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		<title>Targeting a Small Niche vs. a Larger Market &#8211; Some Thoughts on Choosing the Right Strategy for Starting My Own Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago I came across a book called “Start Small, Stay Small” by Rob Walling. I purchased the eBook version and started reading it on my iPhone while riding the train to work every morning. The book is essentially a step-by-step guide to building a small web/software startup and guides you through the whole [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startup-journey.com/2011/04/03/uncategorized/targeting-a-small-niche-vs-a-larger-market-some-thoughts-on-choosing-the-right-strategy-for-starting-my-own-business/</link>
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		<title>Guest Post: Idealist vs. Economist – What Sort of Business Man/Woman Are You?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently added a couple of podcasts from the iTunes U wondering what kind of information I can expect from educational podcasts. One of them is from the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (Feed Link) and as the name of the Institute may indicate it is about entrepreneurship. I startet listening to the first few episodes which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startup-journey.com/2011/03/26/general/guest-post-idealist-vs-economist-%e2%80%93-what-sort-of-business-manwoman-are-you/</link>
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		<title>How to find the right name for my business?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing I have been struggling with for the last months is to choose the right name for my startup and future business. Given that I will probably be using the same name for my company for a long time and build a whole brand based on that name I consider this quite an important [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startup-journey.com/2011/03/10/creativity/how-to-find-the-right-name-for-my-business/</link>
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		<title>Starting Your Own Business &#8211; Some Life Lessons From Steve Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I always find it interesting to here other people&#8217;s stories about how they started their own business and how they not only succeeded but also failed way more often than many would think. One of the most inspiring and motivating stories I have heard recently on this topic is the one by Steve Jobs held [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startup-journey.com/2011/03/04/videos/starting-your-own-business-some-life-lessons-from-steve-jobs/</link>
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		<title>dalister &#8211; a productivity driven startpage &#8230; again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got some feedback on my blog and my current project dalister &#8211; the productivity driven startpage! Yeah! It&#8217;s great to see that even though the number of visitors is still very low it is increasing and people seem to be interested in what I&#8217;m doing and writing about. Benny from www.vanderbeurse.de (a blog about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startup-journey.com/2011/03/01/business-ideas/dalister-a-productivity-driven-startpage/</link>
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		<title>dalister: a start page that will boost your productivity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I posted on my blog which is mostly due to a lack of motivation to be honest. It is hard to fill a blog like this with content when there is almost no feedback. I know this is something I just have to deal with because my blog is still [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startup-journey.com/2011/02/20/business-ideas/dalister-a-start-page-that-will-boost-your-productivity/</link>
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		<title>Video: The 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps by Fred Wilson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fred Wilson, venture capitalist and blogger, did this talk at the Future of Web Apps conference in Miami in February. The reason why I wanna share this with you is that some of the 10 principles he describes have often been key reasons for me to choose a certain web app over another. I think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startup-journey.com/2010/04/27/videos/video-the-10-golden-principles-of-successful-web-apps-by-fred-wilson/</link>
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		<title>Finding business ideas by solving your own problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently watched a video of Josh Petersen talking at the Seattle Startup Day 2009 where he mentioned the concept of finding business ideas by solving your own problems. When I thought about this concept I realized that this is quite a powerful but simple method which I have already used many times without even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startup-journey.com/2010/04/22/creativity/finding-business-ideas-by-solving-your-own-problems/</link>
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		<title>Video talk: Gary Vaynerchuk on Why You Should Do What You Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found this video quite a while ago and I thought it might be worthwhile sharing with you on this blog because it really gives you the motivation you need when you have one of those moments where all the potential drawbacks of starting your own business come back to your mind. The guy is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startup-journey.com/2010/04/01/videos/video-talk-gary-vaynerchuk-on-why-you-should-do-what-you-love/</link>
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		<title>Why being a chicken in business sucks!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered why it was not you who started this new crazy buzz business thing that everybody is talking about? Have you ever used a product and service and thought: why didn&#8217;t I come up with this idea? Or even better: I had this idea years ago, why didn&#8217;t I start my own [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startup-journey.com/2010/04/01/general/why-being-a-chicken-in-business-sucks/</link>
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