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May 4 2013

Judge: Find A Job In 30 Days Or You’re Going To Jail

2 year Anniversary

“Nobody wouldn’t hire me so I hired myself,” said 19-year-old Dean Moxley, the Connecticut teen who was facing 2 years behind bars if he didn’t find a job in 30 days. “Day 24 I gave up hope and was so frustrated and just started preparing my mind for prison. I mean, I looked everywhere; online and offline. The string of interviews I did go on went well until I had to be truthful about my situation.”

Moxley was intoxicated and got into a fight that damaged a door at a friend’s house. He was charged with felony assault and vandalism. He was looking at 2 years in jail but made a deal with a public defender and got his charges lowered to misdemeanors. He was put on probation for a year. Since he was unemployed, part of the deal was to have a full-time job, go to AA and counseling at least twice a week. Moxley had to check in with the judge a month later, and if he was still unemployed, it would have violated his probation.

Judge Jon Ambrose said, “I was really impressed. Here’s a young man who could’ve gave up after hearing ‘no’ several times from employers but he let it motivate him to be in that position of power. Isn’t it strange that so often people have to be cut down by failure and defeat before they learn they have minds capable of mastering all of their problems? These past 30 days have been good for his mind. I plan on being a customer and will try to help him get more.”

Moxley started his own errand running company for Seniors and busy people called Back In A Minute. “I always run errands for my grandparents so it just made sense. Then I got all this time on my hands because I was unemployed that people didn’t have who were employed. Those people have to pick the kids up from school, go grocery shopping, go pay a bill, etc. I could do that for them. Despite what my legal matters say about me I am a very trustworthy person.” Moxley said business has picked up to the point he can’t run all the errands by himself and is looking to hire someone. “Not to discriminate or anything, but I hope I run into someone who was as desperate as me a few weeks ago, so I could be the one to say yes to them.”

Instead of being gone for 2 years, Moxley will be Back In A Minute.

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  • A CraigsList Ad

Happy 2 Year Anniversary FY!!!

Apr 6 2013

Man Accidentally Bites Off His Finger Using New Mobile Phone Glove

Hi call bluetooth gloves

This is NOT the “happy” couple! Photo courtesy of hi-fun. Click on image to go to their site.

An Italian man accidentally bit off his pinky finger in a nasty phone argument with his girlfriend. The man was using hi-Call, which is a blue-tooth talking glove that allows you to talk through your hand. The left glove’s pinky features a microphone, while the thumb features a speaker. “I don’t like hearing what she has to say,” he said. “I have a habit of taking the phone off my ear and shouting at it. I do that because I can’t take the hurtful things she says when we fight. I could still hear her words coming out of my thumb. I became so mad I went from being blinded by love to a blind rage and forgot my pinky was resting on my bottom lip. As I was saying ‘I wish I could come through this phone and choke you’ my head violently jerked forward while my mouth was wide open and as my teeth was clamping down.”

The man said he plans on suing hi-Fun for not making the gloves thick enough. In a response statement, Hi-Fun wrote, “We are very saddened to know such a freakish incident happened using one of our products. However, we are not responsible for Mr. Andolini childish and careless behavior. We have spoken to the girlfriend. She said, ‘He liked talking in his hands so much that he thought only using them for winter was stupid so he found out a way to use the technology without the gloves.’ Therefore, hi-Fun has every reason to suspect Mr. Andolini was NOT using our gloves, which are 95% polyacrylonitrile, 3% cotton, 2% polyester, when he verbally attacked his girlfriend on the phone. However, in light of this situation-him wanting to use our technology beyond winter because the concept is so cool-we suspect others will do the same and involve us in more silly lawsuits. So, we have decided to refocus on who are our true customers are-children. Way before us kids were already making the ‘ring ring’ noise with their mouth and talking into their hands. And most importantly, they don’t have teeth.”

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Mar 17 2013

Your Idea Whoring Has Cost You Up To $70,000

My star on the red carpet

Hey Harold- wanted to let you know that we launched the Amazing Risk Startup Challenge today, or at least, submissions are open for a contest that will actually be held with finalists during Global Entrepreneurship Week. I’d be remiss if I didn’t reach out personally on this one- the winning startup receives $5k in cash and $5k in in-kind services.  Certainly no pressure- just wanted to make sure you knew about the opportunity.

Screw Pulp won the Amazing Risk Startup Challenge, taking home $10,000 in cash and in-kind services.

Care 2 Mange was crowned the winner of the “Everywhere Else Video contest”, taking home $10,000 in seed money.

Coyote Case won $25,000 coming in first place in the quick pitch contest.

AspirEDU was crowned best of the village and awarded $25,000.

What do all these contests have in common?

They were all pitch competitions!

How many have you participated in?

3 contests, however, pitched a total of 5 times, and already doing it like a pro.

This should make you turn into The Incredible Hulk …

Screw Pulp was one of the 4 startups that won at June’s 48 Hour Launch with Yadoog.

Your pitch advice to Ella aided in her winning $10,000 for Care 2 Manage.

Yeah, you wasn’t a mere attendee at the EverywhereElse.co conference and was pitch coach to Danielle for Pink Robin Avenue but y’all didn’t win the two pitch contests y’all was in. That’s $50,000 gone!

Worse, you shouldn’t have been a mere team member of a startup, but, the leader of one, either with Yadoog or Acquire For Pennies.

Your idea whoring has cost you who knows how much. In the least, $10,000.

Please commit to one idea and work as hard to keep it as you did in trying to come up with it.

Please , please, please, make up for this when these events come back around.

No one is a better pitchman than you!

The theme of Acquire For Pennies was action. Now, think of an idea you can commit to and act on. YOU!

FY,

Har+new

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Jan 5 2013

What’s The CEO Of Your Mind?

Dear Har-old,

You’re not a businessman.

You are a business, man! the difference a comma makes

Think like one.

Your dominating thoughts – the CEO.

Your submissive thoughts – the coffee-getting intern.

You are going out of business losing your mind.

Why?

Because the CEO is producing crappy products bad actions that’s causing us to lose customers good reactions and it’s affecting our bottom line confidence.

The only reason this suit and tie negative thinking CEO is the leader of this black turtleneck, blue jeans, running shoes company potentially great mind is because it has won over the employees habits.

While the other employees seeds of the bad thoughts don’t bother to hold their head high enough to notice a glass ceiling the future, the intern uses it as a mirror  be present and sees himself in it ideal self in the future is achievable.

When will that  intern throw rocks at the glass ceiling so pieces of it can fall and cut the other employees?! kill seeds of doubt/get away from negative influences

When will that fucking CEO jump up out of its throne screaming at the top of its lungs because the intern spilled hot ass coffee on the boss’s lap?! kill that negative voice in your head

I’ll tell you when …

When you  develop single-mindedness.

Focus, Har-old, focus!

One of the definitions of distraction says, “mental confusion.”

Make you laugh. Make you cry. Make you knowledgable. Make you dumb.

With such contrasts no wonder why our desk mind has scattered papers scattered thoughts on it preventing us from finding that gold paper having single-minded focus in the Age Of Distraction we’re looking for.

With your fist firmly pressed down on the gold paper, swipe, swipe, swipe until it’s the only one left and the rest are trashed. You Need To Go On A Clutter Diet

Lean that “corporate” ladder against the CEO’s body and let the intern climb it. Har+new takes over Har-old’s mind once and for all and no more relapses

And don’t be surprised if WHEN the CEO pulls the intern up once the knee level is reached. Har-old is tired of being on the outside looking in

Futuristically Yours,

Har+new

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Oct 25 2012
Video

It Wasn’t My Birthday But … I DID IT AGAIN!!!

You pitching tonight?

You pitching Pennies? Yeahhhhhh

Everybody’s waiting on you.

You went up there with so much confidence this time.

I saw you back in June pitching Yadoog and your performance was even better tonight.

I didn’t have to hear what you were saying. They could’ve had the volume turned down. You sold me on the way you moved. I was in!

This your third startup weekend event. You pitched at the 48 Hour Launch in June. Startup Weekend in July. Now, tonight. Har-old, you was up there pitching like a pro.

You not a businessman!

You are a business, man!

Get it? Well, I will explain what I mean on the next video.

FY,

Har+new

P.S. Sunday’s pitch video coming soon!

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Jun 23 2012
Aside

July 20th just got a whole lot more epic. How would you like to have the best weekend ever again?! You experienced being on #TeamNoSleep, letting others hold your baby and call it ugly, developing and launching, pitching and pitching and pitching. You already know what to expect. The decision you need to make is … will you play the background and be a team member this time around, pitch Yadoog again, or its successor? Because the decision to be there is already made. I made it for you. Buy your ticket Monday!

July 20th

Apr 23 2012
Aside

Yeah, the date got pushed to June 8, but look on the bright side: You got more time to refine your pitch and work on your current idea. And, you have more time for the recruitment process to have other ideas presented. What’s 40 or 50 dollars? Furthermore, with it not being on Mother’s Day weekend, there will be more support. You need to start attending Tech Cocktails. Keep up with your coding!!!

Mar 13 2012

Your pitch will be much stronger with a Beta Waiting List. At least 500. Mostly girls. Why? Because they WILL rule the site. Will you approach potential users one by one? Will you use one user to get two? Will you build the front-end and funnel them? Whatever you decide to do, that list is important. Traction. Traction. Traction.

Mar 5 2012

Think Ballsy

One thing I’ve come to learn when it comes to business and even politics and power, having a penis gets you far. It’s time to grow some balls. Steve Harvey gave great advice, think like a man. I’m saying when it comes to business, BE a man.

-Me

Feb 22 2012
Aside

*Michael Jordan fist pump* YES!!! I mean, I knew you were going to be there, in the building, somewhere. But I think purchasing this ticket tells me exactly where you will be in the building. ON THE STAGE, BABY!!! IN THE SPOTLIGHT!!! Because I just know, Har-old, you are not going to just go there and look up to people pitching their own ideas instead of looking down at people pitching your own. How disappointing will that be? Anyway, you have just under 3 months to prepare. Learn from Kevin and his experience. You don’t think you stumbled upon his blog by accident, do you? Watch videos and take notes of Steve Jobs being insanely great in front of audiences. Just mastermind the entire event. I feel pretty confident in you winning over that crowd and getting your idea launched in 48 hours. This will be an early birthday present to yourself. WOOOOO!!! What shyness? Ha!

Dec 30 2011
Aside

You have not been a good father, to your 3 month young brainchild. The programmer thing, right? Well, I’ve got some news that really isn’t news because you think in possibilities, which means, you played with this thought before. Har-old, you do NOT need a partner to get this baby started! Instantaneous success. This is a low resistance level idea. A 180 from the Yeebizan. Now how are you going to use the last 2 days of 2011 to be the father of the year in 2012? Hmmm? Your hat is waiting on you!