Matt Barrett did a review on his web site:

"We all have friends of varying degrees in different circles. Some are surface friends that compliment your clothes even when you look atrocious, and some are real friends that tell you when your breath smells or when your zipper is down. To all entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs, Barry Moltz is the latter. He unguardedly tells you exactly how tough it is going to be starting your own business. No candy coating it with what I, what we all, have come to expect from self help / start your own business and rule your own destiny books that line the shelves at the mega book stores."

Rain Today republishes my article on how a "done deal becomes a dead deal". According to their website, "RainToday.com is the premier online source for insight, advice, and tools for service business rainmakers, marketers, and leaders."

Gabcast from Alberta reads quotes from the book. I can’t wait to do the real audio for the book next month!

Peter Ireland revews the book. He says he did not really want to read it but surprisingly enjoyed it:

"Hear that, all you over-thinkers and procrastinators? They call it "paralysis through over-analysis" for good reason. Don’t let it kill your startup. The game is about moving the ball down the field and into the end-zone. Don’t worry how it looks. Whether you do it gracefully or awkwardly, the result is still a touch down. That’s all that matters in the end. So be a bright and surround yourself with more brights."

Mary Sullivan posts a review of the book:

"I found this book very refreshing. Most books about start-ups are busy being very professional (how-to books or how-I-did-it stories) and never treat the human issues addressed in this book. Notably, Moltz, in Chapter 2, warns us to beware of overstepping ethical lines in the pursuit of your dream. This is a highly unusual book for its openness and candor."

I will be on a "blog" vacation next week. Details to follow on Jan 23rd!

Kauffman’s new eventuring blog picked up my lesson on never spending alot of money up front on a logo! Check it out!

Josh Kerbel gives very real review to my book…what he liked and what he disagreed with on his blog, Doing Tha’ Deal. He has two reviews:

The first one he calls: "The Book I Wanted to Write":

"A perfect example of the fact that "Someone else has already stolen your idea"
A few weeks back I was asked to review the book "You Need to Be A Little Crazy: The Truth About Starting and Growing Your Business" by Barry Moltz.
And going against a promise I made to myself to never again read a "business book", I agreed.
I am currently about halfway through the book and for the most part, it was the book I wanted to write, except mine would have had a lot more profanity and grizzly details about the dynamics of business relationships.

The second entry is called, "Entrepreneurs Anonymous"

"I would like to tell you this book is kinda like "Chicken Soup for the entrepreneurial Soul" except for the fact that I believe book already exists and is probably full of heartwarming cheeseball anecdotes meant to warm the cockles of your heart and help you sleep at night (like the rest of those god awful hokey books). This book is more like "Bucket of Cold Water Dumped on You at 5:30 Am While You Are Sleeping".

Brandon at BizBookTalk has this to say about it:

"My favorite entrepreneurial quote from the book, which also could be a whole discussion by itself, was from a featured entrepreneur Dean Rutter on making the entrepreneurial plunge:

“One of my big lessons in life is if you are going to fail, fail at something you don’t mind failing at.”

First blogging. Then podcasting. Now vlogging.

Here are my annual new year’s resolutions in video format this year. Watch to see if I failed like I usually do at my annual resolutions!