The people over at HubSpot have created another great tool for measuring your online influence and effectiveness. In this case, the relative influence of twitter account. The product is called Twitter Grader and through its simple interface allows you to get a grade for any twitter account. We have made our twitter score part of…
We always advise people to post video because it will help with your organic search ranking. So, here I am with Vlog #1. A Vlog is a video blog. What you do with your vlog is up to you but there are plenty of good and bad examples up on YouTube. At very least it’ll…
Salvador Dali was a master of Activating Emotion. His work might make you sick to your stomach, feel lonely, or cry. When I was in Barcelona last fall I took a day trip to visit Dali’s home in the Catalan resort of Cadaqués after visiting his museum in Figueres. In the taxi ride back I couldn’t…
Since I heard him speak, I have not been able to forget about Whit Alexander’s story. He started at Microsoft as part of the team that gave the world Encarta World Atlas, then co-founded the smash-hit board game Cranium, and is now working on what I think is one of the most inspirational projects out…
Last weekend I was lucky enough to go on a fishing excursion on Oregon’s Sandy River. A friend of mine and his brother took me out in the wee hours of the morning, 4:00am to be exact. For me that is more of a bed time than an hour I would define as ‘morning’. Nonetheless, I…
“What’s the most resilient parasite? An idea. A single idea from the human mind can build cities, an idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.” Inception reminded me why entrepreneurship is so exciting a place. The quote says it all. Ideas change the world. Once upon a time, everything that we know…
In the years before I went off to Seattle for school, I maintained a yard maintenance business in my neighborhood. It consisted of me, an occasional friend, and my mower. It grew over the years and I collected equipment, clients, and a good amount of cash. I had it down, I mapped the fastest route, had all the…
The value of a good team is huge and sometimes everyone just needs a break. Keeping a fresh, happy team humming along could be key to your success. The other day I was sculpting the hedges work when I noticed I was working quite a bit slower than when I had started and decided to…
Gerald Bell is a leading consultant and educator on the all important topic of leadership. If you want to learn about leadership, he is number one without a doubt. According to Bell, a good listener is a good leader and he has developed six laws of listening that everyone can benefit from in any facet…
I am off on vacation right now and one of the people we are with actually has a new iPhone and made a pretty neat video with it so I just had to put this post up. (He has also been razzing me a bit about my flip phone and what exactly a ‘Salty Waffle’…