Not since reading Crush It! in January have I been this passionately enthusiastic. Today, I listened to an audio interview of Seth Godin that's part of my Captured Mind newsletter subscription (not an affiliate link). Artists are the linchpins of our new giving economy. Artists, Seth explained, … [Read more...]
Pick Yourself Back Up
Each day of your life you are going to have small stumbles and sometimes big falls. In your personal life and your professional life you will make mistakes, it's inevitable. None of us, not any single one, is perfect. You woke up this morning and all the rest of it can be fixed. Think about that, … [Read more...]
Amazing Content Means Taking a Stand
During the #unGeeked conference last week I was able to capture Scott Stratten (@unmarketing on Twitter) thoughts on the craziness of book endorsements. Scott takes a stand. Here we have a man about to have his first book published and he takes on the publishing establishment by having a whole … [Read more...]
Self Publishing made easy with Phil Gerbyshak
At some point most bloggers think about two things, writing an eBook and self publishing a real book. You know the kind with paper pages and ink and all that. Here in 90 seconds, three time self published Phil Gerbyshak addresses both eBook creation and self publishing. I am going to be following … [Read more...]
A Twitter Tale of Two Scotts
Yesterday Scott Stratten made a comment during his #unGeeked presentation, he got on Twitter to meet other awesome business people. Catch that? The guy with forty some thousand followers on Twitter did not get on to sell you something. He got on to network. I got on Twitter for a different reason … [Read more...]
Find the fun
Find the fun in everything you do. Life is just that simple. For months now I've been watching the people around me I consider most successful. They laugh, they smile, they joke about almost everything. Yes, even the serious stuff. Yesterday the 10-12 hours a day I work and the ever increasing … [Read more...]
Selling Dreams – Vimeo Video and Slide Deck
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of speaking to the Milwaukee PHP User Group about selling dreams which is what solutions based software companies (like mine ColorMetrix) do. It was fun to have my business partner Michael Litscher there to interject his thoughts about some of the selling dreams … [Read more...]
Selling the Dream – Live Event with Me
Tomorrow (April 27th 2010) I am presenting a talk about selling the dream for the Milwaukee PHP User Group. The meeting is open to all interested parties and will be held at the very cool new home of Bucketworks. Since I don't believe in coincidences, I knew there was a reason Justin Kownacki … [Read more...]
The Help Others Manifesto
In my life, acts of kindness and giving back have always yielded unexpected rewards. Sometimes the rewards came years later. From A Business Perspective Until 2005 ColorMetrix hosted a meeting for our users in Las Vegas. The financial objective of the meeting was always the same, break-even. The … [Read more...]
Start-up is a mentality not a business stage
A few days ago while reading Rework I thought about something a professor said while I was getting my MBA and then threw it out there as a Tweet. The tweet grew legs and was retweeted and then discussed a bit. I love it when my friends on Twitter decide the topics of blog posts for me - thanks … [Read more...]
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