At some point when we hit adulthood or career-hood, we stop thinking about developing ourselves. It could be from the feeling of having all of our emotional and social needs met – like being in a cozy relationship with someone, or loving our co-workers and what we do at work, or loving being a full-time parent. Whatever the reason, […]
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The Truth about Project Management
Once upon a time, I was a project manager. At the time, I had to learn on the job because the whole Internet things was that new. We were all reading Idiot’s guides to Project Management or maybe taking the coveted PMP certification. It was one part organizational skills and one part technical skills. And […]
Idea Factory, Volume One
I have a secret and brilliant idea that I’d love for someone to take on. Are you ready? With SXSW in Austin, why not create a local Bumbershoot music/tech fest of sorts? I’d love it here. I don’t want to go to Austin UNLESS we are unveiling our latest coolest gadget. But short of being an […]
New Year’s Reflections
2014 has been quite a year. A year of new. New company developments for both companies. New clients and new relationships within existing clients. New Product ideas – with so little time to focus. And new partnership learnings, how we work together and let culture drive our business without getting in the way of our […]
No bad start up ideas
I was at Whole Foods tonight staring at an endcap (end of the aisle) filled with product really similar to what a group of us is working on. I was sort of awe-struck by three things. 1. Here it was. Our idea. Beautifully executed. 2. Whoa, they want to charge that much? 3. This is […]
How (maybe?) to hire your first employee
Today I met with a person who I really, really want to hire for my business. He would be the first real employee, so this is a big deal, and a big leap for me. (I’ve been thinking about expanding for over three years!) The problem is, I can’t hire him right now. I need […]
Giving your Skills a New Voice
Let’s face it. From the time we are very young and into our 20’s, we are aspiring to be “all grown up”. We watch what others do, listen to what they say, observe how they behave. We learn from our environment including peers, mentors, parents. We look for our voice in the world. Who we […]
Making Positive Change
I ran into an old acquaintance today – somebody whom we had considered among our “coopetition” within a specific industry back in 2003. He recently (within a year) experienced a tragedy when his wife passed away from cancer. I could tell he was still bereaving. And I couldn’t imagine how this unexpected change effected his […]
Winning your Break Up
I was listening to a program on the radio today which sent me to Forbes.com. A woman, Fancy Frenchwood, published her letter of resignation in all of it’s emotional honesty and glory. Later this evening, I was watching an episode of How I Met Your Mother about who won the relationship break up. Was it […]
I REALLY want to do this!
Hi folks. Agent S here. You haven’t heard from me for a while. Why? Because remember when I said I was nervous about pursuing some great new ideas for my business? Well, I did it, I’m doing it, and I’m LOVING it! The creative is done, the product is nearly complete. And now I’m doing the […]
