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Pursuer to the Pursued

August 4, 2011 By Al Martine

I’ve spent a lot of my career pursing opportunities from other organizations.  In a life of fundraising, which seems like centuries ago, I used to write a ton of proposals.  This skill, especially the ability to write fairly well, allowed me to be an active participant in “pursuits” for my old consulting firm.  More than […]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurship Tagged With: TechWhirl, Turn-Around Management

So much writing

June 2, 2011 By Al Martine

A sunny and hot day in Dallas has me staring out the window wishing I was outside instead of sitting out my computer listening to Nickelback waiting for a call with one of TechWhirl’s writers.  Hell, I just wrote our weekly update with an underlying theme of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Life has been moving […]

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End of Week 2

April 17, 2011 By Al Martine

My second attempt at drafting a small blog post from my iPad. I’m starting to get the hang of typing on it but my speed has dropped from around 90 wpm to uh, around 10. Last week was very productive for Techwr-l. We reached out to all of our current sponsors, made some large revisions […]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurship Tagged With: TechWhirl, Turn-Around Management

Sponsor and Advertiser Luv

April 10, 2011 By Al Martine

Completing the purchase of TECHWR-L has put me in to unfamiliar and familiar territory.   Unfamiliar to me is 95% of all the underlying technology running the site.  Sure, I knew the names like LAMP, OpenX and Drupal because of my time at Infosys, but that’s certainly different than being the one responsible for it’s continued […]

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No joke, Finally Bought a Company

April 8, 2011 By Al Martine

A week ago today, I finally became an entrepreneur and business owner.  It’s been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember and thanks to a serendipitous opportunity and the partnership of an old friend, it’s finally come true.  And no, it’s not the ‘start-up’ I’ve mentioned in previous discussions and blog […]

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