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Past Is Prologue As New Industries Emerge: It Ain’t Gonna Be Different
In 1933, baseball card collectors were frustrated. For some reason, they found it impossible to complete their Goudy Gum 240-card set. No matter how many packages of cards they purchased, they failed to find card number #106, which featured Napoleon Lajoie. Enterprising collectors who wrote Goudy...
Conforming To Your Customers’ Realities: Your Stakeholders’ Perceptions Matter
The man at left built the first personal computer. He also spearheaded a number of fundamental software breakthroughs, including creating the basic hardware / software architecture which resulted in the creation of the third-party personal computer (PC) software industry. If this gentleman was such a pivotal...
Limit… less: Ignore Limits – Focus On Opportunities
During the late 1800’s, American author Horatio Alger wrote 129 novels, most of which recount the deeds of impoverished young people who overcome their modest means to establish independent lives as self-sufficient, middle class citizens. Years after Alger created this new genre, it was derisively (and...
Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer
“I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.” John Wanamaker If Mr. Wanamaker had access to the Internet, his oft-repeated quote, would have never been uttered. In the “good old days”, pre- 1999, advertising dollars were largely...
Pour And Stir I – In Pursuit Of The Ideal Business Model
Note: This is Part I in a three-part series on The Perfect Business Model. Click here for Part II, and Part III Authentic, hand-crafted Persian rugs always include intentional imperfections. They are said to be, “Perfectly Imperfect, and Precisely Imprecise.” The same is true with many crafts and...
Sales Kids With Grit – Web 2.0 Paper Routes
What do Warren Buffet, Martin Luther King, John Wayne, Walt Disney, Harry Truman and Wayne Gretzky all have in common? In addition to all of them reaching the pinnacle of their chosen professions, they also all started their careers performing the same job. All of these extremely...
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China chastises Google days after CEO speaks
Minister of Industry and Information Technology says Google must obey law or "pay the consequences"Well, Eric Schmidt was right. Just two days ago, the Google CEO, speaking at a media conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, said that though "there is no specific time table" in regard to when...
GDC 10: A student, two unemployed, and a BART operator share their social gaming habitsI witnessed an interesting panel at GDC in San Francisco this week, in which four social gaming enthusiasts sat on stage and shared what it is exactly that keeps them hooked on one of those social...
Online video use continues to rise in U.S.
CNN, MSN and AOL seeing largest month-over-month gains, says NielsenNow a days, it feels like almost any major event aired on television will either be streamed online or clips will end up showing up all over YouTube. That's why if I miss an episode of say, my favorite show, "It's...
When's the best time to raise funds?
Advice on building a business from someone who sold $340M worth of companies before the age of 25Gurbaksh Chahal is all of 27-years-old, and he's already made a significant mark as an entrepreneur. At 18, he sold his first company, Click Agents, for $40 million to ValueClick. At 25, he...
Hearst pumps out 70 iPhone apps
"Unlike the web, we've always trained people that everything on the mobile device costs money."Steve Jobs thinks he can save media, and Hearst hopes he’s right. The publisher is pumping out iPhone apps—70 so far—that aggregate news around topics and celebrities with the aim of finding a revenue stream as...
Apple iPad now available for pre-order
Starting at 5:30 am Pacific, 8:30 Eastern, the ever-hyped Apple tablet can now be pre-orderedSadly, Apple's "magical and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price" won't be in anyone's hands until launch day, April 3. But that doesn't mean we can't enjoy the wonders and glory of ordering the much-hyped iPad...
entrepreMusings
Although I didn’t get in too late last night, I figured I’d wait until today and do a post about both days. For those who know me, I’m usually all about ‘the plan.’ I like to have a plan, know the plan, and resonate with the plan. Not having a...
Recent Entrepreneurial Events in Austin
What I want to do with this blog is evolving, but I’m pretty sure my posts will generally still fit my tag line of “babbling about business and parenthood.” Pretty much everything falls into those categories except for maybe marriage and love. But you can feel married to your business,...
High Tech Entrepreneur’s Raise Money for Haiti
A short, but important, interruption to my blogging break for the benefit of the earthquake victims in Haiti. The Entrepreneur’s Foundation of Central Texas is coordinating a fund raising effort among technology entrepreneur’s to raise money for the victims in Haiti. Even if you aren’t a technology entrepreneur or don’t...
Once In A Blue Moon – It’s Complicated
Last night, December 31, 2009, we had a blue moon. Most years have 12 full moons but every 2 to 3 years we have an extra full moon and it’s called a blue moon. We saw it coming back from the airport after a really nice visit with my cousin...
Contemplating A Blogging Break
I’m seriously considering a very long blogging break while I figure out what I want to be when I grow up. Or shall I say what I want this blog to be as it grows up. The posts have been kind of random lately…a bit out of focus like I...
Startup Advice from Dezmon Landers
Overcoming Failure and Preparing For Success
As human beings, it is in our nature to prepare for failure. From childhood all the way up until adulthood, we learn that failure is part of life. It is instilled in our minds that we must use failure as a learning experience all throughout life. But what if we...
How To Be The Exception And Not The Rule
As entrepreneurs, we have big dreams of what our startup companies could be. The nature of growing our businesses requires feedback from partners, investors, contractors and most importantly our customers. I’ve talked with other entrepreneurs about the feedback they received from the various types of people in or related to...
6 Ways To Look Like A Fortune 500 Company
Have you ever lost a prospective client because they didn’t feel comfortable with your company? I have and I would argue that most entrepreneurs have at some point. Unfortunately, this happens everyday to new businesses around the world and especially in the United States. By nature, humans are risk averse...
Why 50/50 Partnerships Aren’t Really Fair
Partnership is one of the most beautiful things about entrepreneurship. Like marriage, you are supposed to work together as one unit, offset each others weaknesses and step in when the other is unable. Unfortunately, no business runs perfectly forever and when times become hard the partners need to make uncomfortable...
There Is No Help: Only Trade, Incentive and Persuasion
One thing I’m starting to see very clearly as an adult and entrepreneur is that there is not much help around when you need it. Maybe I was way off but I thought that there was some compassion in the world of business. I thought that if you showed someone...
Why Home Ain’t Always Where The Heart Is…
I talk to ALOT of entrepreneurs and for some of them it seems as if they can’t make progress where they are. For some, their idea needs more work, for others their not focused, but for a few, they’re simply not in an environment that understands their vision. It saddens...
Twitter / kevincottrell
kevincottrell: 170K borrowers receive permanent mortgage modifications [Still not a huge factor vs. # of applicants] http://ow.ly/1k5K5...
kevincottrell: Calculated Risk: Unofficial Problem Bank List at 640 http://ow.ly/1k6ot
kevincottrell: Calculated Risk: Unofficial Problem Bank List at 640 http://ow.ly/1k6ot...
kevincottrell: Is Treasury Trying to Make Banks Look Bad? - CNBC http://ow.ly/1k5mB
kevincottrell: Is Treasury Trying to Make Banks Look Bad? - CNBC http://ow.ly/1k5mB...
kevincottrell: Report: Over 2000 Bank Enforcement Actions in 2009 http://ow.ly/1k6rG
kevincottrell: Report: Over 2000 Bank Enforcement Actions in 2009 http://ow.ly/1k6rG...
kevincottrell: Homeowners take 'cash for keys' to escape debt - Real estate- msnbc.com http://ow.ly/1k5Cm...
kevincottrell: Mortgage Insurers Won't Pay on Bad Loans - CNBC http://ow.ly/1k5pp
kevincottrell: Mortgage Insurers Won't Pay on Bad Loans - CNBC http://ow.ly/1k5pp...
Posts from the Econsultancy blog
SxSW: Trash talk. What's it good for?
Social media, whether you like it or not, is about conversations. For brands, that can be a headache. Especially when people are angry with your brand and talking about it. But marketers should take solace: there are much worse things they could be doing. At SxSW this weekend, the panelists at...
The Water bobble: Filtered water. Pure and Simple.
At SxSW this year, there is branding as far as the eye can see. If it's not a sponsored panel or a sidewalk branded by Whrrl, it's free Zone bars or Tungle coffee-cup holders for your Starbucks coffee. But there's one item launching here that isn't pushing its brand on...
SxSW: Can neuroscience trump creativity in marketing?
When it comes to analyzing and predicting consumer behavior, advances in neuroscience have started to provide fascinating insight into the brain of the modern consumer. At the Big Brother in Your Brain: Neuroscience & Marketing panel at SxSW today, the discussion quickly boiled down to one question. Can science trump...
Q&A: Patrick Keane on Associated Content's approach to publishing and the death of engagement
For major publishers, covering real-time and local information is increasingly a struggle. As budgets and bureaus shrink, publications are competing with never ending updates from social media and young upstart news sites on increasingly stretched resources. Associated Content is one of those crowd sourced news organizations that often strike fear...
At SxSW, startups hope to solve the problem of Twitter event flooding
As any event organizer knows, getting people to communicate and interact at your event can be crucial to its success. And for attendees, Twitter has become a great resource for locating and sharing real-time data. But for everyone else, Twitter updates surrounding one topic can quickly turn into noise. It's...
Digital Cream Report Part 2: Social Commerce & Email
Last week some of us from Econsultancy US had the pleasure of traveling to London for the Digital Cream event (the equivalent of September's Peer Summit in New York). The day included a short talk on hot topics from the US perspective. In Part One, we looked at social media...
Articles at InventorSpot.com
Biniki: Butt Bra Gives A Boost To Your Assets!
Plastic surgery has never been talked about more openly, which is causing an increasing number of women to find affordable alternatives to the nips and tucks that their favorite celebrities and wealthy socialites have been relying upon. ...
Sportsheets: Adult Toy Company Focuses Upon Stimulating Sex And Business With Unique Approach
Adult toy stores are anything but a new concept, however, unique most are not. Many sell the usual products to help couples enhance their sex lives, and while they might provide stimulation between the sheets, they don't do much for those who are inspired by business....
Google Public Data Explorer Lets You Make Sense Of Big Data Sets
Google Labs has introduced a project to let users explore tons of different sets of public data and compare them in ways that will make them much easier to understand....
Desktop 'Magic Sakura' Cherry Tree Springs Into Bloom
Spring is almost here, and for those in Japan (and Washington D.C.) that means the cherry blossoms are about to bloom! Now the rest of us can get in on the fun, thanks to the Magic Sakura fake flowering tree!...
Twitter's Down? Where's The Fail Whale When You Need Him?
There was something comforting about the appearance of the Fail Whale. His emergence from the depths of the Twitterstream meant that Twitter's usage was growing faster than it's server capabilities - but not to worry...because help was on its way. However, today that slumbering leviathan was disturbingly MIA?...
Will The Bubbly Social Network Give Voice To Twitter?
Can a new social network site succeed that's basically an amplified version of Twitter while choosing not to launch in North America and Europe? Well, Bubbly is the new shiny thing literally bubbling over in Bollywood, and we're not talking about hookahs!...
Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing
Google Apps Marketplace Discover, Deploy, and Manage Apps for Business
App Stores have been around for a while, but mostly for cell phones, and very few business applications. Google is making a big move into online enterprise applications with the Google Apps Marketplace already stocked with over 50 real business applications. Google Apps boasts 25 million users at more than......
Platform shifts Mainframe to Mini to PC to Mobile. Why leaders fail to make the shift
Platform shifts happen every decade or so in computing. The leaders of the previous generation are rarely successful in dominating the next generation platform. IBM dominated the mainframe business. They didn’t lose their dominance because another company built a better mainframe. They lost it because the market shifted to a......
From MSFT evangelist to Mac enthusiast - the other side of the road
For five years I was a Microsoft evangelist to the startup and venture capital community. That ended a couple months ago. I am now a Developer Advocate at Google and I love it. After years of defending Microsoft against the Apple fanatics I decided to go to the other side......
Google Apps announces de-support of IE6
Internet Explorer 6.0 launched in August of 2001, more than 8 years ago. Microsoft’s current version is IE 8. Web developers have complained for years about needing to support multiple versions of browsers and the security risks in older browsers. Older browsers don’t support new features, particularly around voice and......
How Google sets goals and measures success
Google sets impossible bodacious goals…and then achieves them. The engineering mindset of solving the impossible problem is part of the culture instilled in every group at Google. Tough engineering problems don’t have obvious answers. You need to invent the solution, not just optimize something that exists. Every quarter every group......
SeedCamp European startups visit NYC and Silicon Valley
SeedCamp is a European based startup incubator similar to Ycombinator or TechStars here in the USA. Google hosted the top startups from the program in New York City and Silicon Valley this week. Each startup pitched to an audience of VCs, Angels, and startup mentors. Here is a short overview......
This is going to be BIG!
Everything I didn’t learn about startups as a VC (…or why VCs don’t make good entrepreneurs)
There are a lot of great venture capitalists who started out as entrepreneurs like Vinod Khosla or Josh Kopelman. Going the other way, however, seems to be a bit tougher. In fact, I don’t really know anyone who has successfully gone the other way. Many entrepreneurs turned VCs wind up...
People Recommendation vs. Content Recommendation
Content recommendation for years has been a startup graveyard. Sure, a few companies like Sphere/Surphace and StumbleUpon have been able to get out—but the number of folks who have tried to solve this is vast. I feel it’s sort of like the carnival basketball game—where they put a hoop like...
Perhaps a slight oversimplification of my job, but I'll take the compliment
First Round Capital could do zero deals in New York over the next 12 months and they would still have a major impact on the NY startup scene because they’re paying Charlie O’Donnell to hang out in the Ace Hotel Lobby and chat with any entrepreneur who walks up to him. Charlie...
A practical guide to a first board meeting: Advice from the pros
As I prep for my first Backupify board meeting, I asked more experienced pros for their take on setting the right tone and starting things off right for productive board participation. Here’s what I got back: David Hornick, August Capital: "Here's some anti-advice. When...
Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City
It’s really difficult for me not to get into the thick of discussions about whether or not you can and/or should build a company in New York City. I grew up here, went to school here, and have worked hard over the last 5+ years to help build up the...
This Week in the New York Innovation Community - March 1st, 2010
If you'd like to receive this events list by e-mail every Monday morning, just sign up here. You know, if I was the kind of guy that pimped out his own firm's newly redesigned website on a weekly community newsletter that goes out to over 1,000 people, I might include a...
Leveraging Ideas
When do you know it’s time? When do you know it’s really time to start the business, shut the business, expand the business, invest in the business, quit your job, end the job search and take the offer on the table, leave your spouse, marry your girl/boyfriend, move to Australia,...
In my thinking about how web technologies are evolving I think attempting to conceptualize or invent the next Facebook is nearly impossible. Massively disruptive startups “just are.” IMO it’s not possible to know what will be the next Twitter or Facebook because these types of platforms/applications are outgrowths of the...
I’m re-publishing this from the Inkling Corporate Blog because I thought it was just that good. It was written by Nate. When a 7 year old tells his mom, “Mom, I can’t do my math homework. It’s so hard. I’m no good at it”, how many parents tell their kid “You need...
The Real-Time Web: Context is King and the URL is Context
This summer I took a couple weeks to really ponder what I saw developing on the real-time web. One of the conclusions I drew was that the success of real-time search would be based on a) context and b) identity. Google’s social search is the first compelling foray I have seen...
More Thoughts on MBA’s and Startups
Charlie O’Donnell’s recent post for MBAs considering working at startups drew some harsh reactions, but also raised some excellent points. I wanted to add my own thoughts since I have an MBA and know the startup space from both the perspective of a potential employee and as a CEO making...
Networking Arbitrage: The Comment
As I have noted before, I feel that the quality of my online interactions with other individuals has been dropping. I no longer use Twitter as a conversation medium with friends because Twitter has changed. I don’t really like instant messaging because I find it distracting; when I’m in front of...
Signal vs. Noise
PHOTO: Sculptor Alex Queral carves up phonebooks
Sculptor Alex Queral carves up phonebooks to create portraits. Above: James Brown. [via TC] ...
Method picks a fight with the jug
There are two kinds of companies I really like. One that ignores the competition entirely. And one that picks a fight. Method, and their new laundry detergent line, is a great example of the latter. The new Method laundry product eschews the standard awkward, heavy, messy jug for a svelte, light,...
Zappos pranks itself for new ads
Ad agency Mullen chose to focus on Zappos’ famous customer service for their new ad campaign. The twist is, behind the puppets and comedy are recordings of actual customer service calls. Mullen’s making of video explains how they basically pranked Zappos to get the audio for the ads. The results...
There is an inverse relationship between level of anonymity and quality of conversation
37signals Answers (recently launched) is our first new app built with 37signals ID integration. That means everyone involved is using real names and avatars. And wow, what a difference it makes. Trading anonymity for accountability has led to radically improved conversations. I’d point to a specific example but it’s more what’s missing...
QUOTE: A perfectionist is someone who finishes the
A perfectionist is someone who finishes the backside of a drawer, which I consider completely unnecessary. —An interview with Helmut Krone. ...
"Now, Elvis, look, you get up there, you sing your song, but don’t move too much"
The First of Elvis [Vanity Fair] is an interesting profile of photographer Al Wertheimer’s days of shadowing Elvis Presley in 1956, the year Elvis-mania hit. Wertheimer describes what made Elvis different: “He dared to move,” says Wertheimer. “Singers just did not move onstage in those days. You stood there like Frank...
Savvy Auntie
Dear Readers, It's been a while since I've written, and I apologize. Seems like my little company has grown some amazing wings and it's been a while since I've had time to consider how I got here. I'm trying to take more time to appreciate my life and all the...
Dear Readers,I am so incredibly excited and proud that I have been offered a book deal with none other than HarperCollins' new and innovative imprint: Harper Studio! Harper Studio is not even two years old and is already publishing books by Best Selling Author, Gary Vaynerchuk, Emeril Lagasse, LeAnn Rimes,...
Savvy Auntie Coolest Toy Award Widget!
Dear Readers,As you many know, a couple of weeks ago, we announced the first annual Savvy Auntie Coolest Toy Awards!Now you can share your Coolest Toy Savvy with all your friends, Auntie! You can embed the Savvy Auntie Coolest Toy Award widget in your blog or other online network!Simply visit...
Savvy Auntie Coolest Toy Awards!
Child Lifestyle Expert and Premier SAVVY AUNTIE, Melanie Notkin Honors the Most Trendsetting, the Most Luxurious, and the Most Notable Toys for the 2009 Holiday Season New York, NY – October 29, 2009 – Melanie Notkin, the founder and CEO of the multi-platform lifestyle brand for kid-friendly women who...
Dear Readers,First, let me apologize for being somewhat remiss and not tending to this blog more often. Savvy Auntie, now close to 15 months old, is growing by leaps and bounds and it's all I can do to keep up with it all. Which is a wonderful problem to have....
Dear Readers,I am so proud to announce the latest Savvy Auntie Sponsor! Webwars, an innovator in layered reality gaming and entertainment, is changing the way users engage with online entertainment by removing the barriers between Web gaming and Web sites.Their first launch is Weblings - a game designed for women!...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-14
Looking for a new client. Are you ready to get your sales plan in order? # It is better to lose a prospect than an opportunity. Qualify your leads! # When looking outside the box, never throw the box away. # Change requires admission that something is wrong. # Loose ends is code for...
Taking ownership of good ideas
There are those that pave the way, then there are those that take a good idea and make it great. They cajole, tweak, test, press, and prod until the concept is on the edge of snapping. Once it has reach its limits they pull the best from it and leave...
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07
2010 will prove to be a challenging year for sales teams and startups alike. # If you are not using the enterprise to embolden your sales process you are falling behind the competition. # By speaking the language of the potential client more can get done in less time. # The people you...
What is important to your buyer?
Do you know? If not, chances are it is either because you did not ask, or you did not really investigate when you did. Instead you focused on what is important to you. This is folly! Avoid these thoughts at all costs. The sales process, and your prospect, could care less...
A good Web 2.0/Sales 2.0 strategy starts with content
Whether it’s a 160 character tweet, a status update, a blog comment, or a profile summary, all great online plans should start with quality content. To gather a following of suspects that may one day become clients, your attractors are words on a screen. So many people focus on the numbers....
IttyBiz
New Stuff! Marketing for Geeks, Woo Woos, Bloggers, Coaches, Writers, and Tortured Artists
I will write quickly and avoid my usual slickly manufactured wit because the sooner I get this blog post written, the sooner I can go downtown and drink margaritas while shameless fans throw their panties at me. For many moons, we have been getting requests for two things. One, more audio....
Yes, I am in Austin at SXSW (South by South West Interactive, the conference for cool kids like myself). Out of respect for the 26,348 of you who are NOT at SXSW, I will try not to talk about it too much. I’ve been where you are and I know...
Michael / Box of Crayons Video
The other night, I went out for dinner with Michael Bungay Stanier, author of Do More Great Work. (Totally not an affiliate link because the Amazon affiliate program is balls.) I have hung out with Michael on several occasions and every time I think he can’t get any cooler, sure...
Scribe SEO: The Official Naomi Dunford From IttyBiz Position
In somewhat related news, I’m going to Florida! (The relatedness of this news will make itself apparent shortly.) We’ve been getting a lot of questions on the IttyBiz cell phone hotline, as well as through every other medium imaginable, asking what we think of Scribe SEO. I was going to tell...
You Are Not A Bad Person And You’re Not Doing It Wrong
Email. Twitter. Facebook. LinkedIn. Google Buzz. Ponderous. Tumblr. Blogs. Hmm. That’s a lot of stuff. Let’s play a little imagination game. For perspective, we’ll start by looking at my numbers. There are 25,000 or so people reading this blog. There are around 20,000 reading my newsletters. There are 6,000 on Twitter, a few...
Updates! We Have Updates! And Gossip!
I have many things to say. You may take comfort in knowing that they are all small things. An update on my ass So, this one time? At a funeral? I slipped and fell down the funeral home steps? Yeah, it turns out I broke my tailbone or something. This is only making the...
Steve Blank
Teaching Entrepreneurship – By Getting Out of the Building
One of the classes I teach in the engineering school at Stanford is E145: the Fundamentals of Technology Entrepreneurship, an introduction to building a scalable startup. While the class is open to everyone at the University, we want to teach science and engineering undergraduates how they can take a technical...
The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part 15: Agena – The Secret Space Truck, Ferret’s and Stanford
This post is the latest in the “Secret History Series.” They’ll make much more sense if you read some of the earlier ones for context. See the Secret History video and slides as well as the bibliography for sources and supplemental reading. ———— By the early 1960’s Lockheed Missiles Division in Sunnyvale was quickly...
Perfection By Subtraction – The Minimum Feature Set
“By knowing things that exist, you can know that which does not exist.” Book of Five Rings I was having coffee with a former student who was complained that my idea of building a first product release with a minimum feature set was a bad idea. (One of the principles of Customer...
Trading emails with a startup CEO building an iPhone app, I asked him why potential customers would buy his product. In response he sent me a competitive analysis. It looked like every competitive analysis I had done for 20 years, (ok maybe better.) And it made me sad. Looking at the...
Customer Development for Web Startups
Customer Development is a technique startups use to quickly iterate and test each part of their business model. How you execute Customer Development varies, depending on your type of business. In my book, “The Four Steps to the Epiphany” I use enterprise software as the business model example. Ash Maurya, the CEO of WiredReach,...
Startups that are searching for a business model need to keep score differently than large companies that are executing a known business model. Yet most entrepreneurs and their VC’s make startups use financial models and spreadsheets that actually hinder their success. Here’s why. Managing the Business When I ran my startups our venture investors...
Patricia Handschiegel
The New Power Girls: Women In Business, Women And Girls Everywhere Need Your Help To Keep Them Safe
The murder of Chelsea King in San Diego weighs heavy on my mind. Had the right technology been in place, the right......
The New Power Girls: Women Entrepreneurs Are Diverse and Driving Diversity More Than Ever
The women entrepreneurs that make up the startup population in Los Angeles and beyond are incredibly diverse, an intersection of......
The New Power Girls: Women In Business, Women In Business Need You
Popular culture at the moment is all about women working, breaking barriers, and accomplishing everything from supporting the household to single motherhood....
The New Power Girls: Women Entrepreneurs On Making Money And Making A Difference In Business
I feel tiny as I take a seat in the office of The Joyful Child organization. I adjust in my chair and take a look around the......
It's a sunny afternoon in the Los Angeles area as I take a chair at the long, rectangular table facing attendees at the......
The New Power Girls: The Right Support Can Benefit Your Business
It was just a short few months after the sale of my first startup as I took a somewhat long media interview for a profile on my work......