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A Sr. Analyst, Co-Founder, and Sports / Entertainment / Political Marketing Consultant. A student of strategy. As the saying goes, "I will work until we win."

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On Tumblr’s Acquisition.

If @tumblr can sell for $1.1B cash on $12.7M in revenue, anything is possible. The VC bubble game is alive and well.
— Web Smith (@web) May 19, 2013

This aside, Congrats to the Tumblr team.

Take this, run with it.

When you pursue something worthwhile, you will hear: doubts, boos, fears, and jeers. None of that matters when you win.
— Web Smith (@web) May 17, 2013

Life is often taken for granted. It’s what we do when we can only see ourselves in the moment. We hurry, we neglect, we complain, we assume, we plot, we over-rest, we under-love, and we show proof that the human tendency is one for selfishness and derelict. I’ve taken life for granted twice before; I have seen the lessons that this tendency can bring. The remedy is love, forgiveness, humility, favor, purpose, prayer, and cherishing every damn day of health that you have.

Thanks for reading. - ws.

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Kevin Lavelle & Web Smith: Your Idea is an Extension of You

GUEST MENTORS Kevin Lavelle and Web Smith of Mizzen+Main: Great products and services are born from entrepreneurs taking note of their surroundings: what could be done differently, better, cheaper, faster? Sometimes, entrepreneurs create an entirely different product that leads to an entirely new industry. …

“It Couldn’t Be Done”

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But, he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.

So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin

On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;

At least no one has done it”;
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.

With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,

Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.

But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,

Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That “couldn’t be done,” and you’ll do it.

-Edgar Albert Guest

*A well-timed poem in my inbox. Words are so powerful!

Kevin Lavelle & Web Smith: They Didn’t — Why Should You?

If being a successful entrepreneur is their goal, students would be far better served specializing in a field useful to the modern economy. They can focus on becoming programmers, study the complexities of psychology and consumer behavior, studying marketing strategies from the past, present and future — or become a wizard with numbers, analyzing cash-flow paperwork.

10 Must-Read Startup Tips for Young Brands [Gen]

Everyone wants a “startup” these days. Everyone wants to be a “founder” with little more …

Are You An Entrepreneur? Understand This.

On a monthly basis, I hear from 500 or so businesses. They are all pursuing traction, growth, or an equity investment. About five of them are ready. What’s lacking? Action, diligence, plans, and self-reliance.

One of the downfalls of entrepreneurship in 2013 is that we’ve been inundated by Inc., Fast Company, and Forbes stories of teens and young twenty-somethings who appear to do little work while achieving gargantuan investor outcomes and/or fame. That just simply isn’t the case, they did a lot. In each case, you will find that the entrepreneur maintained superhuman execution. They busted their tails to make it happen. Not only are they gifted, they turned extraordinary talent and work ethic into a business anomaly.

Wall Street Journal: E-Commerce 3.0

By Kevin Lavelle and Me

Sure, failure gets old pretty quickly. So does sacrifice and self-starting. It’s the people that can deal with those unsavory occurrences that climb. It’s the people that insulate themselves from those inflictions that stay. The only way up is through.

Thanks for reading. - ws