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Entrepreneurial Journey

Your Entrepreneurial Journey is Your Own

EricFisch
April 20, 2022

Let me share with you a few pieces of unsolicited advice I’ve heard over the years: “Never work for free, your time is valuable and you should be compensated.” Wrong.…

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Courage is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave

Courage is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave – A Book Review

EricFisch
November 19, 2021

I became a fan of author Ryan Holiday when I read “Stillness is the Key” – a book that profoundly influenced my life and introduced me to the philosophy of…

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Eric Fischgrund's first job

Career Lessons from the Flourtown Farmers Market Bagboy

EricFisch
April 19, 2021

The smell of oranges always makes me think of the Flourtown Farmers Market. No, it’s not because the smell of fresh-squeezed juice being sold by the market’s vendors filled my…

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Just a few thoughts on George Floyd and the protests that followed

George Floyd, protests and the things I think I think

EricFisch
May 31, 2020

I’m not writing this blog post because I think I’m important or because I think my opinions matter any more or less than those of the person standing next to…

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Empire of the Summer Moon

Book Review: Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

EricFisch
May 23, 2020

It’s May 1836 on the fringe of or perhaps just beyond American civilization west of the Mississippi. It is here that the dense woods of the eastern United States fall…

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Eric Fischgrund writes about team work and impact that brought down a drug lord

Book Review: Drug Warrior: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo and the Rise of America’s Opioid Crisis

EricFisch
June 30, 2019

“Drug Warrior: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo and the Rise of America’s Opioid Crisis” by Jack Riley, is more than just a book about a young DEA agent who…

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The USS Indianapolis: A Human Tale of Horror and Corruption

EricFisch
May 4, 2019

I read Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic at the recommendation of a tall, strange friend who text me “this story is the wildest sh*t I ever heard.” He…

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Book Review by Eric Fischgrund

A Callused Mind: Book Review of ‘Can’t Hurt Me’ by David Goggins

EricFisch
February 3, 2019

If you’ve ever read Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers and believe in data and probability, you know that the tales of the entrepreneur/musicians/athlete/politician that defied all odds and changed the course of…

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Book review

My First Book Review in Ten Years: The Long and Faraway Gone

EricFisch
January 6, 2019

This year I set some goals, including returning to some form of creative writing and reading more fiction novels, two activities I used to love. Between the daily, client-centric work that I…

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You Never Get Back from Copperhead Road: Memphis to Roanoke to Philadelphia

EricFisch
August 9, 2017

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. We were supposed to be in Columbus, OH. The largest city in Ohio. The home of the Blue Jackets. Simone Biles is from…

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A Ruined Black Tie Affair: El Paso to Austin

EricFisch
August 5, 2017

The road from El Paso to Austin is filled with many things such as heat, rocks, prairies, cactuses, more rocks, and rest stops that belong in the first season of True…

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Runnin’ Down A Dream: San Diego to El Paso

EricFisch
August 3, 2017

We were juiced. We packed the car early, chugged down some coffee, cleaned out the rest of the Doctor’s beach bungalow, and were ready to hit the road. Before leaving…

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