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005 PC Podcast: Interview with Matthew Warner from flockNote

Dean Soto \ July 29th, 2010 \ Career, Featured, Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | Download If you are involved with Catholic social media, then you will love this interview. This episode features Matthew Warner, the creator of flockNote and the author of the blog Fallible Blogma. We discuss how a father, husband, and Catholic managed to become an entrepreneur and create a valuable [...]

catholic, catholic church, catholic organizations, catholic social media, christian theology, christianity, communicate, ecclesiology, matt warner, organization, parish, parishes, social media, stay connected

Episode #12: DVD Giveaway to Start Your Passion

Dean Soto \ November 25th, 2009 \ Career, Videos

Okay all of you awesome Catholics out there. The Church needs you, and the world needs you to get out there and start talking about your passion. We are all designed by God for a specific purpose, and there are too many non-Catholics out there that are leaving us in the dust when it comes to living out our purpose. We need Catholics out there that are not afraid to do what they were made to do. As I’ve said many times before, not all of us were made to be theologians, but all of us were given special talents from God – and now is the time to start using them and get a free DVD (and possibly a book) at the same time!

blog, blogging, Catholic Entrepreneurs, christian, entrepreneur

Book Review: Escape from Cubicle Nation

Dean Soto \ November 4th, 2009 \ Career

Wow, I had a few paragraphs written about this book already and the – BOOM! – my browser crashed and I lost everything. Maybe that was a sign from God that my original review was pretty crappy. Well, first off I want to say that I finished this book about a month ago. Usually I don’t wait that long to do a book review, but there were a lot of suggestions and tips from the author that I wanted to verify actually worked or at least had some value.

Business, Career, Catholic Entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, self employment

How to Build Your Small Business Infrastructure on the Cheap

Dean Soto \ October 29th, 2009 \ Career

A lot of small businesses nowadays feel that they have to go big with the latest and greatest technologies. The problem is that much of the “latest and greatest” technologies are really just expensive and don’t provide the bang for your buck that many open source and web-based products provide. The sad thing is that, if you start off on the wrong foot in developing your technology infrastructure, it could mean big money down the road. Fortunately, open source technologies have made a huge leap in the last couple of years, and if you own a small business that means you have more ways to save money so you can focus on more important things.

custom web design, open source software, open source technologies, small business network, ways to save money, web based products

FreshBooks: An Entrepreneur’s Best Friend

Dean Soto \ October 28th, 2009 \ Career

I’ve had my own IT consulting business for a couple of months now. It’s called Pro Sulum, LLC, and right off the bat I was able to make a good impression to multiple customers. Aside from trying to be the best at what I do, and save my customers as much money as possible on their technology needs (or wants), what really made a big impact is the fact that they were able to do business (from start to finish) with me through the web. This was made possible through FreshBooks, a fast and simple invoicing and time tracking services that help you manage your business.

Catholic Entrepreneurs, consulting business, entrepreneur, estimates, freshbooks, invoicing

In This Economy, People Need You to Invest in Them

Dean Soto \ October 21st, 2009 \ Career

Video runtime: 4 1/2 minutes.

Although the media has been alluding to the idea that the economy is turning upward, the continual rise of unemployment seems to paint a different picture. However, this post is not a political one. This article is a call for help, and you are the only person that can answer that call. Are you sick of me telling you that you need to use your God-given talents to save the Church? Well, guess what… I am sick of saying it! But if you are tired of my ideas on how to tithe your time, what if I were to ask you to use your talents to save your neighbor’s life?

Business, Career, charity, Education, Ministry, natural talents, small business, talent, Work

Confessions of a Clueless Entrepreneur

Dean Soto \ October 7th, 2009 \ Career

So for the past 3 months, my cousin Brett and I have been working on a web startup that we will be launching on November 1st of this year. Now, you are probably thinking, “wow, this guy is a GENIUS. Not only does he blog, he’s also starting a company that’s going to be HUGE!” Well, I don’t blame you for that reaction, but I have a confession to make: I have no idea what I am doing. Rather, I should say that I’ve never done this before, and although I have read many books on the subject of entrepreneurship, I have never created a venture like this. All I know is that I’ve spent a lot of money on something that could potentially fall flat on its face. Needless to say, I thought that I’d share my little project with you, and get some feedback as to whether you think my idea is the next Pet Rock, or a Jump to Conclusions Mat (for those who have never seen Office Space, it means a good idea or a bad one). This is my plea for your advice, whoever you may be.

Productive Catholic Book Review: Trust Agents

Dean Soto \ September 5th, 2009 \ Career

Originally, I was hesitant to do book reviews on this blog because I wasn’t sure if they were appropriate for it’s theme. But after reading Trust Agents, my tune was changed. In fact, this particular book – while its direct subject is not productivity – it indirectly teaches its readers to leverage social media to accomplish projects more efficiently than can ever be done otherwise. For that, I thought it necessary to write about it.

Career, communication, entrepreneur, network, Productivity, Social, social networking, social networking sites

5 Catholic Social Networking Sites That You Should Know About

Dean Soto \ August 24th, 2009 \ Career

Social networking is the quickly becoming the premiere means of developing strong and communicative groups that would otherwise be unable to function on a large scale. Unfortunately, not everyone is jumping on the web 2.0 bandwagon as quickly as they should (Catholic Church… I’m looking in your direction…). While it may be forgivable for a parish to not have an up-to-date website, it is simply a sin not to take advantage web 2.0 phenomenon. Fortunately, there are some fantastic Catholics out there that realize the importance of modern communication as a means of evangelization and fellowship. Here are 5 blossoming Catholic social networking sites that you should check out right now!

Career, catholic church, catholic community, catholics, communication, Community, evangelization, faith, network, Social, social networking, social networking sites

8 Catholic and Not-So-Catholic Sites for a Free Education

Dean Soto \ August 17th, 2009 \ Career

Education has always been an integral part of the Church since its creation. Now, before you get all uppity and retort with something like, “yeah, whatever! The Catholic Church repressed Galileo and . . . blah blah” just humor me when I say that the Church is really a friend of education and not its oppressor. I think that the Catholic Encyclopedia at newadvent.com says it best when they assert “This history of education records no greater undertaking; for the task was not one of improving or perfecting, but of creating and had not the Church gone vigorously about her work, modern civilization would have been retarded for centuries.” (I love that quote. Yes it’s real).

catholic education, catholic home study, Education, history of education, importance of education, online learning, school, scripture study

Episode #12: DVD Giveaway to Start Your Passion

Book Review: Escape from Cubicle Nation

How to Build Your Small Business Infrastructure on the Cheap

FreshBooks: An Entrepreneur’s Best Friend

In This Economy, People Need You to Invest in Them

Confessions of a Clueless Entrepreneur

8 Catholic and Not-So-Catholic Sites for a Free Education

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