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"(big Name Research Firm) Says Our Market Will Be $50 Billion In 2010." Every Entrepreneur Has A Few Slides About How The Market Potential For His Segment Is Tens Of Billions. It Doesn't Matter If The Product Is Bar Mitzah Planning Software Or 802.11 Chip Sets. Venture Capitalists Don't Believe This Type Of Forecast Because It's The Fifth One Of This Magnitude That They've Heard That Day. Entrepreneurs Would Do Themselves A Favor By Simply Removing Any Reference To Market Size Estimates From Consulting Firms.

Just Be Nice, Take Genuine Interest In The People You Meet, And Keep In Touch With People You Like. This Will Create A Group Of People Who Are Invested In Helping You Because They Know You And Appreciate You.

I Do Have A Peripatetic And Active Intellectual Curiosity.

The More Popular A Person Thinks He Is In The Blogosphere, The Thinner His Skin And The Thicker His Hypocrisy. This Should Be Exactly The Opposite: The Higher You Go The Thicker The Skin And Thinner The Hypocrisy.

Enchantment Is The Purest Form Of Sales. Enchantment Is All About Changing People's Hearts, Minds And Actions Because You Provide Them A Vision Or A Way To Do Things Better. The Difference Between Enchantment And Simple Sales Is That With Enchantment You Have The Other Person's Best Interests At Heart, Too.