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WARNING: Becoming great in life and in business requires the choice to be great.Also a strong drive to achieve.

Most of us want to be significant in life. We want to be financially free and have access to abundance. We want to be around the best that life has to offer. We want to be free to enjoy the beauty and the imperfections of the world. We want to be the master not the slave of life. So what can you do to achieve greatness?

“To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, [every fucking]night and day, to make you somebody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.”

WARNING: Powerful networking and relationships require 110% effort.
In a hyper-competitive global world, and digital world, quality relationships are becoming more important. I personally I’m not the perfect networker however I’m always open to improvement. And I also thought my fellow founders and leaders might enjoy this. All the tips below were written by different authors and edited for clarity. We are not endorsing any authors and / or organization.

Also check out http://mblog.bjmannyst.com/2015/11/improve-your-career-and-life-when-you.html

 

 

“When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.”

SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to get humans to Mars in six years. He plans to start with a great booster rockers, and in space conduct a refueling process (see the video below) however like everything in life, requires funds.

Everyone by now knows he’s got a huge ambition to colonize the Planet that looks like it is covered in pot holes, bunch of rocks, and pretty much dead.

My question, to Elon Musk and anyone with the same space vision, is whether they would settle and colonize the planet if there are primitive creatures living deep underground. I have a wild guess that’s where they all are.

I would be among the millions excited by this possibility of man residing on a another rock. Even National Geographic has got a mini-series happening this November. It is definitely helping all of us see beyond our planet and eventually expand into the stars.

However I stop to think about what the British Empire had done to primitive people of others parts of the earth. The advanced nation weren’t willing to share or coexist with inferior nations or inferior people
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The Empire launched campaigns to break down the resistance, oppressed them or exploited them, or annihilated them or all of the above. I can sort of imagine if we modern humans actually wiped out neanderthals.

Mr. Musk, the billionaire founder of the SpaceX rocket company, has been offering hints and teases of his desire to colonize the big red planet since he could read.

He has outlined a simple ambitious plan for manned mission to mars which could begin in 2022. But thing that many scientist, entrepreneurs, government need to remember not to repeat the mess of human’s colonialist history.

And could Mr. Musk redirect his plans if the planet is occupied by natives who are just behind in their civilization evolution.?

Other Questions.

Would he enslave them?
Would he Terra- form the planet to suite mankind?
Would we force them to learn our cultures and religion?
Would we mix?
If we discover they are like horses or donkey would we just use them?
Would the humans sent to colonize mars go through significant mutations?
Would we be different from the British Empire?
Would you move them to an island like “Shark Island” like the Namibians?
Would you keep them alive if they are on the brink of death?
Would you run a eugenics program?





[He said there were “two fundamental paths” facing humanity today. “One is that we stay on Earth forever and then there will be an inevitable extinction event,” he said. “The alternative is to become a spacefaring civilization, and a multi-planetary species.”]

And other experts emphasize the need for thorough and conclusive understanding before we send any humans to colonize the Red Planet. “


I welcome your thoughts....

I thought I would share this with founders and individuals in retail / eCommerce / mobile trying to make sure that they get their sales strategy correct. If you need any further help with your service business marketing or want to promote b2b solutions, give me a shout . Happy Competing!!!  Please note we are not endorsing anyone or organization.

At the beginning and end of our lives is a strong inner desire to be fulfilled. To be fulfilled in love, purpose, income, significance, safety, health, friendship, play, fun, etc is pretty much what we crave daily. And unfortunately many of us are not happy because of the social or self pressures to conform to the mainstream or face the possibility of being labeled an outcast.

To everyone in marketing, founders in AR / VR space or general business owners, stop what you are doing and take a moment to just observe how the general city public in your area engages their smart phones, and in just a few minutes you will notice how withdrawn many are becoming. In a time of tremendous sociological  changes, AR / VR marketing is being held up as greatest thing since refrigeration.


My dear marketers and CMOs, AR / VR is nothing but a 4K TV. AR / VR is nothing but a BlueRay Disc. AR / VR is nothing but a 3D TV. AR / VR is nothing but a Cherry Coke.  AR / VR marketing is like a hand crafted toilet paper roll.AR / VR has tremendous numerous value potential but I don’t expect any significant improvement in B2C marketing ROI. 

A SEEMINGLY un-American fact about America today is that for some groups, much more than others, upward mobility and the American dream are alive and well. It may be taboo to say it, but certain ethnic, religious and national-origin groups are doing strikingly better than Americans overall.
Indian-Americans earn almost double the national figure (roughly $90,000 per year in median household income versus $50,000). Iranian-, Lebanese- and Chinese-Americans are also top-earners. In the last 30 years, Mormons have become leaders of corporate America, holding top positions in many of America’s most recognizable companies. These facts don’t make some groups “better” than others, and material success cannot be equated with a well-lived life. But willful blindness to facts is never a good policy.

According to Forbes, the 400 wealthiest Americans have more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans combined. But what about the people in between? The middle class? You may be considered middle class. You’re not poor, but you’re not rich…yet. The middle class seems to be shrinking, according to the data revealed over the last couple decades. That means you’re going to be less likely to be middle class in the future. You’ll more likely be poor or rich. Which side do you want to be on?

If you want to be on the side with the rich, you’ve got to start thinking like the rich. Here are 10 differences between middle class and rich people for you to learn from…

Two business people shaking hands in office. The capitalist class consists of households with incomes of at least $350,000 to $500,000. Often, they are successful business owners, politicians, athletes, and executives. With 90% of wealth not inherited in the United States, almost all are self-made..

As you learned in Class in the United States and Household Income in the United States, the capitalist class represents the top 1% of income. Sometimes called the super-rich, in 2013 members of the capitalist class had a minimum income of $389,436. However, if you live in Connecticut, the minimum is $659,979, Washington DC is $554,719 and New Jersey is $547,737.  

To make the top one percent of the one percent you needed a minimum income nationwide of $8.32 million in 2013. To be counted among the Forbes 400 you needed an adjusted gross income of $100,000,000 according to the IRS. 

In this discussion, part of our How to Get Rich guide for new investors, we'll reveal the secrets of the capitalist class. You'll learn what they do differently that results in building wealth. You'll find out the philosophies that helped them reach a place where they are financially independent enough to spend time with family or travel the world.

After reading all of part 1 you still want to pursue unicorn status instead of focusing on acquiring users and acquiring paying customers then let no one get in your way.The alternative is to build something that can withstand the ups and downs of business.

Let me remind you what Blue chip are. Blue Chip businesses are businesses that operate very well in uncertainties and certainties because they’re likely industry leaders. There are businesses who got there not from multi-million dollars in founding, aggressive advertisement, and then wait to be acquired.

Blue chips are business who were likely fiscally savvy, smart risk tolerant, agile,etc. Google is one, Eventbrite,Uber, 3M, Magna, Coca-Cola, Sales Force, Amazon, Wal-Mart, Microsoft, Oracle,Kraft Heinz,P&G

When it comes to the monsters with one horns, something tells me that some might be packaging shit and calling it premium chocolate chip. 

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Being a unicorn company is now the underlying expectation from venture capital, private equity, founders, potential talents, etc because all eyes are on the superstars of tech. But mostly because of FOMO in life and financially. It’s almost like instead of appreciating the proven summer Olympics most just can’t help but talk about Donald Trump, who just sucks all the attention.

The exciting -entertaining -unpredictable content versus the proven universal content.. It’s like fighting to buy a well dressed cow that might produce milk instead of plain cow that has proven milk production. As for this article, my focus will be about figuring out whether founders pursuing unicorn status is a great endeavor or whether simply settling for private blue chip status is a lot better. I will begin, with part 1, by providing some general info and part 2 will be where I let it burn.

The Stress Causing Reality of B2B

There’s a lot of stress facing many service businesses. . .just trying desperately: to create a desirable service, to create awareness, to then sell it for a profit, and finally deliver a great experience is very demanding. In the past, you practically had forever to get it right because barrier to entry was huge.

Today, the formula for achieving continuous success in a competitive world is a minute-by-minute ongoing experiment. One day you could be celebrating the huge site traffic and record sales from your campaign and the next day your campaign has lost its momentum and consumers have moved on to other things. What I’m trying to say is your s%#^ is not the s#^&. If there’s not much differentiation and significant value in what you offer then your services are gradually being turned into commodities.

There are at least three choices in this reality. You can accept things, change things, or walk away from it. This content will help you see the b2b buyers perspective, your perspective, and some suggestions to consider.

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE B2B BUYER IN 2016

Yahoo failed to be agile that’s one reason why they lost ground to guys like Google and Facebook. If you look at yahoo through out its years you will see not many significant innovation or product diversity. Many have also blamed its slow-footed, mediocre products, poor culture, and failure to get into mobile sooner. Now if we look at Google, so many products and innovation that I sometimes wonder if they’ve been smoking a magic innovation weed. They can keep pumping out products because all they have to do is embed ads into. Almost every android user is expose to the mighty Google ad engine. The point is individuals can learn to be more agile in life and business like the Google’s of the world.

Since this is not about comparing one human to Google the company, I will admit that change is in the water. A lot of us are individually battling a lot of toxic noise and friction while we eagerly try to make sense of our founder lives and personal lives. Noise such as terrorism, jihad, identity, sexuality, love, millennial underemployment, racism, gender, gig-jobs, guns, wantrepreneurs, urbanization, biased-authority, the have and have not gap, GMO, automation, Donald Trump, etc. The fact still remains that the common constant in life and business are still change and adaptability also known as uncertainty and agility. What does it take to achieve sustainable success in a growing noisy and changing world? So far what I can conclude is that we all must adopt a better agile way of living, operating a business and loving . 

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We have set out to be a great positive contributor to society and We are sure it’s the same for our fellow founders and most individuals. While working to take Founders Under 40™ Group to a higher purpose, we want also to encourage others around us to aspire to be Eagles. 

To stop running through all their lives as chickens on a poultry farm. So that you and many others can really be great. That you also can be significant. That you also can be a positive contributor not just a spectator. 

The reality today, there are some who believe we are better off divided and there are many of us who believe, our world and lives would be better if we all learned to get along. So we shared this to help us all become eagles.

The content below was originally written by a different author who is a fan of Mrs. Palin and this doesn’t represent our affection for any celebrity. There are some religious context which is not meant to promote religion. I & Founders Under 40 Group are sharing this for greater good of the whole of humanity, giving Founders & Individuals a way to strive to be a part of the solution. 

As I step out like many of you do to either to go get the bacon or simply to enjoy what life one can squeeze out of a day. Only to realize the cloud of hatred had sucked every ounce of air out of my lungs. The recurring theme of violence by civilians and authority figures has made it clear to me that we are living more and more in a time when few of us have intent on spreading: misinformation, violence, chaos, hate, hypocrisy, terror, supremacy or just bad judgment. And there are some of us so bored of our existence that we figure might as well start something terrifying regardless of the consequences. Almost like deciding to run with the bulls at Pamplona’s San Fermin festival and getting gored to death. For my sake and for the many who are just in a state of shock still, I wish to share this. We either become individually better by improving ourselves or we leave the fate of mankind to Ultron. So Instead of Trump, vote Ultron for president.

What frighten me of social networks, specifically LinkedIn, is that the social factor is dwindling at a rapid pace. The overwhelming experience of LinkedIn and it’s endless content and noise which everyday reminds me a lot more and more like Facebook and twitter. Just bunch of people posting all kinds of videos, pictures, articles, people posting 24/7 not based on quality or fit but rapid posts after posts. The true motive of spreading content or creating sponsored “content” is likely mixed. The same can be said about how I feel about LinkedIn groups. Some still think it’s the hottest thing if you just overlook the rotten egg smell. Some think it’s a cheap way to advertise. Some think it has become an irritant. Either way I just know the internet and social networks have failed social. 

Unless you have earned my attention, you are not worth my precious time. 

Lately, everyone seems to have a strong stench of desperateness ... trying eagerly to share their expertise, their opinions on LinkedIn groups, guest post on Forbes, literally anywhere that can help them get noticed by the “pretty girl”. In this context, the pretty girl is the potential customer. Unfortunately no matter how good or terrible your content is ,it doesn’t entitle you to be engaged. I’ve taking the liberty to share some tips to help improve your chances of engagement.

You could share content on every social media network in the world as much as you want and as frequent as you want, even buy the endorsement of LeBron James and it will not mean anything if no one really wants to listen to what you have to say.

This is a book published in 2008 and I’m sure was a good hit when it came out. I had come across it many times over the years and had taking a glimpse at it for free at major book stores however never bothered to buy or read it till this month, May of 2016.

Not sure the main reason for this strong urge to finally read it...maybe because I’m always thinking about founders, life of a founder, how do I help others who aren’t as exposed to the entrepreneurial energy  or environments....It might have been a force.

For those of you who don’t know Jessica Livington (@jesslivingston)...I've included her bio which was in her book.

The problem is no matter how diverse their local demographic they seem to constantly promote one of their own. It’s an endless cycle of “I wash your hand...you wash my hand”. Always manipulating the system to help a few who fit perfectly into their mold or who has the connections or money. The reality today, there are many entrepreneurial institutions (accelerators, incubators, schools, vc, financing, private equity, etc) around the world residing in multicultural markets like New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, South Africa, ...pretty much in any major city and you can’t help but wonder how not-so-f%^|&* diverse are their workforce from junior level to senior level. How not-so-diverse are their speakers. How not-so-f%^@#^ diverse are their successful and failed founders. How not-so-f%^@#^ diverse are their experts. No founder, in the millennial generation, should tolerate and associate with entrepreneurial institutions that do not reflect their cities populations.

I’m sure many of you grew up with parents urging you to pursue higher education so you could have a better life. They realized the game of life and the importance of status and made every attempt to lead you to a promising careers like doctor, lawyer or accountant or in the trades.

However I think what they kept forgetting was teaching their children how to sustain mental toughness, spot opportunity and seize opportunities.

In an ever changing world the only way to win it seems is to become disciplined, smarter, and experiment faster.

Simply, you have to evolve faster.There are no guarantees of success on the choices and actions you take.

***The list of ways to spot opportunity were originally published and written by a Paul B

The reality is the world is always introducing variations of old problems and some how we have to utilize old solutions or invent new ones. The sharing of these reports are part of an effort to encourage the Founders Under 40™ Group members and the general founders community to educate themselves about the machines and systems that influence the lives of billions. So hopefully we all can work together to make lives better.

Plus, I’m sure the insights could help you and business develop better strategies.

Marketers and businesses need to be a little concern of a world were consumers live minimalist lives. Since the 2008 great recession, I’ve sensed and observed a generation of individuals grow tired of excessive consumerism. A generations that have learned to resist the “jones effect”, social pressures, and marketing bombardments. I might be wrong however I believe a significant population over the next few years will find ways to buy more for need and rent their wants.

Does your business success or failure depend on what you do? Or what the world does to you?

Your answer will depend on what your own personal "locus of control" happens to be. Locus of control is a psychological term first coined by Julian B. Rotter in 1954 and it refers to how much individuals believe they can control events that affect them.  Psychologists believe it's an essential element of all of our personalities.

Is it because we are pussys?

There’s a level of dissatisfaction in the current game of life, specifically with current capitalism. Many of us grow tired of a game we dreadfully play. You might be working at a well respected organization in your city, doing a job you love, getting paid a huge amount of money, which allows you buy the cool toys at the Apple Store, take that dream trip to a Caribbean island, and even have money left over to pay your mortgage. One thing though, you are on your third married, and your soul feels empty?

You could take a chance and get out of a miserable job, unethical industry, and toxic relationships but no....you like the stability and are afraid of being alone.

You could be a veteran lawyer, teacher, mechanic, doctor, banker, police office, fireman, venture capitalist, a manger of a non-profit organization, professor, a student, a drug addict...some how you and many manage to accept the same old f$%&& problems because we need to take care of our needs.

Don’t you ever wonder WHY WE STILL HAVE THE SAME FUCKING PROBLEMS!!!