Yearly Archives: 2014

The worst thing about business that nobody tells you

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Once upon a time in the long long ago, right after college, I went for an interview with a Fortune 50 company and after a few interviews for an engineering job they went with someone else. About a week later … Continue reading

Two of the most obvious secrets to success

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That nobody talks about because nobody can get paid off of them. In my new life in the cash business I spend bulk of my time exchanging ideas with some very smart people that spend a lot of time pouring … Continue reading

Live

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I don’t know about you; But I know I don’t want to be an old man in a retirement home some day content at how well I balanced my life and held back. Each day is a gift. Find what … Continue reading

What’s worse than being poor?

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As some of you know, I graduated from the University of Florida and contribute a bit of $ to their general scholarship fund on a frequent basis. I was fortunate enough to get a free ride thanks to the people … Continue reading

Enjoy The Silence

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Forgive me the lord for I have sinned. It has been 3 weeks since my confession. Apparently, some of you have noticed, so when I hinted I was working on something my buddy Julian nailed it: “Vlad’s (de) Motivational Blog… … Continue reading

Scaling Back

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I’ve hinted about this on the blog over the past few months.. but the news is that I’ve completed my scaling back/out of the day-to-day operations at ExchangeDefender. I’m still the CEO, still the owner, still here almost every day … Continue reading

Conflicting Messages

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Personal note: Sometimes I lose sight of how many new people come to Vladville every time I post something – god bless social networking, folks forward stuff around and like a boomerang I get buried in an avalanche of emails … Continue reading

The #1 Problem MSP Industry Faces

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Still on vacation so I haven’t been jaded enough by the daily grind to offer much of an opinion on Vladville but I did chat with a friend that attended a conference over the summer and he offered the following … Continue reading

Top 10 IT Booth Personalities

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Working a trade show is a mental exercise in itself – but if you can see it as a form of free entertainment then even the slow times can be filled with fun. With that in mind, here are The … Continue reading

How to deal with assholes

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Being on a vacation, both physically and mentally separated from work, allows one to step out of the daily grind and really look at the things that work and things that don’t work. Problem with habits is that they are … Continue reading