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Yes Anything Could Happen
It’s been a few days now since I went to the barber shop to get my monthly cut. While waiting “Inc.” magazine with a Twitter headline caught my eye and since my number one hate is wasting time I decided to have a read.
Initially when I picked the magazine up I was actually thinking it was a tech related magazine but in fact it is designed for the entrepreneur. I was so impressed with my read and the overall material I decided to pay for a subscription which was only $9.97 for twelve issues.
Yes, I know you can read thousands of websites for free on such material but there is just something about picking up a magazine and a cup of coffee and having a great read wherever the place may be at the time.
I’ve read the magazine from front to back now and the article that has moved me per say the most is the one about Evan Williams the founder of blogger that struggled his way uphill and eventually sold and made $50 million from Google. The funny thing is I’ve never actually looked into blogger’s background even though I am a techie and user of two years.
I since have explored William’s blog EvHead to read his mentioned post on “Ten Rules for Web Startups” which has become something of an internet standard and what he considers to be one of his best blog posts of all time.
Six important aspects I gained from his post:
1. Focus on the smallest possible problem you could solve that would potentially be useful.
2. Ideas are in the air. There are lots of people thinking about—and probably working on—the same thing you are. And one of them is Google. Deal with it.
3. One of Google’s biggest strengths—and sources of frustration for outsiders—was their willingness to say no to opportunities, easy money, potential employees, and deals.
4. User experience is everything.
5. Create something you want to exist in the world.
6. Yes, high levels of commitment are crucial.
Another article I found to be equaling as compelling was “How to Evaluate New Product Idea”
1. Tractability is partially about technical difficulty and much about timing and competition.
2. Is it clear why people should use it?
3. The most successful products give benefits quickly.
4. How many people may ultimately use it?
5. How hard will it be to extract the money?
6. Do you really want it to exist in the world?
What have I learned like any other net savvy person that is always looking for the next best idea on the net and “Yes Anything Can Happen” as long as the willingness to succeed is there!
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133 Responses to “Yes Anything Could Happen”
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“What have I learned like any other net savvy person that is always looking for the next best idea on the net and “Yes Anything Can Happen” as long as the willingness to succeed is there!”
I totally agree with you! Yes, anything can actually happen in this time and age, nothing is impossible. Keep the flame burning mate!
Yes, indeed anything happen. You can pick up a magazine in a hair cutting salon and find interesting things in it. I believe that we are constantly getting messages from some unseen power. The trick is in picking up the message from the most innocuous places. Well done!
Ideas are in the air and User experience is everything I think it’s very important aspects.
thank you, nice
“Yes, I know you can read thousands of websites for free on such material but there is just something about picking up a magazine and a cup of coffee and having a great read wherever the place may be at the time.”……
I also like the 6 topics on “How to Evaluate New Product Idea”
100% pure and true. You know one think? you are A+ writer
Thanks for the links and also for the highlighted 12 points.
I think thats idea are not so bad. It can help people for develop.Its tasty too.
Even a 14-15 years old kid can become a millionaire from Internet nowadays, so nothing is really impossible
““Yes Anything Can Happen” as long as the willingness to succeed is there!”
Funny. I just noticed this magazine the other day on the newsstand and almost bought it. Maybe I’ll have to give it a second look.
Great post! Thanks for the info! MOre power.
One of Google’s biggest strengths—and sources of frustration for outsiders—was their willingness to say no to opportunities, easy money, potential employees, and deals….
that seems difficult especially with the internet climate as it is, so many companies offering this and that, if i was in the market i would go for any deal that came my way.. then again im looking to make 100,000 not one million
Great post Jason, this one is definitely one of my favorites.
Fotobuch thought it was so good he ate it. Very tasty!
Very nice. Thank you a lot for this article
I think it is also important to have someone you trust that you can bounce your ideas off of. For every business idea I have had in the past, I have always had some friends to talk about the ideas with.
I enjoy reading magazines too! Often there is very relevant and highly revered information in national magazines that otherwise may come from less respectable sources online. I’m going to check out Inc., thanks for the post!
I tend to read business magazines when they are available. Often a great article is posted that has real good pointers.
That is a great magazine. I started reading it in college because a professor of mine made use get it. I have carried the subscription since.
Yes business magazines are often very helpful, it’s more comfterbol for reading.
Anything can indeed happen or perhaps, in this case, not happen! No posts for over a week now!
9.97 for twelve issues isn’t bad! I do agree — Although I love the internet, I love magazines as well!
I know what you mean about sometimes wanting to read an actual magazine. I mostly use a couple methods. The free one- Barnes and Noble. Sometimes I will just take a couple hours out of the day and browse the bookstoore. As long as you aren’t time challenged you can site there and read entire business magazines or articles that look worthwhile. Of course they dont mind and there are people who spend their entire day there without buying anything.
Then there are discount subscriptions- they are everywhere, online, those ads you get at college bookstores, professional discounts,etc.
As an executive I am always getting offers for executive/pro discounts, especially from Wall Street Journal and Forbes. I dont remember what I paid for those but I think it was about 20% of the normal subscription price and of course I use it as a business expense.
I just ordered a few different magazine subscriptions myself. I do agree with you. There is something about reading a tangible magazine/newspaper in front of you. Magazine articles are normally very in depth too – where a lot of sites don’t go into as much detail at time.s
I love that you can always turn to Inc for something entertaining and thought-provoking. I get mine at home, but somehow they always pile up because of other things that need to be done. Now I want to go home and read the articles you talked about, though.
I hate to say it but the only time I get to properly read magazines is whilst on the loo. Amazing how much you can get through!
I must say i just love reading paper. So much more relaxing for your eyes. Even if you can find the same info for free in form of ebook.
I am agree with you “Yes Anything Can Happen” .I will wait for this event.
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I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.
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Great post! Nothing really is impossible. Knowledge and being industrious is all you need to succeed.
I Hate Reading paper, but I love read your blog. Ful of inspiration to me
IMO everything you do online can succeed, it’s all in the way you market your product.
9.97 for twelve issues isn’t bad! I do agree. Although I love the internet, I love magazines as well!
Yes, anything can happen. You have disappeared from the scene! When do we get to see you blog again?
I agree with you when you say there is something about sitting down with a magazine. The fact is when online reading articles, that half the articles you read are complete rubbish and written by amateurs. In a magazine there is always a sense of quality.
John
Hilarious. I just noticed this magazine the other day on the newsstand and almost bought it. But didnot find anything like this. Maybe I’ll have to give it a second look thoroughly.
This is true.I totally agree.Thanks.
That is why i never take any kind of preparation for any thing. I will do as it is needed when the situation come. Nice idea… isn’t it?
It would take a lot for me to use Twitter, I mean, I barely update my status in Facebook, never mind loading yet another website.
I agree with you, while the internet is an amazing tool, it’s hard to beat having a cold hard copy of a good read in your hand, kicking back and relaxing while learning something. I stare at a computer screen all day at work, it’s nice to break away from that once in a while.
nice thoughts on product development…
Sometimes, magazines are better than websites. Instead of wasting your time waiting, reading a magazine that could give you some informations is better. That is a cheap subscription anyway.
I agree that it is difficult to sometimes find the time to pick up a magazine instead of turning online. It feels almost hardcore if note retro this days. It must have been about ten years ago since I bought a printed publication but is so much greater in that you can keep it around, re-reading at leisure.
You are great! Sharing with us a good and informative post. Thanks
Yes anything can happen..Totally agreed. As Even Williams can do a lot then if we or anyone try then even we can reach the height of success…Also the link for 10 rules for web startup was good and excellent I am really looking into it and reading that article..Thanks a lot to provide such a good and beautiful article..
By the way when you are going to have a next hair cut…and going to read another magazine
I have read evheads’ blog too and there are some very inspiring thoughts and ideas there. I think a lot o people could do with having a look at it.
Great post! Really insightful… Evheads blog is also really good.
Thank you for the links and the highlighted points! very insightful!
Great post! The highlights portion was very helpful and insightful! Thank you!
Evan Williams…that name looked so familiar when I started reading this post and infact I remembered that i got to read the same article that you have mentioeed. Infact the guy has tremendous energy as a blogger. I have become a regular reader of his blog now.
If i there I will try to find some another magazine or sport related magazine.
It always blows my mind that there are so many articles, ideas and information in magazines that I will never read or come across – all this knowledge that might never get filtered thru to me
Thanks for sharing – I’ll have a look into the mag.
Great post! Thank you !
Yes “Any thing can happen” what ever you have stated in the link is correct and important fact to learn. The points listed are correct and helpful
This why we blog it’s where the information is .Thanks
“There are lots of people thinking about—and probably working on—the same thing you are. And one of them is Google. Deal with it”
Firstly, thanks for the post.
The above-mentioned quote is extremely true. We need think faster than everybody does to be more superior than others. Keep going.
I am feeling proud to see your helpful post.Its fulfill with helpful link and discussion about important point.You are really a great man.Thanks a lot.
magazine are alwasy a good thing
Am going to take seriously the six important aspects. Thanks for the great post
Been reading your posts and I found them interesting especially his one.
Great post! Nice idea I agree with that.
I think You could pick up a magazine in a hair cutting salon and find interesting things in it. I believe that we are constantly getting messages from some unseen power.Thanks foe your nice post
Wow, $9.97 for twelve issues is a great deal… I think I will go and check that out!
Thanks for letting me know about it!
I think the best part of the movement is that you don’t have to have an overpriced education. Just a bit of digging and you can find out how to do just about anything online that will make you money!
Yea sometimes a real magazine is the only option for reading. I refuse to take my laptop to the head. Besides, getting away from a screen and keyboard makes my brain work in a different way. Different is good.
Very good writeup I enjoyed reading the articles and a think I might look up that magazine as well. Any how thanks for the post.
I guess its because we used to reading from books and magazines. It is our first contact with written content so it feels most natural to us.
Spending money for magazine subscriptions is not waste of money. I still read magazines even I can read details in different website. There are times I want to read the topics again and again and sometimes pictures from magazines are used by my sisters in their homework instead of printing out from the computer.
Good ideas are out there and you will not be the only person with the idea, commitment is the key. Make a plan, goals and stick to it, will not be easy but may just pay off.
I know anything is possible in the world and I will try to make happy the bloggers.
Thats very true, ideas may crop up from nowhere and you never know to which height it may take you!!
I can read details in different website. There are times I want to read the topics again and again and sometimes pictures from magazines are used by my sisters in their homework instead of printing out from the computer.
Not bad for a 1 year subscription. You can actually buy a subscription on eBay for even less which is what I typically do with magazines.
The latest in “Anything can happen is likely to loose Ms. Hilary Clinton the nomination for sure. Such thoughtless comments on a sensitive matter in public life should be given the response that they deserve.
Incidentally, where are you? It has been a long time since you posted and we are seeing a lot of ‘traffic’ here!
Everything is destined. No one decide what will happen next therefore one has to be attentive and careful always.
Yes, there really is something about having something physical in your hands,like a magazine or a paper while multitasking
– it’s still one of my favourite morning activities! I used to read the paper online, but it only lasted for a few weeks and reverted back to the good old hardcopy 
I’ve definitely experienced that enlightened quick purchase as well — I subscribed to “Time” suddenly after a particularly brilliant issue — and just that one subscription opened the doors of my mind to greater possibilities.
I am in “magazine mode” myself and just ordered a few new subscriptions. I will be annoyed by how overwhelmed I am by them in a year and vow to not get them any longer. Then a year later I will long for tangible paper instead of a monitor. It’s a complete, ongoing cycle for me, for some reason!
Regarding Anything Can Happen, I have to say that I am still often shocked at the types of people who make lots of money online and they ways they do it. So yeah, anything really CAN happen!
I agree. I do surf and read a lot of articles online but it still can’t match the tactile feeling one gets when you’re reading an actual magazine. The smell of a cathode ray tube monitor, or even an LCD one, can never match the smell of a newly-printed newspaper or a glossy magazine. And I certainly agree with your points. If you thought about something, chances are someone must have thought of the same thing before you. The trick is who goes about implementing it first.
Music Dictionary ,
I am in Greece right now with my wife taking a break.
Jason
Great tips, thanks for sharing them. A related question, h ow are the issues delivered? Are they done by mail or is there an option to get them delivered by email to?
Sounds like it was an interesting read. I especially love the whole ‘google pretty much owns everything’ aspect given in the points =].
@Jason
No time to take a break. Come back and post.
Definitely big things start from small, so better be careful:)
It is indeed all in the mind, and whatever the mind can conceive, it can achieve. I know a guy who was homeless, started to look for empty bottles which he could exchange for small cash at supermarkets, he saved his money he made with this, visited internet cafe´s with the money, made a website and earned Euro 4000 4 months later to be never homeless again! Now, how is that for an idea? Great blog! Thanks.
And you can’t really take your laptop to bath with you for a bit of relaxed reading.
You have not been updating the blog regularly lately, what happened?
I tend to read business magazines when they are available. Often a great article is posted that has real good pointers.The fact is when online reading articles, that half the articles you read are complete rubbish and written by amateurs. In a magazine there is always a sense of quality.
Incidentally, where are you? It has been a long time since you posted and we are seeing a lot of ‘traffic’ here!
Your title – “Anything can happen”, simply refuses to go away from my brain. Everytime I come across it, I am reminded of your post. Here is another one, an article in the NYT!
“Anything can happen in politics, and there are five months to go. But Tuesday night’s McCain pratfall — three weeks in the planning by his campaign, according to Fox News — should be a clear indication that Mr. Obama must accept Mr. McCain’s invitation to weekly debates at once. Tomorrow if possible, and, yes, bring on the green!”
I just love your post title – and it’s true anything could happen. Your article bouys up my spirit into continuing through my struggle of making better my blogs, both personal and money-making ones. Tough road, still there’s no other way but through it. Once I get through successfully, life becomes sweeter for sure.
Wow 93 comments and going! I guess Anything can Happen. Really appreciate all the responses here.
I tend to read business magazines when they are available. Often a great article is posted that has real good pointers!
I appreciate this article. Its really interesting and maybe amazing also. When im free i do read articles and magazines to get up to date to recent trends and amazing things that are happening in the world of internet. and this what you just shared with us is really nice and amazing. Cheers!
I just noticed this magazine the other day on the newsstand and almost bought it. I tend to read business magazines when they are available. Often a great article is posted that has real good pointers.
That is the charm of life. We know that anything can happen and that is why we feel charm, good, bad, sad, happy feeling.
I think the best piece of advice you got from that magazine is to create something you want to exist in the world. Too many people complain and criticize, but only a true genius and courageous person will go out of his/her way to see a wish realized.
You are right to say that ideas are everywhere. Whenever I need ideas for any project I find that doing google searches and looking at different blogs gives me tons of ideas.
great post jason..
the tip given to evaluate the new product is wonderful!
I agree — I do enjoy having a good magazine lying around the house.. Nothing is more relaxing!
I think you can achieve any kind of success if you put in the time and be persistent. You cannot give up easily and know that to achieve your goals it times time and committment.
I agree that you get a different pleasure when reading a book, magazine, or something. It puts you in a relaxing mood.
Agree, there is something difficult to explain in my love to reading paper mags and books… something that has more to do with the “ritual of reading” than with need for info itself:)
I picked the magazine up I was actually thinking it was a tech related magazine but in fact it is designed for the entrepreneur. I was so impressed with my read and the overall material I decided to pay for a subscription which was only $9.97 for twelve issues.
Daniel, did you just copied that piece of text from the post? *rolleyes*
I agree, nothing is impossible.
Yh, i think most people would agree, nothing is impossible
When you have a will, there is always a way! So, I agree too that nothing’s impossible!
Nothing really is impossible if it is done with dedication and hard work.
OK, there are a few things that are impossible despite hard work… let’s not go overboard.
Thanks . This article is definitely a good read for me! Interesting and very informative. Although this wasn’t what I was looking for, but it did answer some questions I had in mind. Thanks for sharing
I will add smart work too Paulette..It is the utmost need of the hour
I’ll have to relook at entrepreneur mag again. It seemed like the last time I looked at it it was all one advertisement. Maybe I need to look at it again.
Interesting about Google saying no to opportunities. I have to wonder with Chrome if this philosophy isn’t changing slightly?
Really No impossible in the world, Just do and do and you will achieve your target.
Is this post about magazine reading and subscriptions or about web success stories and tips? I’ll quickly cover both subjects.
(1) I don’t usually read magazines because I need to get information, not look at the pretty pictures. For pure information, I use web and the Reader. With magazines, it’s just nice to sit in the chair and relax if there’s nothing to do.
(2) Success in the web is more tricky. I have had an impression that it’s all about routine work, not some bright idea and immediate success. Google’s success wasn’t immediate too. There might be hundreds of people in the world who got lucky quickly but the real satisfaction only comes from hard work and dedication.
I agree completely, sometimes a good “old-fashioned” magazine is the way to go. Very inspiring.
interesting site it really learns me a lot.
nice post nice blogs.
“Yes, I know you can read thousands of websites for free on such material but there is just something about picking up a magazine and a cup of coffee and having a great read wherever the place may be at the time.”
man; you’ve really hit a nail on the head with that one. it’s something that can easily get lost in this day in age: the freedom and focus of limitations.
we are all so used to getting everything from our computers, but the power will never be taken away from the physical published object. records, magazines, etc. all force the reader/listener/etc. to focus on one thing at a time with much higher magnitude than is often the case when we are staring at computer screens with endless potential other options only an easy click away…..
great post.
Anything can indeed happen or perhaps, in this case, not happen! No posts for over a week now!
I think thats idea are not so bad. It can help people for develop.Its tasty too.
this is nice blog… I have read more than 10 pages.
thanks
Many thanks for the links, some nice ideas.
I agree with you and thanks for sharing your experience.It’s a good habit to read tech medicines.Not only tech,but also all other medicines.When i was six, i didn’t like reading magazines.But now i love reading.Again thanks for sharing this interesting article.Keep it up.
I still enjoy reading paper myself, but have cut back on my monthly magazine spend considerably, finding that I do a lot more online reading. There is something for having a magazine to enjoy in the bathroom though, that a pc or even a notebook cant ever replicate…..heheheheh
This is very true, they say that things happen for a reason. There are things in life that we could not really explain scientifically. We don’t even know how it happened but we are glad that it happened because it brought something new into our lives.
There are those who also say that when time comes it will just come. We cannot stop it or even prevent it from happening. These are things in life that is really a big question for us. There are things that we can predict but there those which are mysterious but true. It may very superstitious for others but we should accept the fact that it is happening to everyone. Some may be ignoring it, yes they can ignore it because it won’t make a difference. They just should just continue living their life.
Nothing is impossible in the world if it done with dedication. This is absolutely true. I go with it. Thank you for posting. Great work!
I agree with you, while the internet is an amazing tool, it’s hard to beat having a cold hard copy of a good read in your hand, kicking back and relaxing while learning something.
You’re right, you have to be committed to succeeding otherwise you haven’t got a chance as I can guarantee your competitors will be.
Any success in life whether it be online or in the real world requires a lot of hard work and commitment to what you do. There are very few free rides.
I’ll have to relook at entrepreneur mag again. It seemed like the last time I looked at it it was all one advertisement. Maybe I need to look at it again.
Interesting about Google saying no to opportunities. I have to wonder with Chrome if this philosophy isn’t changing slightly?
Good one! Traditional print media (especially newspapers) are in serious worldwide decline due to the increasing popularity and afficacy of the internet. So it is quitte refreshing to hear a magazine being punted, and “GASP” a subscription to one actually being bought!