The Indiana 100 is in the Chain O?Lakes state park in Albion, IN. Albion is near Fort Wayne Indiana. It is a beautiful park and I would characterize the trails from a difficulty level to be between Mahomet and Clinton....

An Ironman triathon is considered to be one of the ultimate endurance challenges. It consists of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike followed by a 26.2 mile run, yes, all completed in less that 16 hours 59 minutes. Most...

I received this email from Amazon today. It is yet another example of how unbusiness friendly Illinois is. I only wonder how many affiliates have been affected. ------------------------- Hello, For well over a decade, the Amazon Associates Program has worked...

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First, and foremost - and most exciting for us - we found that sharing is growing. On a ?per page view? level, we?ve seen a 200 percent increase in the shares per page view across our 125,000+ sites in 2009....

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Below is a real live email exchange between members of our triathlon club in Champaign, IL. Names have been withheld to protect the innocent so to speak. What I can say is that several members of our club are also...

I completed my first 50 mile ultra marathon at the Madison, Northface Challenge a few weeks ago. I ran the race with my brother who had completed one prior. I asked him, so what is our strategy in completing one...

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If you?re planning to enter a business-plan competition, most judges are looking for you to really demonstrate and understanding of your businesses, which of course can come from actually getting it started. Here are the top six elements they look...

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Your bankers won't answer the phone, the venture capitalists all have alligator arms and your start-up needs cash. However, you are generating revenue and have a solid sales pipeline. What do you do? Get creative. The best advice I ever...

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We all have run into this scenario before. You're in the store, Best Buy, Dick's Sporting Goods or a wine shop, and you see a product you want to buy. You ask yourself - is this a good price, does...

Just when I think great strides are being made to personalize marketing messages, I get a slap in the face to remind me that we still have a long way to go. It especially hurts this time because the slap...

Obama has taken a play out of the VC handbook. Executive pay limits for company's receiving TARP funds is absolutely justified. It is standard for VCs to set cash compensation limits for executives. Incentives are provided through stock options to...

Too often I receive voluminous board packets from over zealous CEO that are 50+, 100+, sometimes 200+ pages. While CEOs intend for such a deliverable to be a sign of comprehensive hard work, it actually makes our life as board...

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This is a common slide floating around the web which is held up as evidence that the end is near for the venture capital industry. As a venture capitalist I should be torked. For many reasons I should be blogging...