I’ve been very busy lately, and consequently lagging on my writing. I have several drafts that are taking more time to come together than anticipated. That being said, a distraction for me is staying current on some great conversations around entrepreneurs. This post came across my desk, and I thought it should be shared. Maria [...]
I saw this great post on the blog called Conversation Agent – “7 Keys to Social Branding”. The post struck me because I thought it full of common sense. Not everyone understands or appreciates social branding or social media, but what the author, Tamsen McMahon, talks about is helping the customer understand your company, and this could [...]
KISS plays an important role (Keep It Simple Stupid)
You do not need many slides and they should be to the point. These slides will probably not fall into place but result from a lot of sweat and tears to get them down to their core message. This may be challenging as everyone is excited about [...]
I attended ASTIA’s Doing It Right last week in the role of advisor. One panel, I sat in on featured several Angel Investors, and I wanted to pass along their advise and comments.
The panel included
Sam Angus: Fenwick & West (Moderator)
JoAnne Miller – Golden Seeds
Ann Nigam – Sand Hill Angles
Sue Preston – Clean Energy, CalCef Angle [...]
Key note speech by Jack Shaw, President of Intelligent Healthcare Technologies on accelerating innovation. Thoughtful and thought provoking speech, but be prepared, its over an hour.
With the economy starting to grow once again, companies that want to position themselves for success need to have an edge on the competition. To do so, they need be plan for growth.
Some ideas to consider:
Invest in New Technology – Have the new technology in place to streamline process and add customers with little incremental [...]
I grew up in the Midwest, tornado country and we always had a plan, at school we trained by getting in the hall way, moving away from windows and making ourselves as small as possible. At home we knew where the candles, and emergency supplies were kept and the safest room in the house. Living [...]
The Small Business Administration (SBA) just released their report to the President on the state of the small business economy -
Topics include, in no specific order:
employer firms and employment by firm size and industry
business turnover by State and select territories
macroeconomic indicators
common stock IPO offerings
link between internal finance and small firm growth
disbursement of capital pool in [...]
I came across this write up, on an email related to design, Design*Sponge to be exact, and wanted to share as I thought it was well written, excellent information. The attorney who wrote this piece is Kate Summers of the law firm Constangy, Brooks & Smith.
Once you decide to hire your next employee, be [...]
Organizations rely on teams for critical strategies and operational tasks.
Key concepts include:
Learning is a key mechanism through which learning organizations become strategically and operationally adaptive and responsive. This is a powerful message, I’ve taken teams that together met and worked for the first time on a major implementation project, and were transferred to [...]
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