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		<title>Great resource for internet business entrepreneur interviews</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve run across several links recently to a site called mixergy that interviews web entrepreneurs about how they got started in thier businesses, how they&#8217;re doing today and their plans for the future.  Its a great resource if you&#8217;re looking for inspiration, a few war stories and the nitty gritty on what it takes to get started and run [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks raises coffee prices up to 33%</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, apparently Starbucks raised coffee prices today, up to 33% for some &#8220;complex orders&#8221;.  I&#8217;m not sure how I feel about it. Its discretionary spending, but they aren&#8217;t the only players on the block anymore.
Apparently the price hikes mean a Triple Grande Soy Vanilla Latte now costs $6.25, up from an already astounding $5.55.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Career reinvention &#8211; what would you do differently?</title>
		<link>http://www.smashingthoughts.com/blog/commentary/career-reinvention-what-would-you-do-differently/204</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all heard the sayings directed toward the younger generation about how much they could learn from those who&#8217;ve lived before them.  Your parents can teach you valuable lessons about life that will prevent you from living through some of the same hardships they endured.  The value in that learning doesn&#8217;t have to only show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awesome motivation from Gary Vaynerchuk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I missed a speaking event with Gary Vaynerchuk in Seattle a few months back, but have been following him a bit online and his bestseller Crush It! is on its way from Amazon as we speak.
He&#8217;s pretty direct and to the point when it comes to talking about the opportunity available to entrepreneurs today in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First month with all weekends booked!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We put the finishing touches on the vacation home up in Glacier, WA about a week before Christmas.  We hadn&#8217;t posted the home on vrbo.com or craigslist at all because we weren&#8217;t sure of a completion date so didn&#8217;t want to pre-book if we couldn&#8217;t deliver.  Experience told me that things always take longer than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Wordpress + Amazon Associates System is Starting To Work!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months, I&#8217;ve been working on building a template system to quickly build wordpress sites that integrate directly with Amazon Associates to make it easy to build niche blogs that showcase products for sale on Amazon.
I have about 6 of these sites up and running at this point.  Only one is making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The house is almost finished!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dad has been working on a beautiful home up in Glacier Springs (Glacier, WA) for the last few years.  I partnered up to help with the financing part way through the build out and the house is finally near completion so now we&#8217;re on to the next phase, what to do with it.
It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving a few bucks by cooking at home &#8211; 3 recipes to get started</title>
		<link>http://www.smashingthoughts.com/blog/saving-money/cooking-at-home-to-save-money/185</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My girlfriend and I tend to eat out at a lot of restaurants. Often times, its not much more expensive than buying all the ingredients and cooking for just two, but there are a few great meals that consistently save big bucks and taste awesome. Our favorites so far this summer:
1) Homemade bean soup &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay your customers to not use your product</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was listening to NPR this morning and heard an awesome story.  Local utility Puget Sound Energy has found its cheaper to offer customers rebates than to build new equipment to keep up with demand.  This caught my ear due to the novelty of the idea.  The idea of paying your customers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>30 miles out, zero bars</title>
		<link>http://www.smashingthoughts.com/blog/commentary/30-miles-out-zero-bars/172</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 07:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent some time over the last few weeks up near Mt. Baker, in a rural part of Washington. Isolated, but near a ski resort, this area caters to fast-driving college kids from nearby Bellingham and Vancouver. The two lane twisty road gets icy and it isn&#8217;t uncommon to see cars in the ditch, precariously close [...]]]></description>
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