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PalmPreBlog.com The Palm Pre goes there with this video...Very Funny you win!

Above is a funny video staring Roger McNamee who is a major financial investor in Palm. In the video, McNamee has been chosen to be the official Pre spokesperson and goes on to make some completely ridiculous claims - or are they? Apparently the Pre responds to your emails before you even get them, qualifies you for a TARP bailout and causes you to lose 30 pounds. I better start camping outside the Sprint store for one tomorrow.

Text from their blog.

Check out the blog at palmpreblog.com

David Kamatoy is a Juggler on several levels. Currently Professional Juggler Comedian, Blogger, Music Producer , Video Director/Producer, etc. The Kamatoy Media Group is helping companies bridge the gap between social media and traditional advertising with Email Marketing using Jugglemail.com (Get a FREE TRIAL account) and more. If your interested please contact us immediately. Current Clients and Projects include NoMoreGeysers.com, and TheAirGorillaBlog.com.

David Kamatoy Show National Hardware Show 09: No More Geysers,Bladerunner, Hydroworks Webisode 1

Las Vegas, NV- www.davidkamatoy.com visits the National Hardware Show 09 with Chris Eader, www.nomoregeysers.com Darell Hinkley, Bladerunner and Jim Coretti, Hydroworks. Bladerunner won the Editors Choice Award from Popular Mechanics as well as the Retailers Choice Award. Music by Tony Woodroffe.

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David Kamatoy is a Juggler on several levels. Currently Professional Juggler Comedian, Blogger, Music Producer , Video Director/Producer, etc. The Kamatoy Media Group is helping companies bridge the gap between social media and traditional advertising with Email Marketing using Jugglemail.com (Get a FREE TRIAL account) and more. If your interested please contact us immediately. Current Clients and Projects include NoMoreGeysers.com, and TheAirGorillaBlog.com.

CNNMoney.com asks the question, SBA ARC Emergency loans: Will banks play ball? What if I need more money? What if my credit SUCKS?

CNNMOney.com's Emily Maltby, asks one of the better questions in her article that can be read here...

The Small Business Administration will soon launch an emergency loan program for businesses burdened by debt, but potential lenders want more details before they commit to participating.

Here is my hit on it.

1. Great First Move from the administration!
    a. The loan is just enough to help a small business. You can catch up a bit and negotiate with $35,000
    b. It's guaranteed by the SBA. The idea being that this type of loan will begin to start the relationship building between businesses and banks.

2. BAD: Doesn't address BAD CREDIT
    a. The joke in the banking community is...

"Banks are more willing to lend you money when you don't need it!"

    b. What about those of us who went to the wall in the last year and destroyed our credit in the process? This addresses good credit and not a good business.

I could have a 750 with a horrible business and get a loan. While a person with a great business and horrible credit doesn't get a loan and then basically gets destroyed.  THIS IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO

3. What's Next?
    a. What if the company needs additional funding?
    b. Will the banks start the process of working with companies to get projects funding in the right direction?
 
One of the challenges of archetypes of entrepreneurs is that we have a limited amount of time in one day and we have tendency to do a little bit of everything. The problem with that is when you decide to fund something like this.You usually go to known source. The problem , what if that known source really doesn't know how to get you funded.

You may feel great about working with the person at the bank. Your personal banker but they may not know JACK. FEEL GOOD NO MONEY!

So start shopping. Do some due diligence on the the subject and start entertaining different viable options including...

* Bank Loans
* SBA Loans
* Private Loans
* Private Investors

This is one of those instances where you do need to put a lot of irons in the fire. Especially in this economy. If it's a viable and profitable  business most likely you can fund it. The challenge is finding the time to make funding a priority.

Businesses do not normally fail because they have too much funding
 it's usually the opposite.

Interested in a traditional SBA Loan then visit our good friend Craig Francis at www.SBALOANSTORE.com and please let him know that you came from DavidKamatoy.com

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Palm Pre Released on June 6th. Best Buy first to eat the $100 rebate

The technology world is all a glee with the newest smart phone from the ones that started it all Palm with the Palm Pre available on the Sprint Network. Best Buy is going to be offering an instant rebate versus the mail in rebate. Very Cool.

We have been really excited to get one of these damn things as I have always been a palm fan as previously noted on the blog.

I used to have a Handspring with an Omnisky Modem allowing me to send email from my Handspring and in addition I had a foldout full size keyboard so I could type like a real man.

Yeah I was on the cutting edge...

It's pretty amazing how things have changed and one thing is clear. This thing is poised to be a hit. I'm glad that the iphone has a competitor it makes the field a bit more interesting to say the least.

I look forward to working on this new phone and getting rid of the bulkiness of the Treo.

Great Phone. But I miss the the thin phones as well. Going to get one of those as well.

Success Tip: Don't let the 15th step stop you from the next step.

Do not allow the 15th step stop you from doing what's next. It's a simple lesson that I constantly need to remind myself of.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Lao-tzu

If you are not involved in a project the lesson from Lao-tzu is simple, "just start" which for a lot of us is easy because entrepreneurs and entertainers are by nature "starters."

The challenge becomes in the middle of the project or journey when you know just enough information to confuse you. You begin to self-doubt and limit your options based on information. Fear shows up because the reality is that you don't know clearly what is going to happen.

Questions and Fears may appear...

• But I don't have a business plan?
• I need a logo?
• Where am I going to get the 2 million to do that?
• I need this computer?
• I need that application?
• I need this training?

In addition because you are in the middle of the journey you most likely will have made some mistakes. Which may cause even more confusion.

Another part of the inferential lesson from Lao-tzu is that...

Don't let the 15th Step Stop you from taking the next step.
-David Kamatoy

I have allowed myself and I have witnessed a lot of projects stall simply because the project manager or team worried about a step that could not be addressed immediatly and so it stopped them from doing a next step.

Another challenge is not understanding the steps that are being taken and in deciding that the benefits of said step are not apparent will stop doing the next step.

While you in your own mind may justify this. Simply apply this model to LEARNING TO WALK. If you stopped because you felt uncomfortable then you would be crawling right now and not walking.  Apply this to any learned skill that we so easily take for granted and it starts to make perfect sense.

As an entreprneur, entertainer, self-motivated individual, human. We thrive on learning and mastering new skill sets, improving on our current skill sets. We are driven to be better. Whenever it doesn't make sense just think to yourself "Well, I learned to walk." "I learned to write." "I learned to read." "I learned to juggle."

Yet even with that specifc mindset in place. We often stop what we are doing because we don't have a simple tool that we dont even need yet.

One of keys of my training from IBI and B J Dohrmann was the simple mantra,"What's Next?" Continually asking yourself this question and then doing a specific task will help propel you in the right direction. Once you start moving in the right direction it's also a good idea to have a team or consultant make sure your doing the most efficent task at the correct time.

LESSON FROM THE JUGGLER: Make a list of the top 10 tasks that you have to do right now. Then organize them based on what is most important. Then organize them based on what you can actually do right now. Say aloud to yourself or have someone ask you, "What's Next?" THEN DO IT.

Social Networking: From Virtual to Real Relationships

San Diego,Ca- Stephanie Herrmann and the team at Rescue put together the "Tweetup" at the National Hardware Show. Essentially it was a networking session for the people that got to know each other online using Twitter at the National Hardware Show tagged as "#NHS09" on Twitter. While attendance was small real relationships were created.

It was a unique experience to get to know people virtually from twitter messages and blogs. Rapport seemed to happen quickly and there was a genuine desire to see if we could support each other.

"It's like online dating for entrepreneurs."

 One of the more confusing things about social networking is the ability to understand how it converts to a more traditional relationship. We see a lot of people treating Twitter like a FREE ADVERTISING space which while valid needs to me tempered with personal updates, tips, insights otherwise you will be treated like SPAM.

Getting your twitter connected to a blog or at least a landing page or contact page with an email is one of the best ways to help convert to a traditional relationship. In addition if you don't want your larger conversations searched by Google, it's best to do this.

At the point that it seems like an actual conversation further than 140 characters is needed. Request and send contact informtion or a landing page with that contact information listed. Remember to create your email address as a link not as searchable text on a page. That's the quickest way to be spammed.

Tip 1: Balance your messages from pitches,tips and personal updates.
Tip 2: Use Tweetdeck to turn Twitter into a more useable application.
Tip 3: Use a landing page or an about page with contact information to exchange contact info.

"When it seems right ask to have a real conversation or meeting that warrants more than a 140 character interaction."

David Kamatoy is a Juggler on several levels. Currently Professional Juggler Comedian, Blogger, Music Producer , Video Director/Producer, etc. The Kamatoy Media Group is helping companies bridge the gap between social media and traditional advertising with Email Marketing using Jugglemail.com (Get a FREE TRIAL account) and more. If your interested please contact us immediately. Current Clients and Projects include NoMoreGeysers.com, and TheAirGorillaBlog.com.

DavidKamatoy.com will be covering the No More Geysers Story along with other Entreprneurs at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, NV You get a true scope of what it takes to get a product to market when you walk into a trade show like this and you see established companies and products. Entrepreneurs from all over the world with some really fantastic products.

We'll be covering as much as we can while centering around the story of Chris Eader and the No More Geysers team. Steve Kovach and Scott Armstrong were the driving force behind taking a chance at the National Hardware Show.

While yes this is the place to be the actual scope of this show is HUGE. Imagine booths for every category of anything on the shelves of Home Depot and Lowes then multpliy that by 10.

You can see our coverage on NoMoreGeysersBlog.com

VideoBlog / Podcast / Viral video/ Tv It's a video people...

I love all these new terms it's basically "video". The format has changed, the production values are their own but essentially it's video. If I shot this on a $100 camera or a $10,000 camera the content will basically be the same.

That being said...

The first day of the National Hardware Show were just getting out footing. The booth has been set up. I'm about to post some media. But really the bulk of the editing will happen in the evening.

I'll post a few things and then back to media land....

Las Vegas, NV National Hardware Show

Just a quick Hi...

This week the blog will typed live from Las Vegas, NV where I will be covering the National Hardware Show. Our good friend Chris Eader will be there with his sales team to push the No More Geysers riser further into the marketplace. In addition I will be covering a few random travel experiences on TheAirGorillaBlog.com. We booked the hotel on AirGorilla and got a sweet deal.

This week were going to blog heavily and switch into different modalities as well. Twitter, Blogging, VideoBlogging and Podcasting. Were going to try to go to the web as quickly as we can this week. The goal is to use this to get into the swing of massive social media.

We will be covering

• New Products at the show
• The "No More Geysers Story"
• The use of social media at trade shows.
• Email Marketing
• The actual media presence here at the trade show
• Main Stream or Alternative?
• Entrepreneurs
• Travel Whacky Experiences..(We are in Vegas)
• And so much more.

Thanks for reading, watching and twittering. Please re-post, comment and have fun enjoying our long days doing the Entrepreneurial thing Vegas this week.