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Your Mom is A Failure
How Not To Lose in a Failure Filled World



The Combine 2010
September 9 - 11, 2010
Disclaimer:

Mike told me to not use words like crap or damn.


         I told him to go fuck himself.




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“The mass of men
lead lives of quiet
  desperation.”
          - Henry David Thoreau



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Famous Failures




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Failure is a Process.


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37signals - Rework. Buy it from Amazon


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Losing is an Ending.


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Famous Failures




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What’s Worse?




                              Total Failure


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What’s Worse?




                              Born Loser


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What’s Worse?


                              Total Failure


   
 
 
 
 
                  Born Loser
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What White People Really Like




                                Source: OkCupid - September 8, 2010


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Is Failing in our DNA?




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Mom.




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If at first you don’t
      succeed...
    try, try again.

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How to fail.

   In 3 easy steps.


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Step 1: Understand.




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Step 2: Measure.




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Step 3: Anticipation




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How to Succeed Through Failure




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Contact Info
               Micah Baldwin

                    @micah
         http://facebook.com/micahb
                 720-248-8499
     micah@graphicly.com EMAIL / GTALK
            micahb37 AIM / SKYPE
   408-945-8271 (My Failure Mom’s Number)



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