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The Blatant Opportunist is a group of Don's
columns. The main
focus is on product development ideas and on
solving real-world
problems of small scale technical ventures and startups.
Note that starting with Blatant Opportunist #74, continuing columns
will be presented in GuruGram format with GuruGram numbering.
Most library files require an Adobe
Acrobat 4.0 plug in for online
viewing. Offline, these may be accessed by an
Acrobat Reader or
an eBook Reader or any other .PDF accepting program.
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Starting with Blatant Opportunist #74, continuing columns will
be presented in GuruGram format using GuruGram numbering.
Additional ( and often more technical ) GuruGrams are found here.
| My eBay Photo Secrets EBAYFOTO.PDF #22 Hightly detailed tutorial on creating successful eBay product photos. Fundamentals. The "hex" method. The "square" method. Dealing with image theft. Links to dozens of postproc utilities, more... |
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| Blatant Opportunist #73 MOREEBAY.PDF Son of eBay Secrets. Update & continuation of MYEBAYS.PDF The $19.95 minimum sale. Drop shipping & pallet lots. Trucking info Reducing weight. Reducing wait. Not shooting yourself in the foot. |
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| Blatant Opportunist #72 FUNSTUFF.PDF Fun with Stuff.. Bubble accelerometers. HPNA home phone networks. Tut LR2000T's. Acrobat 5.0 upgrades. PostScript transparency. Tower fans. Hexapods. Stewart Platforms, Lumeloid, more... |
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Click here for the Adobe Acrobat library.
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| Blatant Opportunist #71 ENERGFUN.PDF Some energy fundamentals.. Work, power, & energy. Sources, carriers, sinks. Energy density. Thermodynamics. Efficiency. Exergy. Hydrogen realities. Electrolysis fantasies, Photovoltaics, more. |
Click here for the It's a Gas hydrogen resources.
Click here for ENERGFUN.PSL sourcecode.
| Blatant Opportunist #70 AUCTSCNE.PDF The live auction scene. Finding events. How to become a crooked auctioneer. Before you bid. Bidding strategies. Seeking value that others miss. Random thoughts. Opporknockity tunes but once. |
Click here for more Auction Help
Click here for AUCTSCNE.PSL sourcecode.
| Blatant Opportunist #69 MARCIA.PDF An annotated collection of The Worst of Marcia Swampfelder. Mass teleportation, bob wahr speaker connections, underwater pigeon searchlight controls, $9 per kilowatt homebrew solar pv, etc... |
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| Blatant Opportunist #68 EMERGOP7.PDF Another in a continuing series of Emerging Technical Opportunities. Steplocked magic sinewaves. PostScript as Language. Intelligent web Technology. Scalable Vector Graphics SVG. Playing with pixels. More.. |
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| Blatant Opportunist #67 STEPPREP.PDF Secrets of Step-by-step Image Prep. Postprocessing. Scanner vs camera. knockout knockouts. Pixel locking. Adding detail. Improving lettering. The small stuff. For more help. |
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Click here for STEPPREP.PSL sourcecode
| Blatant Opportunist #66 REFURB.PDF Don' Thoughts on Refurb. Reselling test equipment on eBay and elsewhere. Establishing value. Scoring the goodies. What to avoid. Manuals. Actual refurb. Stripping. Oscilloscopes. More... |
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Click here for REFURB.PSL sourcecode
| Blatant Opportunist #65 MYEBAYS.PDF My eBay Secrets. Fundamentals. Getting stuff. Listings. Images. Geting paid. Closing your sale. Guarantees & refunds. Reserves, Dutch, BIN. Promotion. Storage. Protection. Snipers. Lots more... |
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| Blatant Opportunist #64 DEGUB.PDF Debugging Secrets. The LAN of the nineties. Synchronized Four-wheeling. Demolishing eexec. Eternally leaking hot tub. Tearing method. There it went. Lady, you picked it. Guidelines. |
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| Blatant Opportunist #63 WAYWERE.PDF Dons unauthorized autobiography that sheds some light on early personal computer history. Includes the TV Typewriter, SWTP, MITS, columns, books, Marcia Swampfelder, and bunches more. |
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| Blatant Opportunist #62 BOUNCY.PDF A tutorial on Bouncy Bricks and related web page insider secrets. Meta tags. Safe colors. On-site searches. .ASP files. Includes. Banner rotations. JavaScript. Bouncy buttons & bricks. Fast nav. more... |
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Click for ASP, IIS, Web, & JavaScript book info.
| Blatant Opportunist #61 STEPLOCK.PDF A tutorial on Steplocked Magic Sinewaves for power electronics. Secrets of steplocking. Analysis & Synthesis. Getting fancy. Carrier suppression. Constant power. Delta Friendly secrets. |
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| Blatant Opportunist #60 EBAYPHEN.PDF The eBay Phenonomen opens up new possible revenue streams. Intro. Photos and art images. Promoting the goodies. Mining the seconds. Some secret guidelines. For more help. |
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| Blatant Opportunist #59 WEBIMAGE.PDF Don looks at web imaging secrets. New "scanner" method. Image data formats. Bitmaps, GIF, JPEG, Acrobat. Getting your image on the web. Some eBay specifics. Image prep secrets. Editing methods. |
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Blatant Opportunist #58 STEZINE.PDF
Some thoughts on ezines. Benefits to advertiser, reader, author, and publisher. Dynabooks and the straw man. Subpixel tricks. "wag the dog" survival strategies. Getting paid. For more assistance. |
Click here for more Publishing tutorials.
| Blatant Opportunist #57 IMAGIMAG.PDF A scanner makes a ridiculously better digital camera than digital camera does. Here's Don's insider secrets on propping, scanning, enhancement, and conversion of digital images. |
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Blatant Opportunist #56 FUNDWEB.PDF Secrets of Funding your Personal Web Site. Be worthy of funding. Three tier sales. Banners. Other ads. Hard copy & CD's. Consulting. Referrals. Community listings. Syndication. Site design., more... |
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Blatant Opportunist #55 EMAILETI.PDF Some Eminently Effective Email Etiquette Avoiding addiction. Keep messages short. Proof carefully. Watch humor. Age responses. No spam. Shopping carts. Regions. Stalking the emailee. Tips. More... |
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Blatant Opportunist #54 AUCTION.PDF A look at the Surplus and Auctions scene. Some useful venues. Community colleges. Mil surplus. Distress sales. Hamfests and online auctions. Some guidelines. The "Never be underbid "ploy. |
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surplus buying
secrets.
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equipment bargains.
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Opportunist #53 EMERGOP6.PDF Some more Emerging Technical Opportunities. These include pulse radio, metalloradicals, "D" cell turbines, carbon nanofiber hydrides, EIS spectroscopy, RFID, massive FPGA's, and brain parity. |
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Radio tutorials
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Opportunist #52 PDFLINK.PDF
Secrets of PDF Links and PDF Link Checking. Reference docs. Creating Acrobat PDF Links. Exchange. Document Generators Gonzo utilities. Internal linking solutions. Link checking routines. |
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Checking sourcecode.
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Opportunist #51 BWHISTLE.PDF Adding Website Bells and Whistles. Tables. Acrobat. Byterange. Last loading banners. Searches. Fast nav. e-commerce. What's New? Kaizan. Referral logs. Bookstore Redirects. Roller mice. Link patrols. |
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page creation books info.
Click here for HTML books info.
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Opportunist #50 TWENTY47.PDF Secrets of 24/7 publishing where content is continuously provided to online and hard copy venues. 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Advantages. The downside. Income options. Insider techniques. |
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Opportunist #49 BASHPSEU.PDF
How to Bash Pseudoscience. Meta studies. Looks like a duck. Binary consequence tree. Ockham's razor. Follow the Cash . Avoid negatives. Roswell. Dowsing. Brown's Gas. Homopolar gens. Magic lamps. |
Click here for bizarre pseudoscience website access.
Click here for Nokoli
Tesla book info.
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Opportunist #48 INFOPACK.PDF
Don's secrets of "Cash and Carry Consulting". InfoPack concepts. Efficiency. Putting the Info into the Pack. Some mechanics. For more help. Extensive web hot links. |
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Opportunist #47 TRIMODE.PDF Guidelines for tri-mode publishing. Advantages of electrons and plastic over paper. Use Acrobat. Optimize for PostScript. Colorize. Link up. Provide search options. Optimize web viewing. |
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details.
Click here for more PostScript details.
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Opportunist #46 BANNYEAR.PDF
Insider banner advertising secrets. Opportunities. The downside. Creating a banner. Measuring response. Using log files. Redirection. Payment options. Some hints. Additional help. |
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Opportunist #45 BUSTPAT.PDF
Essential Tools to Bust a $650 Patent. Showing prior art. Showing failure to disclose. Obviousness to a practitioner. Technical errors. Procedural errors. Lack of due diligence. The paper blizzard. |
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Opportunist #44 EMERGOP5.PDF
New ways to make a buck on upcoming technology. The baby PIC. Bodaciously better BOD bindings. Linearized phase controls. Three phase magic sinewaves. New directions for PostScript. |
Click here for book-on-demand tutorials.
Click here for bookbinding books
info.
Click here for PIC
Microprocessor tutorials.
Click here for PIC Microprocessor books info.
Click here for PostScript tutorials.
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Opportunist #43 DONTSICK.PDF
The simplest solution to outrageously high medical insurance premiums is: Don't get sick. Here's some tested and proven alternates involving fitness, exercise, and nutrition. |
"As an M.D. who believes that the health of Americans
has not measurably
improved in spite of our ballyhooed successes in the technology of medicine,
I am convinced that lifestyle is the key to augmenting health. Don Lancaster's
approach, as outlined in "Don't Get Sick," is a masterpiece of
incisive wisdom
and sound advice. If people implemented his suggestions, their well-being
would
skyrocket and their need for expensive drugs and surgery would plummet.
Mr. Lancaster knows the path to health. Follow it." -- Dr. Kevin Pezzi
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awareness quiz.
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Opportunist #42 PRIMREST.PDF
My primary research tools to find who is doing what to whom in any subject. Trade journals, Ulrichs. Alta Vista. CD ROM phone books, EITD, data books, amazon.com, Dialog, others. |
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Opportunist #41 WEAVEWEB.PDF
Secrets of webmastering in this weaving a tangled web tutorial. Content, profit, promotion, "demand pull" advertising, speed, glitz, avoiding HTML, log files, hits, Kaizen. |
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page creation book info.
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Blatant Opportunist #40 SPOTCOLR.PDF
Insider secrets to making B/W print more colorful include papers, preprints, toners, diecuts, color toners, Kroy Color, Bakerizing, highliters, and a sneaky new PostScript Colorizer. |
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Opportunist #39 PUBALTS.PDF The five main options for self publishing these days include ink, toner, electrons, video, and CD ROM. The strengths and limitations of each alternate are explored in depth. |
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Blatant Opportunist #38 MICROWIN.PDF The key secrets to using and profiting from microcomputers and microcontrollers are revealed here in Don Lancaster's winning the micro game tutorial. |
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website links.
Click here for PIC microprocessor tutorials.
Click here for PIC microprocessing book info.
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Opportunist #37 EMERGOP4.PDF
Fourth annual release of emerging technical opportunities. Push me pull you. The TeraHertz mystery band. PIC microcontrollers. Magic Sinewaves. Solitons. DNA computing. Binary chain codes. |
Click here for Magic
Sinewave tutorials.
Click here for robotic
books info.
Click here for pushme-pullyou
Hexapod links.
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Opportunist #36 CONTESTS.PDF
Industrial contests can end up as very useful and very profitable tools. Here's some insider info on winning announced contests, unannounced contests, and running your own promotions. |
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Opportunist #35 MAGSINE.PDF
Magic sinewaves are a brand new method of driving ac induction motors, solar panels, inverters, or electric cars. Offering outstanding simplicity and efficiency. Introductory Don Lancaster tutorial.. |
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Sinewave tutorials.
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Sinewave development proposal.
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Opportunist #34 ACROCAT.PDF
An Adobe Acrobat tutorial that shows how to upgrade existing printed catalogs into interactive online net marketing tools. Has been newly revised to include Acrobat 3.0 capabilities. |
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Opportunist #33 GRAMTRAM.PDF An engineering analysis of the Mount Graham Aerial Tramway, a 7.5 mile long lumber delivery system with a vertical drop of over one vertical mile. With lessons for today's engineering development. |
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Blatant Opportunist #32 RATHOLES.PDF Avoiding Engineering Ratholes. Charging madness. U-turn insanity Thermoelectric coolers. Sterling engines. Subsurface radars. High power piezo. Anti-Qwerty. How to avoid bad engineering. |
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Blatant Opportunist #31 HELPLINE.PDF Some Helpline Hints. Know your goals. Have info on hand. Set time limits. Be a careful listener. Answer the real question. "4073". Tailor response to region. Dealing with problem callers. More... |
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Blatant Opportunist #30 FLUTWUMP.PDF A flutterwumper is an X-Y-Z device that chomps or spits. Key design secrets include don't sweat the mechanics, minimize chomper load, no gantries need apply, use two-brainers, PostScript, and PIC's. |
Click here for flutterwumper tutorials.
Click here for robotic
books info.
Click here for Santa Claus
machines tutorials.
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Blatant Opportunist #29 WHEN2PAT.PDF
Guidelines for when to patent. Do not even think about patents and patenting unless you can honestly give yourself positive answers to all of these key questions. |
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Opportunist #28 BLATCAT.PDF
Some Catalog Musings. Perception is the reality. Catalog as a business plan. Your best names. Avoid post office hassles. Make it easy to order. Do on-demand publishing. Make it a keeper. More. |
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Opportunist #27 EMERGOP3.PDF
Some more Emerging Technical Opportunities. These include short haul telemetry, nonlinear editing, the Digital Bogey, FM RBDS, cheap air turbines, sonoluminescence, and Postscript robotics. |
Click here for PostScript
robotic tutorials.
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editing info.
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Blatant Opportunist #26 PICOJUST.PDF
Don's "third stage" text justification scheme gives you outstanding results. Justification fundamentals. Fill justify basics. Adding bells and whistles. Picojustification concepts. Sourcecode listings. |
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picojustification sourcecode.
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Opportunist #25 ELESIMP.PDF
The quest for elegant simplicity. Doing more with less. The P-38 can opener. Schmidt oscillator. Vortex cooler. H-P audio oscillator. Duracell tester. NE-2 neon lamp. |
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Blatant Opportunist #24 RISKDOWN.PDF
The "real" way to "invent" something is to become a purveyor of risk reduction instead. Using and understanding the idea mortality curve. Getting paid. Mining fallout. Two examples. |
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Opportunist #23 REV1001.PDF
Book promotion and publishing options include the thousand and one reviews. Explores traditional and self publishing, book packagers, service bureaus, marketing and promotion. |
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Blatant Opportunist #22 PATNTHOR.PDF
Some Patent Horror Stories. The solar burn. A contest winner. The Grand Duchy of Fenwick. The night the music died. Ignoring Sallen & Key. The little engine that couldn't. For more info.. |
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Blatant Opportunist #20 BODRES1.PDF
First half of an annotated directory of Book-on-demand publishing resources. Includes a discussion of selecting a BOD printer and links to a few related files. |
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Blatant Opportunist #19 BOUNDDET.PDF
Workable binding options for Book-on-demand publishing. Tutorial covers Velobind, various thermal binding options, and commercial alternatives. Improving cover durability. Shear nonsense. Directory. |
Click here for book-on-demand tutorials.
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Blatant Opportunist #18 INVENORG.PDF
A state-by-state listing of Inventor's Organizations. Along with a comprehensive review of the perils of patents and patenting. Essential reading for any wannabe product developer. |
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Blatant Opportunist #17 EMERGOP2.PDF
A second review of emerging technical opportunities. Dye based solar electricity. Wavelets. GPS navigation. Spread spectrum comm. Switched reluctance motors. Aerogels. |
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Blatant Opportunist #16 POSTJUST.PDF
Insider secrets of post justification editing. Typeset first and edit last. Match form AND content. Fill justify with care. Playing with fonts. Edit down, not up. The phrase bomb. A last pass by hand. |
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details.
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Blatant Opportunist #15 TONERTRX.PDF
Supplier directory for terrific toner techniques. What is toner? Photorealism. Specialty toners. Transfers. Hot stamp foils. Improving durability. Thermography. Water transfer decals. Printed circuits. |
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Blatant Opportunist #14 REVISBOD.PDF
Don Lancaster tutorial on Revisiting Book-on-demand. The bad stuff. Key secrets. Economic factors. Selecting a printer. Speed issues. Bound and determined. Who needs it? For more help. |
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Blatant Opportunist #13 RESSCRTS.PDF
Classic Lancaster pre-web tutorial on Insider Research Secrets. The research continuum. The greatest resource. Library stuff. Dialog. UMI. tech books. Service info. Networking. Consultants net. |
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web research access tools.
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Opportunist #12 WHYLIKE.PDF
Superb Why I Like PostScript intro to an incredible general purpose computer language that also can dirty up otherwise clean sheets of paper. Fundamentals, options, and emerging opportunities. |
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details.
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Blatant Opportunists #10 & #11 ISMMINTR.PDF
The introduction and first chapter to the second edition of Don Lancaster's Incredible Secret Money Machine classic book on your own small scale technical or craft venture. |
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Opportunists #9 DIRTONER.PDF
Classic tutorial on direct toner printed circuits has been edited and updated. Review of old pc methods. Benefits of PostScript.. Transfer media and machines. Supplies. Insider secrets. |
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Opportunists #8 PARADIGM.PDF
Don's tutorial on stalking the wild paradigm. Small scale startups and tech ventures do best during times of change. Dealing with shifts. Business as usual. Avoiding sucker bets. Some GoFers. |
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Opportunists #7 ADVETORL.PDF
Don's unique secrets for Mastering the Advetorial. Understanding RCF reverse cash flow. How an advetorial works. Dealing with blatancy. Using the editorial exchange. Avoiding ripoffs. |
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| Blatant Opportunist #6 CASAGPAT.PDF For most individuals and small scale startups, any involvement with the patent system is guaranteed to cause you a net loss of time, money, and sanity. Here's why in Don's The Case Against Patents |
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Click here to place a Case Against Patents order.
| Blatant Opportunist ARCHIVE #1-5 BLAT1-5.PDF Temporary older file of the earliest five Blatant Opportunist columns. Book-on-demand publishing. Stupendous stuff sources. Desktop Finishing ideas. Emerging Technical Opportunities I. |
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