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Rube Goldberg Would Have Loved This Video

As a guy who loves wild Rube Goldberg inventions, I found this video to be excellent!   The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The “machine” was designed and built by the band, along with members of Synn Labs (http://syynlabs.com/) over the course of several months. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Rube Goldberg Would Have Loved... Read More

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Cracked Pots Called to Shine

Today I read an impactful study entitled Let Them See Jesus by Ron Blue, a successful business man who does a great job of combining his faith and his work.  He said today that: Humans are like clay pots with cracks; we are broken and imperfect. Yet, just as God seeks us out in all our imperfection, in ancient times, people sought out cracked clay pots because they made the best lanterns – the... Read More

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Stop and Listen to the Music

Look at this video then read the rest of the blog post: The scene is a Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and... Read More

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Entrepreneuring in Chicago

Fast Company has a great article about why you should start a company in Chicago.   Chicago is where many Internet mainstays were launched, from the jobs site CareerBuilder and travel service Orbitz to RSS technology innovators Feedburner (bought by Google in 2007) and the online audience measurement outfit comScore. One hot startup right now is the coupon site Groupon.  Health-care companies... Read More

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Phil Vischer is back with “What’s in the Bible” DVDs

What’s in the Bible? is a new DVD series from VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer designed to walk kids and families through the entire Bible. The 13 DVD-series will release beginning March 1, 2010.  Most will remember that in 1990, 24-year-old computer-animator Phil Vischer who was attending Park Community Church, sat down with Mike Nawrocki to create a group of characters that could teach Christian... Read More

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12 Powerpoint Presentation Rules When Presenting to VC’s

Having raised more than $300 million in numerous financings, I have learned a few rules along the way that help to make strong, effective and impactful presentation.  I have found that VC’s invest, generally speaking,  in three things:  an idea, a top management team, and a big market for the product and service.  In your presentation, make sure these each get a slide.  Your presentation... Read More

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Grocery Store Musical — “Life Just Happened”

This was a great way to start off the week and the new year — enjoy SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Grocery Store Musical — “Life Just Happened”", url: "http://20millionminutes.com/2010/01/04/grocery-store-musical-life-just-happened/" }); Read More →

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Christmas: It is All About Jesus

What a great reminder of what Christmas is really all about from the Rev. Mark A. Crosten Sr. is the Senior Pastor at East End Baptist Church in Suffolk Va………….. Exactly what is Christmas all about? Is it just the trees, shopping, gifts, cards and eating or it is something more? This year, as in several before, there has been a lot of discussion over whether we should just say... Read More

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