Here is the presentation I did for The Combine 2010. More discussion around failure.

1. Your Mom is A Failure
How Not To Lose in a Failure Filled World
The Combine 2010
September 9 - 11, 2010

2. Disclaimer:
Mike told me to not use words like crap or damn.
I told him to go fuck himself.
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3. “The mass of men
lead lives of quiet
desperation.”
- Henry David Thoreau
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4. Famous Failures
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5. Failure is a Process.
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6. 37signals - Rework. Buy it from Amazon
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7. Losing is an Ending.
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8. Famous Failures
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9. What’s Worse?
Total Failure
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10. What’s Worse?
Born Loser
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11. What’s Worse?
Total Failure
Born Loser
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12. What White People Really Like
Source: OkCupid - September 8, 2010
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13. Is Failing in our DNA?
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14. Mom.
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15. If at first you don’t
succeed...
try, try again.
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16. How to fail.
In 3 easy steps.
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17. Step 1: Understand.
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18. Step 2: Measure.
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19. Step 3: Anticipation
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20. How to Succeed Through Failure
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21. 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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