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Over at the American Express blog, I posted an article called "How to Hack Together a Twitter Client" because of my frustration with Twitter clients. If you're a power user of Twitter, check it out.

Over at the American Express Open Forum I just posted this interview with Pamela Slim of Escape from Cubicle Nation. In this interview she explains how to quit your job and start a company to change the world. It’s a must-read for anyone thinking of taking the leap.

In “The Sales Profession: Attention Must Still Be Paid,” Ben Stein explains how a summer job selling shoes taught him how to sell.

I feel the same way about my first real job: selling jewelry. I learned more about sales, marketing, and evangelism schlepping gold and diamonds than in any high-tech position since. If you want to change the world, you will need to learn how to sell. That’s just the way things are, so check it out.

There are lots of beauty pageants out there for companies looking to raise money, but in my experience, if you want to raise money, it’s probably best not to ask for it in public. Better, tell the world what you have accomplished, not what you need. That’s the idea behind “Launch: Silicon Valley,” which Garage developed in conjunction with our friends at SVASE several years ago.

If I didn’t see it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t believe it, but Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, and Rosati, one of Silicon Valley’s dominant law firms (as in Apple, HP, etc), has created a free, online term sheet generator. This is the site’s description of the tool:

Over at the American Express Open forum, I just posted a blog entry called “How to Demo Twitter.” It really explains how to suck people into Twitter if they’re not already members. Check it out if you’ve ever needed help convince people to join Twitter. Please mark it “found useful” if you did.

Over at the American Express Open blog, I posted a story called “The Inside Scoop on Design: Ten Questions with Hartmut Esslinger.” Hartmut was instrumental in the design of Macintosh. If you’re into industrial design, you’ll enjoy this interview. Please mark it “found useful” if you did.