How to Thrive in Tight Times

John Hersey will present this tele-seminar on January 28 at 4pm MST. John (who lives just down the street and around the block from me) wants 2009 to be Your Best Year Ever. John is an enlivening speaker, a good friend, and all-around smart guy. If you have not heard him speak, this is your chance. What's John going to talk about? I have no clue. But, John has published the book "Creating Contagious Leadership", and, its well worth a read.

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• Does An Inventor Have to Apply In Person?, March 17, 2009: No, you do not need to apply for a patent in person, you must apply in writing to the US Patent Office. Usually, you do this through your attorney. It is not typically necessary to meet with an attorney in person. Simply call and interview your attorney by phone....
• Kid, you got a killer video game you want to share?, January 22, 2009: Trade your video game idea for a chance to win $10,000 or a chance to have Electronic Arts (EA) build your game! As cool as this contest sounds, great care should be taken before entering any contest with an idea, artwork, manuscript, poem or other intellectual property. Why? Most contest rules will claim ownership or...
• Google to host StartupWeekend in Seattle, Feb 6 to 8, December 31, 2008: StartupWeekend’s sponsor, Google, will host a 54 hour weekend to help new ideas and new companies get off the ground. StartupWeekend says Space will be limited this time around, and we will have to “cap” registration at 85 for the time being. There is a chance that a larger space at Google will become available, but...