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		<title>Oh Canada! Olympic Hockey Gold is Ours and I Was There</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of you know this already, but I got the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to the USA &#8211; Canada Gold Medal Hockey Game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
Words really can&#8217;t describe it. I wish I had taken more photos and videos, but it&#8217;s hard to do that and really soak it all in. Plus, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.instigatorblog.com/olympic-hockey-gold/2010/03/02/</link>
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		<title>How To Build a Start-Up Nation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ There&#8217;s been no shortage of debate and discussion about how to replicate the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem (or whether it&#8217;s even possible, worthwhile or applicable to other places). I wrote about it way back when in 2007 and certainly a lot has changed and improved in a few years. But when you read a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.instigatorblog.com/how-to-build-a-start-up-nation/2010/03/02/</link>
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		<title>Startups Face Huge Risk with Channel Partner Strategy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every so often I read a blog post and say, &#8220;I wish I had written that!&#8221; That was absolutely the case with Mark Suster&#8217;s post, The Fallacy of Channels: Startups Beware. Mark hits the nail right on the head with respect to the risk (and usually the abject failure) for startups using a channel partner [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.instigatorblog.com/startups-risk-channel-partners/2010/02/25/</link>
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		<title>No One Can Raise Funding for Your Startup Except You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the big roadblocks that first-time entrepreneurs face is the issue of raising capital. There are no easy answers. But one thing is certain, the only person that can raise financing for your startup is you. 
There are enough high quality resources out there on raising venture capital and angel investment. And there are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.instigatorblog.com/you-raise-startup-funding/2010/02/23/</link>
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		<title>Startup Cultures are not an Automatic Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People assume that startups have a certain type of culture. It&#8217;s fast-paced. Lots of caffeine is involved. Personal hygiene is optional. And the culture is automatically ingrained from day one. But none of those things are (necessarily) true.
Too many startups &#8211; and specifically startup founders &#8211; ignore their internal culture or don&#8217;t maintain a consistent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.instigatorblog.com/startup-culture-success/2010/02/11/</link>
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		<title>Speaking at Internet Marketing Conference in Montreal on February 18</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 18th, 2010 I&#8217;ll be speaking at Internet Marketing Conference in Montreal.
My talk is at the end of the day. I&#8217;ll be expanding on my previous presentation on social media and inbound recruiting. Actually, since I know that the speakers before me will spend a good chunk of their time focused on social media [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.instigatorblog.com/speaking-imc-montreal/2010/02/08/</link>
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		<title>Startup D.O.A</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How often have you seen startups go down the following road?

A couple people come up with an idea. They&#8217;re excited. Really, really excited.
They get nervous about competition or people stealing their plans. So they get very hush hush.
They start building something. This usually involves locking themselves in a small, dark room with lots of caffeine.
They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.instigatorblog.com/startup-d-o-a/2010/02/02/</link>
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		<title>Telling Compelling Stories With Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Video is a powerful storytelling medium. Just ask Thomas Clifford, who has been using video for many years to tell some great stories. Many of them might have seemed dull or unclear at the outset, but video and smart storytelling can work real magic.
We&#8217;re seeing quite a few startups use video prominently on their website [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.instigatorblog.com/video-storytelling/2010/02/01/</link>
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		<title>Using Mega Trends When Pitching Your Startup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about &#8220;mega trends&#8221; and how to use them when pitching your startup. Investors like mega trends. After all, they&#8217;re big. And most of us are aware of them and have been affected by them (or expect to be in the future). Tens of millions of baby boomers getting set [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.instigatorblog.com/pitching-mega-trends/2010/01/28/</link>
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		<title>What Should I Write About? You Tell Me!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every blogger suffers writer&#8217;s block at some point. It&#8217;s inevitable. And extremely frustrating. For some it means months without creating any new content, while others can recover much more quickly.
Skribit (the project of Paul Stamatiou and others) is a service that&#8217;s designed to help you defeat writer&#8217;s block. It also has the potential of increasing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.instigatorblog.com/what-should-i-write/2010/01/25/</link>
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