Ten Secrets of an Earlier Adopter Tech Entrepreneur

April 1st, 2007

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Posted in: Blog Bash Expert Posts

Expert: Chris Pirillo

#1 of 30

Can’t stay long. Too busy trying new things. That’s what being an early adopter is all about, I guess. We use sentence fragments. Quite often. Too often. We also come up with “top ten” lists that appeal to people who have short attention spans:

1. Watch trends – big ones, not just the ones the media tells you to watch.

2. Watch friends – personal ones, not just Ross and Rachel.

3. Ignore the echo chamber – once everybody starts talking about it, you’ve already missed your chance for being an early adopter.

4. Stay up late – you’ll get more work done after hours than you ever will during the middle of the day.

5. Sell to buy – don’t go out and get a new gadget until you’ve sold your old one.

6. Go to conferences – you can’t be a player unless you get out of the house and play.

7. Try something new – if you think your current set of tools is good enough, quit now.

8. Send feedback – tell producers what you like, and what you don’t like.

9. Leave ‘em hungry – don’t show all your cards.

Yeah, that’s nine. Want more? Cool. Subscribe to me. ;-)

14 Responses to “ Ten Secrets of an Earlier Adopter Tech Entrepreneur ”

1. 
   Jimmy Daniels » Chikita Blog Bash Says:
   April 1st, 2007 at 7:44 am

   [...] 4. Stay up late – you’ll get more work done after hours than you ever will during the middle of the day. Source: Ten Secrets of an Earlier Adopter Tech Entrepreneur [...]

2. 
   MB Chu Says:
   April 1st, 2007 at 12:36 pm

   Hey Chris .. you forgot to provide a link to your RSS feed. How do we subscribe ?

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   Sunday Night TopRank Roundup » Online Marketing Blog Says:
   April 1st, 2007 at 11:38 pm

   [...] Chitika Blog Bash started today with Chris Pirillo’s post, “10 Tech Secrets of an Earlier Adopter Tech Entreprenuer“. “30 days and 30 expert bloggers” says the promo copy. Other bloggers scheduled to contribute include Darren Rowse, Aaron Wall, Chris Batty from Gizmodo and myself. [...]

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   Sunday Night TopRank Roundup Says:
   April 2nd, 2007 at 1:38 am

   [...] Chitika Blog Bash started today with Chris Pirillo’s post, “10 Tech Secrets of an Earlier Adopter Tech Entreprenuer“. “30 days and 30 expert bloggers” says the promo copy. Other bloggers scheduled to contribute include Darren Rowse, Aaron Wall, Chris Batty from Gizmodo and myself. [...]

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   Chitika’s Blog Bash - 30 Expert Bloggers for the Next 30 Days at WPThemesPlugin.com - Wordpress Themes | Plugins | Blog Tools | Interviews | Make Money Says:
   April 2nd, 2007 at 7:19 pm

   [...] Yesterday Chitika kicked off the Chitika Blog Bash with a post from Chris Pirillo of LockerGnome.com, Chris posted about Ten Secrets of an Earlier Adopter Tech Entrepreneur. [...]

6. 
   Quang Says:
   April 3rd, 2007 at 5:01 am

   You can get his FeedBurner url here: http://feed.lockergnome.com/nexus/all

   Love the one about staying up Late at Night… So that’s why all the coffee … Wonder if Chris stayed up late, while working at “Call for Help”…

7. 
   Chris Pirillo Says:
   April 3rd, 2007 at 5:42 am

   Chitika must’ve forgotten. :)

8. 
   Elimar Says:
   April 4th, 2007 at 8:46 pm

   I actually like point 2. That’s a good one. *grin*

9. 
   Nasir Says:
   April 14th, 2007 at 11:15 pm

   Cool Chris Pirillo, cool Chris Pirillo, cool Chris Pirillo…. (have to mention three times, right?)

   Where have you been? missed the good ol’ techtv…

10. 
    Jason Says:
    April 17th, 2007 at 3:17 pm

    yeah Chris; what have you been up to these days. Great post by the way. Oh Hail the Expert!!!

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    April 20th, 2007 at 5:18 pm

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    Whatever-ishere Says:
    November 21st, 2007 at 11:45 am

    thanks for the GREAT post! Very useful…

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