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Thank you for stopping by this blog. I grew up in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia and spent a lot of time camping, hiking, and fishing where there would be a campfire. As I have grown older and found friendships that are important to maintain I realized that most of what we do whenContinue reading “Why a Fire Pit Story Page?”

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”

Over the last 40 to 50 years the standard start up process was considered to be having a strong business plan with a forecast. Entrepreneurs and higher education are learning this model does not work. The new focus is on the Search. This includes the search for consumer needs and wants for the product. ToContinue reading “Start Up Idea Process”

A recent assignment in one of my classes asked us to listen to interview of well know entrepreneurs and how they created what they were known for. I choose to review Jessica Harris’ of NPR discussion with Nolan Bushnell who founded Atari in 1972 and developed their first game Pong. Atari began as a developmentContinue reading “A Review of NPR’s Talk with Nolan Bushnell”