Chinua Achebe says of his first job at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation: It was tedious work that involved reviewing scripts and turning them into readable content for radio. It turned out to be the thing that helped him most in crafting realistic dialog for his novels. Jane Austen had to read early drafts of her books to her family after dinner. The reactions and feedback from a live audience helped shape them Read more
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Introduction
Dan Shapiro is the founder and CEO of Glowforge. He previously founded Robot Turtles, Sparkbuy (renamed Google Comparison), and PhotoBucket. For this episode of How We Made It In E-Commerce , Shapiro shares interesting moments in his journey as an entrepreneur.
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Happy Fourth of July!
America is a truly a great nation and a land of opportunity despite its many faults! Sometimes I forget this. Warren Buffett likes to say that in spite of his success ($89 billion net worth), he has no reason to act puffed up because he won the "ovarian lottery".
First, he was born at a time and place (America) where a mind like his commands extraordinary financial rewards! As Read more