Author Archives: mymotivation

Process Goals

Posted on September 16, 2011 by mymotivation

I had a really interesting conversation with Andy Morrison yesterday about work and life in general. I first spoke to Andy to improve my mental approach to golf, but as I quickly found out from the conversations what happens in … Continue reading →

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Most Important Tasks

Posted on September 7, 2011 by mymotivation

One thing I constantly worry about is being productive, and I reckon a lot of people running their own businesses feel the same. Being busy and being productive are totally different things and although I can easily spend 10 hours … Continue reading →

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Mobile email – getting rid of it

Posted on September 5, 2011 by mymotivation

Each night I’d be ready for bed, teeth brushed, reading my book and feeling sleepy. ‘Just one more check of my emails’ I’d think to myself before turning the light off, and sure enough my iPhone would buzz and a … Continue reading →

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Single Person Software Companies with Bob Walsh

Posted on June 10, 2011 by mymotivation

Bob Walsh is the author of  The Web Startup Success Guide, co-hosts the Startup Success Podcast and founded http://startuptodo.com (a training/productivity community for startups and microISVs). // Key Points: The world has changed so a single person can be an entire software company Tech/Software … Continue reading →

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Less reading and more doing with Jason Cohen

Posted on June 3, 2011 by mymotivation

Jason Cohen has founded four successful companies include Smart Bear Software and WPEngine (which this site is running on!). He took Smart Bear from start to multiple millions in profit, without debt or VC, then sold it for cash. Jason … Continue reading →

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Start Lots and Start Small with Peter Cooper

Posted on May 31, 2011 by mymotivation

Peter Cooper is the founder of Ruby Inside, Ruby Weekly and Javascript Weekly. He’s also built and sold two web apps. We We caught up with him to find out how and why he builds so much, and any habits … Continue reading →

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Creativity and Innovation with Randy Komisar

Posted on May 26, 2011 by mymotivation

Randy Komisar is the author of The Monk and the Riddle and Getting to Plan B. Randy joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers as a partner in 2005. Several years prior, Komisar partnered with entrepreneurs creating businesses with leading edge technologies … Continue reading →

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Life’s too short to build stuff nobody wants – Ash Maurya

Posted on May 24, 2011 by mymotivation

Ash Maurya is the author of Running Lean and the founder of User Cycle. If you are fed up with spending months building a web application or services that nobody ends up using then the Lean Startup ideas and Running … Continue reading →

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Motivated by curiosity – Patrick Foley

Posted on May 23, 2011 by mymotivation

Patrick Foley works for Microsoft as an ISV Architect Evangelist, which means he helps software companies succeed building on top of the Microsoft platform. He co-hosts The Startup Success Podcast with Bob Walsh. 1, Where does your motivation come from? … Continue reading →

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Late nights building remarkable software with Rand Fishkin

Posted on May 17, 2011 by mymotivation

Rand Fishkin is the CEO & co-founder of SEOmoz, a software startup based in Seattle, WA. He’s also a published author, occasional tweeter, weary traveler and intermittent speaker at events around the world on search, technology, startups and Internet marketing. … Continue reading →

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