<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:57:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@claytonm/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Personal questions you may hear more than once when fundraising]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first time I brought on investment was 2009. I was 22 and playing online poker Sit-and-Gos (SNGs) full time. I had a large enough sample size of games played with an okay ROI. Investors covered buyins]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/investing/@claytonm/personal-questions-you-may-hear-more-than-once-when-fundraising</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/investing/@claytonm/personal-questions-you-may-hear-more-than-once-when-fundraising</guid><category><![CDATA[investing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[claytonm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 18:28:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A not-so-good early adopter, but there may still be hope for others]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Hey, have you heard about bitcoin?” a friend asked me. I had, but only through online poker, where peers had mentioned the Seals with Clubs site; an online poker room which popped up after Black Friday,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@claytonm/a-not-so-good-early-adopter-but-there-may-still-be-hope-for-others</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@claytonm/a-not-so-good-early-adopter-but-there-may-still-be-hope-for-others</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[claytonm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:59:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Servant]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I want to have my own business so I can be my own boss.” I hear this quote roughly once a month, from someone eager to jump into entrepreneurship. When I dropped out of Iowa State in 2009, to dive headfirst]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/entrepreneurship/@claytonm/servant</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/entrepreneurship/@claytonm/servant</guid><category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[claytonm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2017 05:06:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Moment]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a chilly September night in 2014, I left boxing practice at State Gym, and made my way across the Iowa State campus to meet with a group of individuals for the first time. Prior to that meeting, I had]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/entrepreneurship/@claytonm/a-moment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/entrepreneurship/@claytonm/a-moment</guid><category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[claytonm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2017 05:18:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVg7yCLUGvoHDbdLgfZScXQcnbuJkP9Fpqv8e5Q9cJPLnd1sesyuV69J3N79VpUr7qqxQGHjsfpzPw8z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A short conversation, and a simple belief:]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was recently leaving a luncheon in Des Moines, when an individual approached me and started talking about business. After only 2 minutes of conversing, and with multiple interruptions to my answering]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@claytonm/a-short-conversation-and-a-simple-belief</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@claytonm/a-short-conversation-and-a-simple-belief</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[claytonm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2017 02:09:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burn the Boats]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I type this, I'm somewhere over the Atlantic at 35,000 feet. In front of me a man is complaining to his friend about letting some of his employees go. The complaining is targeted towards their inability]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@claytonm/burn-the-boats</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@claytonm/burn-the-boats</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[claytonm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:20:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K62fi2hA7iAGfYbVGRCWJgAKN85vdjA7iDkLQobaYbApjuzAUfSLzydFGkMoUrfkqGu9BZkWrULNfCbB4afG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Professional Background in Online Poker and Marketing Writing. Now Building Startups and Communities.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome! I'm Clayton Mooney, an Iowan who lived abroad before winding back up in Iowa. And I'm thankful I did. During my teens, I frequented numerous house games for poker, played the early days of online]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@claytonm/professional-background-in-online-poker-and-marketing-writing-now-building-startups-and-communities</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@claytonm/professional-background-in-online-poker-and-marketing-writing-now-building-startups-and-communities</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[claytonm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2017 02:47:42 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>