The similarities to Elixxir and my own earlier horribly obnoxious efforts are startling.
Clinton Cabney's MySpace page
There is an undercurrent here:
Perhaps the ADHD/Manic-depressive mindset sensing that it has something of some value, but wanting it to just materialize or manifest, throwing any braggart superlatives out there, hoping, praying for something to catch, but never taking the time and persistence to develop something from start up to realization, never able to focus long enough to write that well written, well researched book.
There is definitely a chance that someone else will see the potential and do all the work for you (it would be foolish to deny this possibility- foolish and resentful), but, for the most part, when entering niches without clear paths to success, and with multiple paths possible, it is the bootstrappers, who are early to market or who have something unique to offer, who most often succeed.
My plea to Mr. Cabney:
Don't wait for some company to come along and buy your plan. Enact it yourself. Take it as far as you can on your own and then, maybe, a larger company or VCs will take interest.
There are so many avenues, it is dizzying: product line, book, website, blog, guru-status, affiliate marketing, etc. etc.
Pick the one you feel most fluid and facile pursuing and pursue it sharply.
I offer this advice and root on the sidelines for I certainly do not have the follow through to follow it myself.
Personally, I think the slow steady incremental approach of Eva Victoria is the way to go. Go Eva!
Clinton Cabney at 40
Good luck, Mr. Cabney. You are definitely pretty young looking for 40 and, according to my better half beloved significant other, pretty good looking at that.
The absolute youngest claim is strong but perhaps necessary to stand out from the rest.
Last super quick note: resist the urge to post soft-focus, over exposed, too grainy, or too lo-res pics. Just bare your gleaming skin for the world to envy.
Interesting stuff.
Edited by paulthekind, 05 November 2008 - 12:36 AM.
