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[[Someone with wild hair, wearing a 2-piece suit, talks animatedly to someone in a top hat and a 3-piece suit, who is looking at his pocket watch.]]
Someone with Wild Hair: Everything in the marketplace is so boring, so predictable! The public is hungry for something *fresh* and *unusual*! Not lowest-common-denominator *dreck*!

Someone with Wild Hair: I thought “What do I need? What can *my* personal artistic vision realize uniquely?” And I *did* it! Followed my *gut*!
Someone in Top Hat: Artisinal shoelaces infused with the ground-up dust of your birthstone.
Someone with Wild Hair: To *attract* potential *mates*!

[[Close in on Someone with Wild Hair]]
Someone with Wild Hair: Fifty bucks a pair. But *so* worth it! Entrepreneurship really *can* be the province of everyone! *I’ve* never been to school, never taken a business class in my life! *But I believe in this!*

One bankruptcy later
[[Someone with Wild Hair stands alone in a less animated pose.]]
Someone with Wild Hair: I guess *one* business class would have helped

{{header: invented by WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: of all the great ideas he has had for businesses, this one is…TIED for first place}}

#909; In which a Business is born transcribed by in

[[Someone with wild hair, wearing a 2-piece suit, talks animatedly to someone in a top hat and a 3-piece suit, who is looking at his pocket watch.]]
Someone with Wild Hair: Everything in the marketplace is so boring, so predictable! The public is hungry for something *fresh* and *unusual*! Not lowest-common-denominator *dreck*!

Someone with Wild Hair: I thought "What do I need? What can *my* personal artistic vision realize uniquely?" And I *did* it! Followed my *gut*!
Someone in Top Hat: Artisinal shoelaces infused with the ground-up dust of your birthstone.
Someone with Wild Hair: To *attract* potential *mates*!

[[Close in on Someone with Wild Hair]]
Someone with Wild Hair: Fifty bucks a pair. But *so* worth it! Entrepreneurship really *can* be the province of everyone! *I've* never been to school, never taken a business class in my life! *But I believe in this!*

One bankruptcy later
[[Someone with Wild Hair stands alone in a less animated pose.]]
Someone with Wild Hair: I guess *one* business class would have helped

{{header: invented by WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: of all the great ideas he has had for businesses, this one is...TIED for first place}}

of all the great ideas he has had for businesses, this one is...TIED for first place

#909; In which a Business is born

  — February 1st, 2013

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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