This is a guest post from the fine folks at GreekForMe.com.

Movies like Animal House and Old School are certainly great college movies, but I think we’d all agree that they don’t cast fraternities in the best light. This goes for both fraternities and sororities – there tends to be such a stereotype that Greek organizations are simply about cramming as much partying as you can into a semester, and perhaps being a bit loose with the morals.

All of us at GreekForMe.com are here to change that stereotype. Sure, that stereotype may hold true for a sorority or fraternity here or there, but Greek organizations are overwhelmingly excelling in the classroom and are involved in extensive community service and volunteering endeavors. Men and women now join Greek organizations based on the value system of their chosen fraternity and sorority, and often have some of the highest grade point averages on campus, with many organizations requiring their members to stay above a certain GPA each semester.

If you’re just starting out at college, rushing a fraternity or sorority is the perfect way to get to know more people on campus. Just be sure you’re choosing an organization that embodies the values you yourself hold important, and you can see yourself becoming friends with the other members in the fraternity or sorority. Just go for it!

We’re committed to highlighting the great works of fraternities and sororities, and we hope you’ll follow us on Twitter.com/GreekForMe, Like Us on Facebook, and check out our GreekForMe Blog! And of course, once you do join that fraternity or sorority, you know the perfect spot to get Sorority Apparel and Fraternity Apparel

So tell us, what made you want to join a fraternity or sorority? If you haven’t yet, what’s holding you back?

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Tony’s Pizza. All opinions are 100% mine.

While in college, I partied, and sometimes pretty hard – hey, it happens. There was a bar that we would all go to on Thursday nights for a great priced beer, a ridiculous long island ice tea, and dancing. On top of that, they sold pizza’s at the end of the night as you walked out the door. For just a couple bucks you could enjoy a freshly cooked pizza on your way home. What a treat!

Well, one day I was in the local Wal-Mart doing some grocery shopping and as I come down the frozen food isle, I see the owner of this bar which sells the pizza with a shopping cart full of Tony’s Pizza. He was buying the pizza’s at Wal-Mart and selling them at the end of the night at his bar! First I thought, that jerk and then I thought, what a great freaking idea. Anyway, I bought one of the pizza’s and it wasn’t as good as it tasted after a Thursday night out at the bar at 2 AM, but it was pretty close.

Now, Tony’s Pizza have released a new line of pizza’s featuring a thin crispy crust. While I haven’t seen one in my local stores yet to get my hands on to try for sure, I’m betting it’s pretty good.

There are a few other reasons BESIDES the good taste to check out Tony’s Crispy Crust.

• First, the price! They are a great low priced item to keep stocked in your freezer – whether at college for students or at home with your family. Nothing like just pulling a pizza out of the freezer and popping it into the oven for a quick dinner.
• So much faster than delivery! Why wait 30-45 minutes for the delivery guy to show up when the solution is right in your freezer?
• They are perfect for game day when your friends are over and hungry. Feed a big group for a great price!

So, now I’ve got a few coupons for a free Tony’s Pizza. If you’re interested in trying one out, leave a comment and I’ll be in touch to get your address and drop the coupon in the mail. I only have a few coupons, so they will go to the first people who comment!

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Coldwell Banker. All opinions are 100% mine.

One of the biggest things that I hate doing every month is writing a large check out for rent. We’re currently renting a townhouse that has been working out great for us, but renting it just like throwing money right out the window because after a year, you have nothing to show for it. But, it’s the situation we are in and you just have to make the best of it. Many people have asked why we just haven’t tried to buy a house instead and the answers are fairly simple – A) we don’t have enough money saved up, B) we don’t know where we want to buy a house C) we don’t know where we are going to settle down for the long term and like the flexibility to be able to decide to move somewhere else if we wanted.

But for those of you in a similar situation as we are, there is still hope out there – 2010 Homebuyer Tax Credits. I’m sure you heard about the  $8,000 tax credit for first time home buyers in 2009, well it’s been extended…if you hadn’t already heard that. And, even better, besides being for those first time home buyers (or those who haven’t owned a home in the last 3 years), it’s also now extended to the “move up” buyers or those looking to buy a new home or move who have been in a home for a consecutive 5 out of 8 years. The tax credit for move up buyers is $6,500.

Here’s a video from the great folks at Coldwell Banker going into some of the details and benefits of this tax credit especially like the one about how much this has helped the local economies!

An important thing to point out is that its already been determined that there will not be any more extensions on the program. So if you’re in a position to buy a house and have been thinking about it then now is the time to act. In order to qualify for the credit, you need to have a contract signed on a home by April 30, 2010 and close by June 30, 2010. Income limits are now $125,000 for singles, $225,000 for married couples with a $20,000 phase-out of the credit for both.

The first-time tax credit was working, but what housing and our national economy needed was incentive for the move-up buyer. According to The 2009 National Association of Realtors® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the number of first-time home buyers rose to 47 percent of all home sales from 41 percent of transactions in last year!s study, and was the highest on record dating back to 1981. The previous high was 44 percent in 1991.

Talk about helping out the economy some! First time home buyers rose 6% last year and hopefully successful purchases will encourage others to do so throughout the rest of 2010 and help the country move forward in recovering from the economic downfall.

I hope this info has been helpful for you all! Anyone looking to make a purchase before the tax credit disappears? Be sure to do your own research on sites like Coldwell Banker, the National Associations for Realtor’s, and the government’s websites.

Only 2 days left in this great offer!

The sale is over, but the book is still an amazing one to pick up!

If you have big dreams for your blog but have been putting improving it in the ‘one day’ basket – you’re not alone.

31 Days to Build a Better Blog is a downloadable e-book from Darren Rowse of ProBlogger.net designed to help you revitalize your blog by giving you 31 tasks that will all help to turn it into the page view powerhouse you’ve always dreamed of.

Each day in the project contains:

1. A Task – something to DO that day.
2. Teaching – each day you’ll be given great instruction on both the WHY and HOW of the task of the day.

This two pronged approach is designed so that you come away from the challenge having not only learned how to build a dynamic a blog but you’ll have actually DONE something with the knowledge.

How to Use the Workbook

While originally designed for bloggers to work through over a month – the feedback that we’ve been hearing from bloggers indicates that 31DBBB is being used in a variety of ways including:

• Intense Training – bloggers setting aside weekends or weeks to go through multiple tasks at once
• 1 Task a Day – the way we designed it – one day at a time
• 1 Task a Week – bloggers taking their time with the challenge and making the tasks week long tasks
• Monthly Cycle – bloggers using the tasks again and again each month as a monthly routine for their blogging.
• Occasional Inspirational Resource – bloggers dipping into 31DBBB on a more occasional basis – using it on days when they have time or lack inspiration.

The great thing about 31DBBB is that you can do it at your own pace and in your own way.

Who is this Workbook for?

31 Days to Build a Better Blog is for bloggers at different stages of their blogging including:

• those who have just started a blog but who don’t know what to do next
• those who have had a blog for a while but it’s stalled in its growth
• bloggers with bloggers block and lacking inspiration

This workbook is NOT designed for bloggers yet to start a blog (PreBloggers). It doesn’t cover setting up a blog. If that’s you check out the ProBlogger book which covers this aspect of blogging.

By the end of the 31 Days you’ll have:

• written a variety of different types and styles of posts
• learned techniques for coming up with new post ideas
• promoted your blog in a variety of ways
• built relationships with readers
• reached out to and developed working relationships with other bloggers
• developed an editorial calendar for your blog going forward
• discovered ways to be more connected to your niche/topic
• designed a plan for the next month of your blogging

All in all the daily tasks are 31 steps to transform you blog into a valuable online asset.

3 New Year Bonuses

Bonus #1: Free Report: 9 Things to Do to Get Your Blog On Track in The New Year
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There are less than 2 days to get the bonuses, and the half price discount. This book normally sells for $40, here is your chance to get so much more for so much less at just $19.95. I just picked up my copy and plan on starting reading it tomorrow, but I wanted to pass along the great savings and opportunity to you all! Go check it out now! Click here to view more details

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Jones Soda. All opinions are 100% mine.

Izea sure is filled with a bunch of characters! Whether it was Ted Murphy or someone else who found these crazy turkey hats, well, my hats off to you! I’m way behind in writing about this but still wanted to share some of the craziness with you all!

Back a week or two before Thanksgiving, I saw a tweet from the folks at Izea asking if people would like to receive a Thanksgiving care package. I responded with my address and waited patiently. I knew what was in the box, but still wanted it to show up quickly as I was leaving for Washington state for the holiday and wanted to have the hat for that trip. It would have been hilarious, in my mind, when meeting my wife’s grandparents for the first time, to have the turkey hat on – what a way to celebrate the holiday! But, it didn’t show up by the time I left and I had actually forgotten about the package until I picked it up the following Monday.

All of the sudden, my giddiness of a school boy came back and I was excited to open it up. Inside, well there was simply a flyer wishing a Happy Thanksgiving, the wonderful Turkey hat, and a bottles of Jones soda…and not just normal cola, but a Tofurky and Gravy Jones Soda Yum, not!

Now, there is no way in hell I was going to taste the soda, because I can only imagine how gross it is. Or, it could actually be really good, I have no idea and no desire to know haha. If you got a similar package from Izea, I’d love to hear if you tried to soda and what you thought of it. I mean I do like Turkey and Gravy, but just the thought of those flavors in a liquid form…no thanks. But, the bottle will sit on my shelf and be a funny item to pull out when showing people our house and my office!

Maybe I need to start a Jones Soda collection of unique flavors? BTW, my Wife didn’t find the humor in the turkey hat…

Today we have a great interview for you all with Anthony Adams who is the creator of The Hangover Cure! Enjoy!

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Hi Chris, thank you so much for having me here today.  I graduated from Texas Tech University in Lubbock in 2006 with a degree in marketing and spent the next two years doing sales for a very large computer/tech company here in Dallas.  I currently run a dietary supplement company, Apollo Nutrition LLC.  Our flagship product is THC-The Hangover Cure.

1. Now that we know a little bit about you, let’s find out some more about your business. When and why did you decide to start THC – The Hangover Cure? What promoted you to make the leap?

I founded my company in February of 2009.  Like a lot of people I know, I was laid off in January, took a month off to evaluate where I was in life, and then decided to make the leap by forming a limited liability company and creating my product, The Hangover Cure.  I always planned to start my own business at some point and I figured there was no point in putting it off any longer with the amount of free time I had been given.  I think I was pretty disenfranchised with working for other people at that point, so I looked at being laid off as a great opportunity, as I probably wouldn’t have voluntarily quit my job with the way the economy was going.  My actual ‘aha’ moment for the product came to me in college, but I had been putting it off in favor of a career up until being laid off.

2. There are many similar products to THC on the market, which claim to cure hangovers…or help reduce them. What makes THC stand out from the rest? Is THC more affective/better than the others?

It occurred to me while in college that there really wasn’t a hangover product that was marketed correctly.  No one came up to me in the dorms and mentioned an existing product as a good cure, nothing had a ‘cool’ factor to it.  Competing products sell in health food stores and gyms; they are being marketed to the wrong audience.  Our product sells in liquor stores and bars, it’s just a logical extension of what’s already for sale.  I look at the success of Red Bull; most people who drink it don’t care what’s in it, they like it because it gives them energy and it makes a great mixed drink.  They drink it because it works.  That’s what I wanted to create; a product that is geared towards people who actually need hangover help in a genuine way.  So our marketing strategy is geared towards that demographic.  I will gladly put The Hangover Cure’s formula up against anything on the market because I know we will win, it’s literally the most potent nutritional drink on the market today.  And that’s where those hangover pills miss the mark; they don’t help rehydrate you after a night of drinking.  If you aren’t rehydrating and replenishing your body, you will have a hangover.  So yes, I would say our formula is the only complete hangover prevention product on the market today.

3. With the business being less than a year old, what’s been some of the biggest challenges that you’ve had and lessons that you’ve learned from them?

Early on, it was convincing my family that I was committed to making this work.  They saw it as more of a hobby and were probably worried about me not finding another ‘real’ job.  I’ve learned that you have to be vocal with your family about what you are doing, especially with online business, which a lot of people simply don’t understand.  I’ve also learned to keep a level head.  The nature of my business is full of highs and lows, so I have to remind myself that no matter how good or bad a situation is, it can change at any time.  It’s fleeting.

4. A question a lot of young entrepreneurs ask is if it is necessary to have a formal written business plan in this “day and age”? Lots of the “way things used to be done” mentalities are being shattered by younger entrepreneurs.

I think it’s crazy, especially with a primarily online-based business, to try to predict with any degree of certainty how you will be doing business in a few years.  My business plan is pretty simple:  Create a good product that people like, sell it, and maintain strong relationships with existing customers and distributors.  That’s it.  Everything else is secondary.  Focus on tasks that generate revenue.  It’s timeless.

5. You mentioned in your first email to me that you have distribution on 5 continents, which is awesome. How were you able to accomplish such a feat so quickly?

I wish I could say there was some secret formula to it but there really isn’t.  The international interest we have received so far has been incredible and beyond anything I had expected starting out, which again shatters the notion of a formal business plan like you mentioned earlier.  I think it’s much more important to be flexible and able to adapt to whatever comes your way than to stick with an outdated plan.  But to answer your question directly, entrepreneurial minded people from all over the world seek us out online, which is a huge compliment.

6. Social Media is a major buzzword and trend right now. How are you utilizing communities like Facebook and Twitter to market THC and build your business?

Every business needs a presence on Facebook and Twitter to stay connected with its fans.  I’ve noticed companies like vitaminwater, Sprint, and TJ Maxx advertising their Facebook and Twitter pages on TV ads instead of their official sites, which I find fascinating, because those companies get it.  At the same time, a company like IBM doesn’t even have an active Twitter account, which I find a little ironic.  I live on Twitter, I think it’s a fantastic resource for business.  I’ve had a lot of success contacting bloggers on Twitter and asking them to review my product.  I then use these free and unbiased testimonials and blog write-ups to highlight my product’s credibility.  Bloggers get to write good content on a new product and I get free advertising, so it’s a win-win situation.  Also, we were the first company I have seen to add real tweets from satisfied customers to the THC testimonials page instead of static, unverifiable text.  That’s helped add further credibility to my product as potential buyers could actually tweet at the customers mentioned on my testimonial page raving about The Hangover Cure to verify that yes, these are real people who like what we sell.  But I don’t obsess about how many Twitter followers we have or anything like that, it’s a hollow number.  I would rather have 50 followers who are actively involved in the brand than 10,000 followers who never interact with us.

7. You’ve obviously seen some success so far and are stationing your business for future success too. What tips to being successful as a young entrepreneur can you share with our readers?

Don’t be afraid of failure.  No business is perfect and you will fail a lot, especially starting out.  As long as you don’t get discouraged and learn from your mistakes, you are on the right track.  The real world is a hell of a teacher and I have learned so much from failing until I get something right.  And that’s why it’s important to believe in what you are doing and care about your product, because it will get discouraging.  It’s important to have mental toughness and to keep going.  All the theory and textbooks in the world don’t compare to real world experience.

8. Entrepreneurs in your position usually work crazy hours and just get engulfed in the business, working to grow it as big as possible. Because of this, there is never a “normal” day, but what does your standard, as standard as it can get, day look like? What hours are you working, what are you doing, etc?

A typical, middle of the week workday for me varies in terms of the hours I work.  I try to break it up into morning, afternoon and then after dinner.  So I might work from 9 am to noon, take a break, then 2 to 6 pm, and then maybe 8 or 9 pm to 1 or 2 am.  I spend a lot of time working with distributors all over the world, which makes for some pretty crazy hours as you can imagine.  I make sure orders arrive on time and in good condition, find out how they are selling the product, offer advertising support and so on.  I also spend a lot of time tweaking my website and studying Google Analytics, writing site content and improving SEO with link building, which gets tedious.  Then there is time spent on Twitter, which I enjoy.  And record keeping, which isn’t so enjoyable to me.

9. You’ve obviously been using the internet a lot to leverage your business and grow it, if you didn’t have the resources of the web, would you still have been able to successfully launch your business?

No, at least not in its current form.  I really cannot fathom how people did business without the internet, I think about that often.  If it was 1977 and I wanted to find a dietary supplement contract manufacturer or form an LLC, I would have no idea how to go about it.  I came along at the right time I guess.

10. Continuing to learn as an entrepreneur is important. An easy way to do so is by reading books and following the paths of other successful entrepreneurs. Are there any books that you’d recommend to others that you like?

I would highly recommend two books by Paul Arden:  ’It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be’ and ‘Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite’.  They are the two most motivational books I have ever read and I think any young entrepreneur would benefit from them.  I honestly believe that every secret to success can be found in their pages.  Also, ‘Good to Great’ by Jim Collins.  Specifically the chapter on the ‘Hedgehog Principle’ as he calls it.  ’Purple Cow’ by Seth Godin is also an interesting take on marketing that I refer to often.

11. Along that same line, do you have any business role models that you admire?

I admire Phil Knight, the founder of Nike.  Nike’s marketing is always insanely good and I probably would have tried to build my business the way Knight built his early on if I was starting out in the pre-Internet age.  It’s hard not to admire Steve Jobs for what he has done, and Apple’s marketing is also fantastic because they keep everything so simple and clean.  In the beverage/supplement industry, I would say J. Darius Bikoff of Glaceau/vitaminwater and Dietrich Mateschitz of Red Bull, for the way they both built great beverage brands from nothing.

12. What’s next for The Hangover Cure? Where do you see your business in 3-5 years?

I’m looking into a canned beverage form of my product in 2010 as the functional beverage market is booming right now and growing distribution networks worldwide.  Like I said earlier, it’s almost impossible for me to predict where I will be in a few years with the way everything is changing right now and the opportunities that are out there.  I do see my brand’s national and international visibility growing in the coming years though, that’s about as concrete as I can be.

Wow, I am waaaaay freaking behind in getting this posted. I recorded this video probably at least 3 weeks ago. I’m sorry for he major delay.

This is a video book review of Gary Vaynerchuk’s book Crush It! If you haven’t checked it out, then you should definitely go buy it right now for Amazon either for yourself or as a Christmas present for someone else who could use it! (affiliate link, don’t hate me for it)

Have you read the book? What did you think of it?

This is a sponsored guest post written by Matt Kelland on behalf of Moviestorm. Post powered by Sponzai.

Moviestorm is enabling a new generation of amateur film-makers to realize their visions. It offers easy, affordable animation tools that can produce sophisticated high-quality films on practically no budget. After several years in development, Moviestorm has demonstrated that home movie-making needn’t be limited to cheap hand-held cameras and clips of the kids goofing around. Its virtual movie studio allows users to break free of the limitations of the real world, and allows them to direct, film, edit and distribute 3D animated movies without any knowledge of animation techniques or 3D modelling. And best of all, it’s free, and comes without any copyright restrictions.

Iain Friar, known as IceAxe, is one of Moviestorm’s many successful film-makers. His short film, Clockwork, a dystopian vision of a totalitarian Britain after a Soviet invasion in the 1980s, is winning accolades and awards around the world, most recently the audience prize at the Atopic Festival in France and the Grand Prize at the Machinima Expo. Clearly influenced by both 1984 and A Clockwork Orange, with a visual style that evokes both Communist era propaganda posters and more recent animated movies such as A Scanner Darkly, it is a stark, powerful film that belies its modest origins.

Iain, who’s 42, works in marketing, and started making movies just 18 months ago. “I’ve always been a hands-on person, in music, sport, and everything else,” he says. “I thought it would be fun to shoot a music video, but I’m not the most technical of people, and it seemed extraordinarily hard. I remember when computer games started using in-game animation to tell the story instead of video clips, and this interested me, especially now that game technology has become so sophisticated. So I bought a book, Machinima for Dummies, which had Moviestorm on the CD, and I was hooked. I liked Moviestorm because it did what I was looking for, even though I didn’t really know what I was looking for at the time, and the Moviestorm community was very supportive. I initially made comedies, but I could see that the movies people respected were more dramatic, so it seemed that was the direction to go in.”

He spent four months working on Clockwork, and then the same again on his next short, Cloud Angel, a steampunk thriller set on board an airship. Apart from the voice acting, he made the entire film himself at his home in Basingstoke, England. “I’m lucky that my friends are so willing to step up to the mike and read my silly scripts!” he laughs. His next film is Gridlock, a science fiction comedy which he is co-producing with another successful Moviestorm director, James Thorpe. For this, they’ve stepped up the production costs a notch: they hired a recording studio and got the local amateur dramatic group to do the voice acting.

Iain is realistic about his future, though. “Am I ambitious? Yes. Do I want to keep it as just a hobby? Well, probably yes, because I imagine that if it became a full time activity, the fun might go out of it. I make movies as escapism. That said, I think that this industry would be really interesting to work in, because it’s embryonic; I’m not sure what direction it will go in. It’s exciting!”

Moviestorm’s CEO, Jeff Zie, is hugely enthusiastic and supportive. “Iain and the many other Moviestorm users are an inspiration to us all,” he says. “We’re really proud that we’re giving talented people like this the tools they need to unleash the creative potential they never knew they had, and to produce these wonderful films.”

Try it and see!

You can download Moviestorm for free: Windows and Mac versions are available. If you want, you can expand your virtual film studio and buy extra costumes, sets, props, and sounds in their marketplace. If you’ve ever wondered whether you might be the next Tarantino, Ang Lee, or J J Abrams, now’s the time to find out!

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I recorded this quick video review of the book “Bootstrapping: Weapons of Mass Reconstruction” by Sramana Mitra to share with you all and posted it on ChrisPund.com. The book is a good one on entrepreneurship, bootstrapping, and has lots of interviews. It is the second in her series entitled Entrepreneur Journeys.

Young Guns: The Fearless Entrepreneur’s Guide to Chasing Your Dreams and Breaking Out on Your Own

Quick Overview: This book is about Entrepreneurship and what it takes to be an Entrepreneur in this current economic climate.  Robert’s timely advice and guidance given in this book is a good solid base for anyone who is looking at being or wanting to be a future entrepreneur.

The way I would break this book down if I was using this as a text to study from or a learning guide would be like you see below.  I will also pull out some important points for you from the chapters that I think the author did a great job of illustrating in this book.  Please note these are only teasers you will have to read the book to get the full value of these points.

Phase One: (Thinking Phase)

Chapters 1 thru 3

• The Power of making decisions.
• Resilience
• Enthusiasm and Energy
• Persistence
• Commitment
• The Big Idea

Phase Two: (Getting Started and Moving toward your Dreams Phase)

Chapters 4 thru 8

• Keeping an Open Mind
• Mentors
• Partners
• Gut-Check Moments
• Taking Action
• Communicating
• Staying Balanced
• You Are The Company

Phase Three: (Pushing your business forward and Servicing your Customers Phase)

Chapters 9 thru 11

• Communication
• Relationships
• Ongoing Service
• Follow-through
• Service
• Customer First
• Selling Light and Performing Heavy

Phase Four: (Building your Team and Vendor relations Phase)

Chapters 12 thru 14

• Shared Values
• Reward for Improvement
• Empower the Best, Lose the Rest
• Give People Credit
• Celebrate Failure
• Bouncing Back
• Vendor Relations

Phase Five: (Money Phase)

Chapter 15

• Know When to Show a Loss
• Good Accounting Software
• Stay on Top of Your Books

Phase Six: (Review and Wrap up Phase)

Chapter 16 and Online Resources

• Why Not You?
• Online Resources for Book

My Thoughts: I could see this book being used as a text book for Entrepreneur courses in University’s across the country.  This book is very well written and is a very inviting and easy to read.  I found myself wanting to read it from cover to cover without putting it down but as we all know most of us don’t have that luxury.  Robert is very engaging and spaces his writing out with stories that help to illustrate the lessons he is trying to teach the reader.  The lessons in the book are not only current but they do a great job of bringing some people to the fore front that you might not have known about before you read this book.  Also the Online Resources that Robert adds to the end of the book are great and I think it was a great idea to leave the reader with some resources they can use to not only better themselves but that they could also share those resources with others as well.  I loved the use of the “Reality Checks” sections throughout the book it not only helped you draw into the underline lessons being taught by Robert but it also helped to draw the book together as a whole. Robert’s insight is not only timely but is also written from a person’s view that has been on the ground and started running a business from the ground up.  I have read many business and entrepreneur books in the past from some of the greats like Robert Kiyosaki and others, and Robert Tuchman is definitely on the same level as these other great authors.  I look forward to reading his future books.

About the Book Author: Robert Tuchman is the Founder of TSE Sports and Entertainment, a company that he started out of his one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan at the age of 24.  TSE has appeared in such great entrepreneur magazines as INC.  Robert himself has been a frequent guest on CNN, CBS Morning News, and BET.  He has also had numerous articles published about him in newspapers such as USA Today, The New Your Times, and The Wall Street Journal.  He currently lives in New York.  This brief background on the Author was provided by Alice Northover of the Amacom Company.  Alice may be reached at the following phone number and e-mail address if you would like more information about Robert Tuchman.  Alice’s phone number is 1-212-903-7951.  Alice’s e-mail address is (anorthover@amanet.org).

Buy it at Amazon!

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This is a guest book review written by Chris Schenk. Chris is a SVP of Healthcare at 3-D Technology, Inc., a Vice President of the Board at Military Pride USA a (Military Non-Profit focusing on our soldiers and their families), a Healthcare Technology Consultant, and owns and operates his own Artist / MMA Management company. If you would like to know more about Chris Schenk you can either find him on Linkedin at http://www.linkedin.com/in/ccschenk or you can also follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/chrisschenk.