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		<title>Simplify Your IT and Empower Your Business, Part 2 – The Tools:  Collaboration @mattnevans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 17:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is Part 2 of the IT series for Small Business and Entrepreneurs by my friend Matt Nevans.  Yesterday, Matt shared with us the global problems that Small Business and Entrepreneurs face with IT.  If you missed it, you can read Part 1 here. If you&#8217;re interested in joining us, Matt and I will be hosting an IT Webinar, but you have to sign up to get updates here or you won&#8217;t know about it.  Enjoy and we welcome your feedback here or on my Facebook page.  Have a great week! For years, information technology blogs, magazines and pundits have been saying how &#8230; <a href="http://www.jasoncupp.com/2012/05/simplify-your-it-and-empower-your-business-part-2-the-tools-collaboration-mattnevans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Simplify Your IT and Empower Your Business, Part 1 –  The Problems  @mattnevans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 06:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My hope is that everyone had a wonderful Holiday weekend!  Somehow, I came down with a nasty summer cold &#8211; congested, coughing, sneezing and everything in-between.  Today is going to be filled with rest, Vitamin C and Nyquil! Last Friday, I mentioned how I asked my good friend Matt Nevans to take over the pen this week with some incredibly helpful IT solutions for small business owners and entrepreneurs.  Here is Part 1 of the series.  If you&#8217;re interested in joining us, Matt and I will be hosting an IT Webinar, but you have to sign up to get updates &#8230; <a href="http://www.jasoncupp.com/2012/05/simplify-your-it-and-empower-your-business-part-1-the-problems-mattnevans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Memorial Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 20:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jason cupp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; One of the most reverent moments of my adult life was experiencing &#8220;Changing of the Guard&#8221; at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Today, I&#8217;m grateful for the known and unknown soldiers that keep us free, protected, and safe. I hope each and every one of you is enjoying this wonderful salute to our country, our military, and our fallen heros. Enjoy your day with family and friends! Happy Memorial Day! ~Jason]]></description>
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		<title>NEXT WEEK GUEST BLOGGER:  Small Business / Entrepreneur IT Solutions ~ MUST READ! @mattnevans @planettech</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 20:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of you know that I travel literally non-stop for &#8220;what I do&#8221; &#8211; and there are a lot of advantages as well as disadvantages to being on the road as often as I am. Most of you also know that I speak often about the topics of Social Media, Relationship Building and Team Building.  Well, this post is essentially about all three of those. Several years ago, I noticed when I checked in via old-school Gowalla and now newer-school Foursquare to airports and airport clubs, that one name popped up as being in the same general location from time &#8230; <a href="http://www.jasoncupp.com/2012/05/next-week-guest-blogger-small-business-entrepreneur-it-solutions-must-read-mattnevans-planettech/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The HOLSTEE Manifesto:   MEET, SHARE and CREATE  @holstee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laste year, while scanning over Facebook, I noticed a friend of mine that lives in Wichita posted a pretty awesome quote on his wall.  Being mesmerized with what he posted, I Googled it.  It came from The Holstee Manifesto.  The poster itself of the Manifesto is above.  Pretty amazing words, huh?  I hope to write several posts on different parts of the Manifesto, as I think it emphasizes my own personal slant on life, as well as what should be focus of many &#8211; especially in this wild world we are living in.  Enjoy Part 1! The Holstee Manifesto displays &#8230; <a href="http://www.jasoncupp.com/2012/05/the-holstee-manifesto-meet-share-and-create-holstee/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Truth be said #motivational monday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn’t it be interesting if every legislator in Washington were required to spend one month a year working in the real world.  As George Burns once said: “ Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.”  Truth be said, the people who best know how to run it are busy making a living.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Ninth Anniversary to ME!    @wordlecollectn</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 01:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nine years ago this month, in May 2003, before the internet was maybe even the internet, I started blogging.  Originally, it wasn&#8217;t what I blog about now.  But, it was a blog.  I wrote mostly about my life experiences, my observations, my family, my friends, and everything in-between.  I would guesstimate that probably in 2005 or 2006 I started writing more about business than life experience, but life experience still made its way, even today, into my blog. My strategy has always been &#8220;People want to business with those who are real and they can relate to&#8221; &#8211; so that &#8230; <a href="http://www.jasoncupp.com/2012/05/happy-ninth-anniversary-to-me-wordlecollectn/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What path are you on?  #motivationalmonday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve all heard that tired yet still relevant expression, “If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete. The poet Robert Frost put a “different” twist on it, long before the expression was coined. Said Frost: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I&#8230; I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Doing is caring – PLANET Day of Service teaches generosity @planet2005 #DOS2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 21:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Most of you know that I absolutely LOVE Seinfeld.  Often, after a long day, or after returning from a business trip, I find myself watching a quick 20 minute episode on DVR.  That said, I don’t know how many of my friends here follow Seinfeld , but those of you who did may recall this image – one of George putting a dollar into a tip jar and then attempting to remove it when the person behind the counter didn’t see (and hence wouldn’t appreciate) his generosity. So much for doing good and having your heart in the right place. &#8230; <a href="http://www.jasoncupp.com/2012/05/doing-is-caring-planet-day-of-service-teaches-generosity-planet2005-dos2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It’s not just hiring the right people; it’s also letting them do what they were hired to do.  #motivationalmonday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the toughest jobs of any business owner is finding the right people and then letting them do what they were hired to do.  Our 26th president, Teddy Roosevelt, identified that challenge several decades ago when he said: “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.&#8221;]]></description>
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