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the rapid development of loadpipe.com

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this past week LoadPipe.com has developed like crazy…. between my quotes from IT development – finding and agreeing on a front end UI / graphic design – and firming up specs, uses, scope, and competitive analysis… just need to decide when I stop holding back from debuting it and marketing it and selling it….

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never stop trying new things, and renewing old

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so this weekend was a rather relaxing weekend, local weekend beach bum, bbq, and movie night! I drove standard / stick shift last night – haven’t done that since summer 2003 (re: usa roadtrip w/ Scott) and I picked it up rather quickly…..guess its like a bike, once you learn you don’t really forget. First attempt at surfing! – so …

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networking….networking…and more networking

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you’ve heard it all your life, and its soo true….and the value is not just having a network, but having a network that is aware of what you’re doing, and that would recommend you to someone they know… I feel like i’ve been jumping from vine to vine lately – like tarzan of the jungle in the networking world…meet one …

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new month – time to reflect and refocus

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about to begin my 3rd month as a full time entrepreneur – and I fully say I do not regret making this decision – while I do not exactly know how things will pan out – it feels refreshing to know I have done this and have learned tons so far! Beginning a new month – especially as an entrepreneur …

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whenever I’m in San Diego….

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a power outage in NYC happens….scott IMs me – dude how come this happens everytime when you go to San Diego? Yea yea, so 2x is every time? Back in Summer 03 on my roadtrip across USA, while in San Diego, we turned the TV on in the hotel and it was a blank screen – CNN showing the NY …

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back in San Diego from NYC

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sup ya’ll…back in san diego…..was away for almost a week at the bar show in NYC – check out some photos on the new york bar store blog = newyorkbarstore.com/blog next up – LA this week meeting up some potential partners….. need to get my Visa to visit China researching buying in Miami sourcing some ny bar store sourcing…. want …

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packing for my redeye to NYC

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things are moving along – trying to hold it together…..get it together! phone calls are insane these days…..and I just have to learn how to prioritize – but not only my time, but the BS calls from people who are fishing for free info, wasting my time….though I hate to say anyone can waste my time because one learns from …

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on the surfliner train to Los Angeles

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heading over to Los Angeles for a 3 day weekend – nope, no holiday tomorrow, just thought i’d take the afternoon train. have a meeting with a biz buddy tonight, grab some food and drinks – talk about Beijing – tomorrow luncheon, some crazy stuff, saturday a bar hop w/ my buddy Scott Schwartz and his sister so yea, i’m …

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yea yea, i know its been a while!

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ok, so now that I know ppl are actually reading this damn blog, maybe i’ll come back now and post some shiznit… well its been insanely busy, which I can definitely say is a good thing….the biggest problem is there is a lot of inquiries for my new business…but not many of them are serious, or are just using my …

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Feel like i’m working harder now more then ever!

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For those of you actually following this blog for its main purpose, displaying a person’s progress from quitting corporate america and working solo…then this should be a post of value to you!! I imagine the majority of people out there, from those that I’ve spoken to anyway, dream of working for themselves….down with the man, let me work for myself …

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Still Ringing the Bell

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Still keeping this bell nearby – ringing it every once in a while to keep me hustling!! And nowadays my life only requires 1 key…to the apartment…no mail key, no car key (returned the rentacar last night) and ya, that’s that!

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pics from the weekend – tequila party – beach bums

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first weekend here in san diego – random camera phone pics i took – mostly around the beaches – ocean beach, mission beach / pacific beach….. didn’t get too much work done though – did do a decent amount of reading on google adwords, tweaking that up, as well as the financials….budgeting, and setting up the “home office” Piotr (peter) …

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Things are coming together….

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tomorrow will mark 1 week since landing here in sunny san diego….was a bit rough getting settled in, but my confidence that this is all gonna work has gone through the roof. Working out a budget, looking at the sites / ventures going in the right direction….living conditions doable – not much getting in the way…. here’s a pic last …