to Be Rich: His Formulas, Getty also talked about the four categories that most men fall into. Which category do you fit in?
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