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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I am a Google Apps evangelist. I use their services for both sides of our business and I also have a personal account. Now, with the addition of new features, they have become very close to providing a total platform for an agile business. With all of that goodness, there are four main features that are missing. Here is my plea to Google.
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I have been recently inspired to eat real food by Devlyn Steele and Michael Pollan. As I began to look out into the great wilderness (supermarket chains), I found it hard to find a great selection of real food. Here are some resources to help make it easy for you to find real food grown locally.
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37 signals knows how to promote their sites with low overhead. They have a built a large user base around those promotions. Take a look at the formula they use, and think about how you can incorporate their ideas into your next Web 2.0 project.

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As an undergraduate, one of my favorite classes was Software Engineering. It was in that class, I learned about applying Computer Science theories to the “real world”. We learned about things such as CVS, Cron, Python, UML, etc…

One of the books that was recommended reading, and remains in my library, was The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master. Chapter 3 talks about the basic tools needed for any programmer. Here is a review and description of the tools I use and consider fundamental.
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You have just launched a shiny new podcast! Congratulations! Now comes a deafening silence… maybe a few tumbleweeds passing through. No worries, these promotional tools will clear away the weeds and create a thriving bustle!
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Top salespeople know the value of good qualification methods. Proper qualification can skyrocket your closing ratio and save a tremendous amount of time. These 13 questions are derived from Doug Dayton’s Selling Microsoft: Sales Secrets from Inside the World’s Most Successful Company.

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Lucky Gmail users have been able to use these features for some time now, while us Google Apps users have been quietly waiting. Personally, I’m glad Google took the time to get the features working flawlessly before deploying for business use. After spending some time understanding the new features, I have found some great new productivity enhancements to share.
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