Topic: [ANN][NOTE]DNotes - Celebrating DNotes 3rd Birthday - Forum Now Open - page 5. (Read 814568 times)

One third of cash is in the hands of five US tech firms, and three quarters of it is held overseas.


A third of cash is held by 5 U.S. companies

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/05/20/third-cash-owned-5-us-companies/84640704/

The book looks incredible!  Very exciting times ahead at DNotes. 

Writing a book is a massive task, one that very few people have knowledge or stories worth sharing, or the capability to do so. It is great to see a photo of the hardcover and paper back copies.

We managed to get the different versions linked. Looks much better now.
http://amzn.to/1OQFEG6

Amazing it is. This is a giant step forward for DNotes and a big helping hand for those entrepreneurs who have yet to achieve their objectives, including anyone whose business still has room for dramatic improvement. This book should prove thoughtful, insightful, helpful, and invaluable - an amazing entrepreneur handbook and guide to business success. I have given it all I got, in the writing of this book and I rest my case, trusting that I have delivered "the best in class," with the help and devotion of my team, of course. Thank you all for your support and encouragement.   

It looks AMAZING

Bitcoin Weekly Recap 5-20-2016

Russian Anti-Bitcoin Proposal Withdrawn
Canadian Judge Dismissed $500 Million MtGox Class Action
Hacker Steals Bitcoin; Gives it Away to Fight Terror
Mycelium Crowdsale Raises More Than $2 Million
Fake Hacker Convicted of Bitcoin Extortion of Mitt Romney

http://dcebrief.com/bitcoin-weekly-recap-5-20-2016/

Thanks for your confidence and support, TeeGee. Indeed, it may be hard for most people to see it that way, but DNotes is outgrowing its first shell. Beginning July 1st we will start focusing on some major developments of the DNotes blockchain, payment system and other technologies. As always, we will be focusing on our next project like a laser beam. Our time will become immensely precious and must be used wisely. We will be making significant adjustment in our communication with our supporters. It will impact this forum.

As you may know, the book has been officially published and available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle on Amazon and other fine retailers worldwide. All indications are that it is very well received. Expect some major book reviews in five to six weeks. Extremely promising so far. Thank you all for your support and encouragement. It is a significant accomplishment to be proud of.

I agree - it is about time industry moved away from these names like "Bit....; Bit.....', Coin...., Xcoin... etc"

The new model will hopefully draw in many of the more traditional currency traders. The addition of ethereum is great news, and in short time, DNotes will be one. I'm certainly looking forward to helping with the second half of 2016. In one months time I'm going to have a lot more free time once uni is completed. The technological advancements will be crucial, especially given an initial limited budget.

It will not be too long I think til DNotes will outgrow its first shell, though the lobster must be safe and in a good position to do so.

That is a smart move.

Wow, that is impressive.

Coinbase is rebranding to the Global Digital Asset Exchange (GDAX), adding Etherum, and keeping watch on other cryptocurrencies.


http://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-exchange-rebrand-ethereum-trading/

Wow. It has taken that many years for the truth to come out.

The 2012 LinkedIn data breach is now thought to include the data of 100 million users, not the 6.5 million originally reported. Over 2 million of the passwords consist of the easily guessed options like 123456 (753,305 people have this password), linkedin (172,523 people)... 


LinkedIn breach affected more than 100 million users, site confirms

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/consumer-security/linkedin-breach-affected-more-than-100-million-users-site-confirms-20160518-goyh68.html?

We made a business decision to end the Kickstarter campaign for a number of reasons. First, we were clearly not getting the level of support that we had hoped. The second was an easy call. The book got published in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle with multiple publishers and worldwide distribution way ahead of our projected schedule. Treat this as a pleasant surprise and not a setback. We have been incredibly well positioned to react at the flip of a switch and adjusted to our best interest and that of our supporters.

We are already deep into our second phase - promoting the book globally and getting major book reviews. We are well on our way but it will take 5 to 8 weeks before we see published results. We trust that in the meantime we will be getting reviews from the consumers. If you are in the position to do so, purchase a copy of the book in any format. Give the book an objective review after you have a chance to read it. As always, your support is very much appreciated. Thank you. 

Hey just come to ask what happen with kickstarter because say was canceled 1 day ago and surprise book is out ! 

Congrats !!

Always strive to be the Best in Class:

No company ever becomes the best in class by accident. You have to position your business to achieve that status, and that is a mission of such size and scope that you simply cannot accomplish it without implementing winning strategies. All of this represents the type of serious commitment that will require the utmost focus, discipline, patience, persistence, tenacity, and leadership skills if you are to be successful. And yes, those are the principles and traits that Jim Collins identified in his book “Good to Great.” He found them all in abundance among level 5 leaders, and referred to this philosophy of duality as the Stockdale Paradox - a reference to the late Vice Admiral James Stockdale’s coping strategy during his imprisonment in a POW camp during the Vietnam War.

Stockdale had described the mental state that it took to survive the camps as one that recognized the importance of acknowledging your current challenges while still maintaining the focus, discipline, patience, persistence, and tenacity needed to maintain faith in your own vision for success.

That is the essential trait of leadership that is all too often lacking in the business world today. It is a principle that recognizes that leaders choose to accept the blunt and brutal facts of their reality, but never lose sight of their belief that the right team and strategy, skillfully executed, can ensure that they prevail when all is said and done.

In business, many fail to meet their goals because they never build the type of foundation that provides them with the complete package they need for success. The ability and discipline to focus on all of the things that matter, along with the passion to excel in every single department, function, and business activity, is absolutely critical for ensuring that you have the optimum opportunity for business success. You cannot afford to let yourself be blindsided by overconfidence due to a misguided faith in your ability to excel in just one or two skill sets - or hope that superiority in those areas will somehow mask your mediocrity in every other area.

It doesn’t really matter if you believe that you have tried your best, or that you have worked hard to do your part. When others on your team fail to bring their skill sets to bear in a way that helps you to excel in every area of your business, then you leave yourself open to failure. One or two areas of competency are not enough to succeed; the true measure of your competitive superiority can only be found in the total of all of your scores.

Everything is interrelated. It might seem as though poor performance in one area of your business is isolated to that function, but that is simply not the case. Poor performance in one aspect of your business degrades performance everywhere else. It means that when you are weak in certain areas of your company’s operations, your scores are not only lower in those areas but they impact the scores of other areas as well. Ultimately, that causes your overall business performance score to suffer.

Remember, your business is a complete system. Every subsystem within your company either helps or harms every other subsystem. All of those components or subsystems have an impact on the output and performance of every business function and the business as a whole. When there is weakness in any area, the business is weaker than it should be. Components that fail to perform at peak levels tend to bring down the performance of other components, and the overall impact is magnified in proportion to the total number of interdependent parts at work within the system. Moreover, the more complex the system is, the more impact each individual component has on the entirety of the company.

Complexity increases interdependence, and magnifies the impact any given component has, whether for good or ill. When components operate at peak performance, greater productivity and positive benefits can be enjoyed. When there are weaknesses, the exact opposite is true.

It can sometimes be hard to envision just how important it is to deliver a complete package, but there is an example that can offer some illumination on the subject. Just think about your favorite talent show or sports competition where winners are determined by a panel of judges, with the total scores from eight different criteria used to make that decision. A competitor who scores 10 out of 10 in two categories, but who has mediocre scores of 7 of 10 in the other six categories will ultimately lose out to the competitor who manages to score 8 of 10 across all eight categories.

And so it is with the world of business. Being the best in class in every category is always a winning strategy whenever it is tried. To be the best in class, you have to realize that everything matters, though there are always a few that matter a lot more than others. The most important of them all are the four pillars of business success; you, your great ideas, your employees, and your customers. Focus on them to improve your odds of business success.

Stay tuned for more:
Please join me in my quest to get the word out. The book is now available:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0692718877/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=&sr=

For more about the book including chapter summation visit:https://fourpillarsofbusinesssuccess.com/

http://dcebrief.com/visa-turns-to-blockchain-development/

Sometimes, one has to sell to clear "log jammed" in order to get things moving. We thank you and others for those efforts.

C-Cex is a good exchange. I hope it will eventually get more support from our industry.

Woo hoo! Have scraped up a bit of Bitcoin for C-CEX trading. Although Dyna forgave me for selling Dnotes (to trade), it's our strict rule that we only trade a crypto if we buy more than we sell -- perhaps only a pinch; but it's the difference between 'empty' trading, which is ultimately injurious to a coin, and a defensible form of trading.

So, if both Safecex and Yobit are . . . ahem . . . under a cloud, then C-CEX is the place to add a little volume to Dnotes.

Mark