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How To “Safely” Take MDMA

Posted  March 23, 2013  by  Eric Matzner

MDMA is a very popular drug and there is a lot of information and misinformation out there about it. Regardless of what you have heard about how fun it is, MDMA has negative side effects and can cause permanent damage to your brain if you are not properly prepared.

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Futurology

3D Printing Introduction

Posted  March 4, 2013  by  Eric Matzner

3D Printing has the potential to change our physical world more than almost any other technology we’ve ever invented. There is already massive growth in this area, but it is only just beginning. It will force us to change the way we thing about how things are made, manufactured, and consumed. The below video from [...]

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Entrepreneurship

Hiding In Plain Sight

Posted  February 14, 2013  by  Eric Matzner

How often do we miss what is right in front of us? As entrepreneurs, it is important to realize that this happens more often than we know. The more focused we are on one detail, the more likely we are to miss others, even if they are hiding in plain sight. For example, in the [...]

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Entrepreneurship

How We Communicate

Posted  February 7, 2013  by  Eric Matzner

I recently read Brad Feld’s post, A Problem With Gmail When The Machines Take Over, and while the article is about the problems he faced with his email being unavailable due to an error of robots, what really interested me is the volume of email he receives. You can see in his image below that he receives almost [...]

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Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect

Posted  January 8, 2013  by  Eric Matzner

Practice makes perfect is a phrase you hear all the time, but no one is perfect. The fact is though, if you practice, you will become better at whatever you do. I have spent many hours practicing different skills and I have learned that even when it appears that you are making little to no [...]

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Entrepreneurship

How To Sell Umbrellas On Twitter

Posted  October 18, 2012  by  Eric Matzner

I just read Dan Shipper’s article comparing advertising on Twitter to selling umbrella’s in a synagogue. In the post, Dan makes an analogy comparing advertising, to men selling umbrella’s in New York City, right when it begins to rain. These people are filling an “expressed need,” which Dan says the advertising on Twitter can’t do. I do [...]

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brain on mdma

How To “Safely” Take MDMA

MDMA is a very popular drug and there is a lot of information and misinformation out there about it. Regardless of what you have heard about how fun it is, MDMA has negative side effects and can cause permanent damage to your b...
by Eric Matzner
 

 
 
3d printed skull

3D Printing Introduction

3D Printing has the potential to change our physical world more than almost any other technology we’ve ever invented. There is already massive growth in this area, but it is only just beginning. It will force us to change...
by Eric Matzner
 

 

 
gorilla

Hiding In Plain Sight

How often do we miss what is right in front of us? As entrepreneurs, it is important to realize that this happens more often than we know. The more focused we are on one detail, the more likely we are to miss others, even if th...
by Eric Matzner
 

 
 
text message statistics from SMS Stats

How We Communicate

I recently read Brad Feld’s post, A Problem With Gmail When The Machines Take Over, and while the article is about the problems he faced with his email being unavailable due to an error of robots, what really intereste...
by Eric Matzner
 

 

 
practice makes you better

Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect

Practice makes perfect is a phrase you hear all the time, but no one is perfect. The fact is though, if you practice, you will become better at whatever you do. I have spent many hours practicing different skills and I have lea...
by Eric Matzner
 

 
 
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Dopamine Is Not About Pleasure Anymore and How Science Evolves

The title of this article, Dopamine is not about pleasure anymore, means that dopamine’s effect on the brain is not about pleasure, but about  motivation and focus. The idea that it has to do with pleasure came about in ...
by Eric Matzner