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		<title>The Start-Up Chronicles: Chapter 1. An Idea, Five Ws and one H</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://stevenmilstein.com/wp-content/uploads/et_temp/idea-40525_300x200.gif"/></p>The time has come to put down the books, close the blogs and simply focus on doing and not learning.  Here's my Idea's Five Ws and one H.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://stevenmilstein.com/wp-content/uploads/et_temp/idea-40525_300x200.gif"/></p><p><strong>The time has come to put down the books, close the blogs and simply focus on doing and not learning.  Here&#8217;s my Idea&#8217;s Five Ws and one H.</strong></p>
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What your score means:<br />
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<p>&#8211;<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1591842239?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=stemilsblo-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=15121&amp;creative=330641&amp;creativeASIN=1591842239">Reality Check: Guy Kawasaki.</a><img style="border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.ca/e/ir?t=stemilsblo-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=15&amp;a=1591842239" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></p>
<div id="attachment_1145" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 458px"><a href="http://stevenmilstein.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/idea.gif"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1145 " title="idea" src="http://stevenmilstein.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/idea.gif" alt="idea" width="448" height="336" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">idea</p></div>
<div class="largeprint">Background</div>
<p>Arising from my three-part <a href="http://stevenmilstein.com/blog/2009/05/25/connecting-the-dots-part-1/">Connecting the dots series</a>, here&#8217;s the first entry of my Start-up Chronicles where I&#8217;ll journal about decisions made and ones coming up; actions I&#8217;m taking and those I&#8217;m deferring.</p>
<div class="largeprint"><strong>Focus on doing</strong>, not learning</div>
<p>Take a look on the right sidebar under &#8220;Pivotal Reading&#8221;. I&#8217;ve read all I could read &#8211; for now. (FYI, my &#8220;idea&#8221; image was inspired by <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1591841992?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=stemilsblo-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=15121&amp;creative=330641&amp;creativeASIN=1591841992">Back Of The Napkin</a><img style="border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.ca/e/ir?t=stemilsblo-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=15&amp;a=1591841992" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />.) So it appears the time has come and the stars are aligned to take a shot.  To be quite honest my idea is not the kind of stuff that will change the world but it might just change a few things for a few people.  And if I could do that, well that&#8217;s pretty good for starters.</p>
<div class="largeprint"><strong>My</strong> Five Ws (and one H)</div>
<p>In the interest of keeping things short and sweet, I&#8217;ll briefly blog about my Idea&#8217;s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Ws">Five Ws (and one H)</a>.  However, I&#8217;ll save the <strong>What</strong> entry for when there&#8217;s actually a piece of executable code for you to try for yourself.</p>
<div class="largeprint">Next up &#8211; <strong>Who</strong></div>
<p>My next post will discuss the Who decision-making part of my Idea.</p>
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