Comments on: From Crybaby to Successful Entrepreneur http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/ Learning to Live the Lifestyle of Your Dreams Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:25:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Janie http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-880 Janie Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:46:23 +0000 http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-880 This is a great synopsis of Ben Mack's thoughts. Great job. Janie This is a great synopsis of Ben Mack’s thoughts. Great job.

Janie

]]> By: Thirtyseven http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-882 Thirtyseven Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:20:17 +0000 http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-882 This was a really excellent interview! Thank you. This was a really excellent interview! Thank you.

]]> By: Yoyoing.com Blog » Blog Archive » Ever wonder who started the 1990’s Yo-Yo Boom? http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-883 Yoyoing.com Blog » Blog Archive » Ever wonder who started the 1990’s Yo-Yo Boom? Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:39:05 +0000 http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-883 [...] it was single handedly created by this guy. Check the article about 2/3 of the way [...] […] it was single handedly created by this guy. Check the article about 2/3 of the way […]

]]> By: yoyo2.com » Blog Archive » Ever wonder who started the 1998 Yo-Yo Boom? http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-884 yoyo2.com » Blog Archive » Ever wonder who started the 1998 Yo-Yo Boom? Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:46:29 +0000 http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-884 [...] just wrote this post over on the YoYoGuy blog (remember that). Check out this dude who claims he single-handedly created the 1998 yo-yo boom. “I created the yo-yo craze of [...] […] just wrote this post over on the YoYoGuy blog (remember that). Check out this dude who claims he single-handedly created the 1998 yo-yo boom. “I created the yo-yo craze of […]

]]> By: Pedro Flores http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-885 Pedro Flores Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:43:47 +0000 http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-885 I created the yo-yo craze of 1998... was that before or after Al Gore creted the internet? I created the yo-yo craze of 1998…

was that before or after Al Gore creted the internet?

]]> By: John-Bot http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-891 John-Bot Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:22:37 +0000 http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-891 I've never heard of this guy and neither has any yoyoer I've talked to in the last eight years. This is what my friend and National Yoyo Master Steve Brown had to say about Ben Mack on the site yoyo2.com. I'd say I'd have to agree with Steve on this one. "Credit where credit is due. Alan Nagao created the yo-yo boom of the late ’90s, along with his small army of underpaid kid demonstrators. This guy strikes me as the typical super-motivational-business-ninjas; he gets all his work by making up previous successes, embellishing his part in larger projects, and generally bullshitting everyone into hiring him. Which is an art in itself, for sure. But it’s hardly laudable." I’ve never heard of this guy and neither has any yoyoer I’ve talked to in the last eight years. This is what my friend and National Yoyo Master Steve Brown had to say about Ben Mack on the site yoyo2.com. I’d say I’d have to agree with Steve on this one.

“Credit where credit is due. Alan Nagao created the yo-yo boom of the late ’90s, along with his small army of underpaid kid demonstrators.

This guy strikes me as the typical super-motivational-business-ninjas; he gets all his work by making up previous successes, embellishing his part in larger projects, and generally bullshitting everyone into hiring him.

Which is an art in itself, for sure. But it’s hardly laudable.”

]]> By: Kristin http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-899 Kristin Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:31:36 +0000 http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-899 For crying out loud (no pun intended) this guy was the marketing guy, people...he's not the yoyo inventor. He won an Effie advertising award for being the brains behind the campaign. http://s3.amazonaws.com/effie_assets/2000/510/2000_510_pdf_1.pdf For crying out loud (no pun intended) this guy was the marketing guy, people…he’s not the yoyo inventor. He won an Effie advertising award for being the brains behind the campaign.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/effie_assets/2000/510/2000_510_pdf_1.pdf

]]> By: Laura Gagnon http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-909 Laura Gagnon Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:54:20 +0000 http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-909 Great interview! Ben is such an interesting person! Check out my blog to find a detailed account of his recent webinar series, an intro to his newest product "Profitable Magic". http://leadyourlives.blogspot.com/ Cheers, Laura Gagnon Great interview! Ben is such an interesting person! Check out my blog to find a detailed account of his recent webinar series, an intro to his newest product “Profitable Magic”.
http://leadyourlives.blogspot.com/
Cheers,
Laura Gagnon

]]> By: big jason http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-1033 big jason Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:21:44 +0000 http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-1033 yeah, some people are complete idiots. they probably didn't even read the first sentence where it talks about how Ben was in ADVERTISING. gimme a break you yoyo nerds! yeah, some people are complete idiots. they probably didn’t even read the first sentence where it talks about how Ben was in ADVERTISING.

gimme a break you yoyo nerds!

]]> By: Matthew Thoemke http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-1132 Matthew Thoemke Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:30:16 +0000 http://weekend.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/27/from-crybaby-to-successful-entrepreneur/#comment-1132 The thing is, he cannot claim that he was responsible for the boom. The boom came when people actually watched other people use those yoyos, not because they saw them on annoying pop-ups. (and I sincerely feel sorry for those of you who actually believe that people are so stupid) Business is a matter of teamwork. No man can single handedly create a business. Talent, actual blood sweat and tears, along with manufacturing cannot all be rounded off, and will not be rounded off. Look at the situation from every angle. The thing is, he cannot claim that he was responsible for the boom.

The boom came when people actually watched other people use those yoyos, not because they saw them on annoying pop-ups. (and I sincerely feel sorry for those of you who actually believe that people are so stupid)

Business is a matter of teamwork. No man can single handedly create a business. Talent, actual blood sweat and tears, along with manufacturing cannot all be rounded off, and will not be rounded off. Look at the situation from every angle.

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