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	<title>The Startup Spouses</title>
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	<description>husband-and-wife small business blog</description>
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		<title>Working on the Weekends</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Miffitt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[weekend productivity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of working for the weekend, we find ourselves working on the weekends. It just seems to be the time we&#8217;re able to get the most done. And work seems more fun on the weekend. During the week, Kris is focused on his day job and has trouble changing gears; I struggle with working alone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Gets in the Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Miffitt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[getting things done]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[personal growth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had an appointment today for a physical, which I haven&#8217;t done in over three years. As I waited in the waiting room and then the exam room for two hours, I had plenty of time to think about how life&#8217;s necessities get in the way of work. This week, in general, I lost a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Couplepreneurship: Three Month Review</title>
		<link>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/progress/three-month-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Miffitt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[couplepreneurship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[couples working together]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[husband and wife business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s officially been three months since we started working on our own. We decided that even the self-employed should not be immune to the quarterly review, so we took a cold, hard look at our progress so far. And, yes, we did need drinks after.
Overall, we&#8217;ve learned a lot, made some measurable progress, didn&#8217;t get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Hassled</title>
		<link>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/business-resources/get-hassled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Miffitt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[behavior modification]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[email reminders]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[reminders]]></category>

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A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon a site called Hassle Me, a service that will email a reminder to you at &#8220;semi-unpredictable&#8221;  intervals.  I was intrigued by the semi-unpredictable part,  because  studies in behaviorism suggest that variable ratio (think slot-machines) and variable interval (think pop quizzes) schedules of reinforcement have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As American As The Pet Rock</title>
		<link>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/ideation/american-pet-rock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/ideation/american-pet-rock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Keimig</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ideation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[american dream]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[american ideals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pet rock]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[quality control]]></category>

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Have you ever owned a pet rock?





My bet is no. So why is it that everyone in America has heard about the brilliance of the pet rock, but yet none of us has ever owned one? Why is the idea of the pet rock more American than apple pie? What you first have to understand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gen X vs. Gen Y Entrepreneurs Face-Off, Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/young-entrepreneurs/gen-x-gen-y-entrepreneurs-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/young-entrepreneurs/gen-x-gen-y-entrepreneurs-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Miffitt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Young Entrepreneurs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gen x entrepreneurs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gen y entrepreneurs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[work experience]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, I attempted to wage a battle between Gen X and Gen Y entrepreneurs, a largely unfounded one it turns out. What I uncovered, though, is that my question had less to do with age and the ambiguous borders of Gen X and Gen Y, but more to do with the value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gen X vs. Gen Y Entrepreneurs Face-Off, Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/young-entrepreneurs/gen-x-gen-y-entrepreneurs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/young-entrepreneurs/gen-x-gen-y-entrepreneurs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Miffitt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Young Entrepreneurs]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Gen X entrepreneur]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gen Y]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gen Y entrepreneur]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I are attempting to start our own business just as we are about to hit the big 3-0. So as a late-twenty something in a decade that has seen many entrepreneurs in their teens and early twenties, I feel almost ancient as I begin. I question the value of working in more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Anxiety</title>
		<link>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/marketing-social-networking/blog-anxiety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/marketing-social-networking/blog-anxiety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Miffitt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing/Social Networking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[blog anxiety]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>

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Dear Blog,
 Please forgive me. It’s been 3 days since my last post. I feel terribly guilty for all the inactivity. 
 






Given the prevalence of anxiety in our society and the inevitability of big pharma cashing in on it, I’ve gone ahead and made an ad for them. I hope they get through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What To Do With A Mediocre Work Day</title>
		<link>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/productivity/mediocre-work-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/productivity/mediocre-work-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Miffitt</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[self-employed]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[workdays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are days when you&#8217;re just not feeling it - you&#8217;re tired, unfocused, inefficient, bored. In the business world, these days are called Fridays. In an office environment, these Fridays can make any worker feel like a kid on a long car ride: you&#8217;re strangely optimistic about what will happen when it ends, but the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Cost of Bootstrapping</title>
		<link>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/bootstrapping/real-cost-of-bootstrapping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestartupspouses.com/bootstrapping/real-cost-of-bootstrapping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Keimig</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Bootstrapping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[startup costs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How many times have you told yourself that if you only had a few extra hours in the week that you could start your own business? How many times have you seen money and opportunity squandered at other companies and thought “if I only had a business…”? Well you know what? I wonder if it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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