Going Coco Nuts?

So I was in Fort Lauderdale recently for thanksgiving and I was desperately craving some fresh coconut to drink and eat. We stopped at this roadside shack(an American version..with coconuts in refrigerators). The lady at the counter tells us that the guy that cuts the coconuts is not around...so we get the brilliant idea to cut it ourselves with a 'machete.' Its at this point in my life that I realize that I've never actually cut a coconut myself. You will notice on the picture that one side of the coconut is in pretty bad shape..a result of the haphard hacking. Suffice to say that the fruits of my efforts definitely tasted sweeter.

Inspiration

I haven't posted for a while, but today definitely warrants one. I just got done with a conference today on Entrepreneurship and the new market landscape organized by Entrepreneur Magazine. Firstly, I was amazed that this event was FREE! Yes, thats right, FREE! This was done through just a single sponsorship by 'The UPS Store'. Just to get you a feel of the flavor of the event, the keynote speech was given by none other than Robert Kiyosaki, author of 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' (the bible/Quran of any entrepreneur/investor). There were a bunch of sessions on marketing, sales and money management and off course there was a lot of networking going on. I met quite a few interesting folks, some just getting started on the road to paradise (not getting told what to do) while others were already ready to launch their products. We all shared a common drive though, the drive to succeed, to become our own bosses and off course it wouldn't hurt to make some green in the process. I came away from the conference more inspired and energized than I already was and with some handy tips to put to use straight away in my life and business.

Funny joke I heard: When an entrepreneur starts a company, the company PBX(phone system) might say something like 'For Sales press 1, for marketing press 1, for Customer service press 1...