Well, He’s Not Going to Get Very Far
Company culture is incredibly fragile. It’s hard for founders/CEOs/execs to understand how little faith and trust people have in us when we stand up…
If Management is the Only Way Up, We’re All F’d
Geraldine used to love her job at Cranium (the board game startup in Seattle, prior to the Hasbro acquisition & layoffs). She wrote questions…
We’ll Work for Peanuts. But We Won’t Work Without Meaning.
For the first 6 years of my career, I made less than $20,000/year. For 18 months, I made more, but then I made less…
So Why Do I Have the Platform & the Recognition?
Louis C.K. is one of the most entrepreneurial and authentic self-marketers in the entertainment world. I want to write loads about his email campaigns,…
Is Google+ Approaching Twitter’s Marketing Value?
On April 4th at 6:30pm Pacific Time I put up a blog post on this site and shared it on Twitter and Google+ (note:…
11 Tips I Gave to Marketers this Morning
Today finds me blogging from Australia, where I had the privilege of keynoting SMX Sydney and participating in a site clinic (wearing an SMX lab…
Scaling Teams and the Fight Against Human Nature
I’ve talked to a lot of founders about their startup experiences and one of the more consistent topics we eventually get to is that,…
Why I Never Want to Have a “For-Profit” Business
Making money is an excellent side-effect of successful businesses. But, it’s a terrible core purpose. Last week, Fred Wilson wrote one of my favorite…
The Expectation of 100%
It’s 4:36am. I’ve been awake for an hour, stumbling through email and catching up on reading. G and I flew back from London two…
The Long, Painful Journey to Better Self-Awareness
Erica and I are sitting on a small bus with 8 other fellow Mozcationers, in transit from Cape Town to a kloof on the…