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Written by: Anthony Crowdwell

NYTimes funny old Essay on Tim Ferriss and the 4-Hour Work Week

“”In only his early 30s, Ferriss suffers from a relative lack of hard knocks; he resorts to citing birth trauma to prove his intimacy with suffering. In his short life, he has nonetheless become rich peddling pills scarily called BrainQuicken …

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In response to Tim Ferriss post on Mike Geary

This is s comment I did on Tim Ferriss blog post about Mike Geary yesterday, it is still waiting moderation – maybe takes a few moments to form a reply… Anyway I just love the way Tim describes Mike Geary …

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Tim Ferriss - The New Breed

The Four Entrepreneur Archetypes – Type 4:The New Breed (Epitome: Tim Ferriss)

The New Breed The New Breed of entrepreneur is simultaneously just like the other types, while not really being exactly like any of them. Hard to pin down, The New Breed seems to combine The Playboy’s love of fun and …

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Mark Zuckerberg - The Ruthless Epitome

The Four Entrepreneur Archetypes – Type 3:The Ruthless (Epitome: Mark Zuckerberg)

The Ruthless For The Ruthless entrepreneur, money is its own end. They will often stop at nothing to bring their goals to fruition, even if it means discarding friendships and making enemies. Unlike The Playboy, they have no interest in …

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Richard Branson - The Playboy Epitome

The Four Entrepreneur Archetypes – Type 2:The Playboy (Epitome: Richard Branson)

The Playboy Many beginning entrepreneurs want to be The Playboy. Mostly concerned with pleasure and conspicuous wealth, The Playboy is the one with the dazzling smile and perfect hair, the private jet and the private island, and the gorgeous people …

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The Geek, Epitome, Bill Gates

The Four Entrepreneur Archetypes – Type 1:The Geek (Epitome: Bill Gates)

The Geek It’s easy to forget that The Geek is an entrepreneur. Their preoccupations seem to lie more in getting more venture capital for their next ingenious idea or invention, rather than making money for themselves. Unlike The Playboy, these …

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The New Breed Epitome, Tim Ferriss

Timothy Ferriss Timothy Ferriss gained notoriety for challenging the public’s assumptions for how one should work, live, and retire, as well as being a virtually tireless self-promoter and serial entrepreneur. In April of 2007, Ferriss released his book The Four …

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The Ruthless Epitome, Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg is known as either the hero or the villain of The Social Network, depending on the viewer’s point of view. The creator of Facebook, which Zuckerberg created and launched from his Harvard dorm room in 2004. …

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The Playboy Epitome, Richard Branson

Richard Branson In 1972, Richard Branson began by opening his first Virgin Records. He later installed a recording studio in his home, and worked with such controversial bands as the Sex Pistols, and several little-known experimental groups. Twelve years after …

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The Geek Epitome, Bill Gates

Bill Gates As the Chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates is one of the most recognizable figures in the software world and beyond. In 1975, he and his partner, Paul Allen,  tried to gauge Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems’ interest in …

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