Archive for May 2010

3 Parts, 1 Simple Plan for Building an Empire

Posted on May 31, 2010, 10:15 am, by Amy Hoy, under Plans.

I’m building an empire. In the interest of helping people who might otherwise be inclined to believe that Stuff Just Happens, I thought I’d share my plan with you. Now, before I am rich and famous, so when people accuse me of being disingenuous when I say I make my own luck, I can say […]

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Don’t bite the shit sandwich

Posted on May 18, 2010, 9:32 pm, by Amy Hoy, under Ideology, Money, Slaying Unicorns.

The “startup” world is bursting with bullshit (or, if you prefer, ‘unicorn dust’). There are bullshit peddlers on every blog-corner. They don’t want merely to get you to read. They don’t want merely to sell you their products now and again. They want to sell you on their religion. There are two reasons to sell […]

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