Rise & Shine - Best Motivational Video EVER!!

Rise & Shine video by Nike

Startup Quote for the Week

"Don’t worry about failure, you only have to be right once."

- Drew Houston, Dropbox

How to Bypass Long Security Lines at the Airport

Here is an interesting start-up (actually a company bought out of bankruptcy recently) that provides a great service for start-up founders who do a lot of traveling, and a great service for anyone who travels, for that matter.

The company is called CLEAR, which gives flyers the ability to just swipe their finger and CLEARcard to bypass the long lines at airport security. What a great idea!

You do need to register in person after you sign up with your passport, but once that is done, you are all set to go.

Would you like to get two months of service for free? Click on this special link:

http://refer.clearme.com/a/clk/5CXt70

The following is a video from the company's website:

Need a Free Non-Disclosure Agreement?

Many start-up businesses have information they want to remain confidential. But from time to time, information must be shared with outsiders; for example if you hire an independent contractor or enter into a joint venture with another business. In these cases, businesses use a non-disclosure agreement to protect their information.

A non-disclosure agreement is a legal contract between several parties that establishes the confidentiality of shared knowledge or materials and restricts third party access. In lay terms, business associates use non-disclosure agreements to make sure neither party is allowed to speak about or divulge covered aspects of the agreement to anyone else.

Non-disclosure agreements are generally used when two or more businesses or individuals chose to conduct some sort of business together or must share confidential information. In these cases it's important to make sure all privilege information is only shared with the appropriate people.

Need access to a free non-disclosure agreement? A blank sample is available from Harvard Business School here in the form of a pdf file.

Conversation with Jim Cramer about Crowdfunding

How Alley NYC and Rackspace Are Helping Startups

Check out this video of Alley NYC CEO Jason Saltzman and Rackspace CTO John Engates talking about how they are helping startups in New York City.

Micro Interview with James Altucher

James Altucher is an American hedge fund manager, author and blogger. He has founded or cofounded several companies, including Reset Inc. and StockPickr. His writing has been frequently published by a number of media outlets, including The Financial Times, TheStreet.com, TechCrunch and The Huffington Post. He has also published several books on investing. He maintains a blog at JamesAltucher.com where he discusses his experiences as an entrepreneur and his theories for success and happiness.

James Altucher is an advocate of the idea that Americans shouldn't send their kids to college and that they should never own a home. He believes that if one keeps physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually healthy, then all success can be found. Currently, he serves as Managing Director of Formula Capital. He has investments in Buddy Media, bit.ly, Ticketfly, CTera, Cancer Genetics, and several other companies.

This micro interview was conducted through Twitter.

Question: Top three industries to start a small business?

Altucher: internet marketing, social media marketing, shared economy search engine

Question: What is "shared economy search engine" in this response?

Altucher: i'd like to find a house and car and ping pong table in Miami in August. BAM! One site and i get all.

Altucher has several books worth reading that would be useful for entrepreneurs and those involved in or considering startups, including I Was Blind But Now I See: Time to Be Happy, How to Be the Luckiest Person Alive!, and Faq Me.

A micro interview is a very short concise to-the-point interview with no more than two or three questions and answers.