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“Technology” and “Distribution” and Other BS That Passes For Innovation

I read a piece in Ticketing Business News this morning about StubHub partnering with World Boxing Super Series to sell tickets in Europe. Which, my first reaction is, AWESOME! This is exactly what should be happening because for the love of god too many venues, sports, and teams could use the boost of better […]

“Creative” vs. Creative

I’m not buying into the idea that only creative people can write or create ads or come up with the next great marketing campaign…life doesn’t really work that way. With the shape of our economy now, we all need to be creative. And, we need to stop thinking of ourselves as someone who is a […]

Is Your Start Up Really A Start Up

I attend a lot of tech meet ups and conferences and other events where entrepreneurs and executives and people mingle. A lot of the time I hear people talking about their “start up,” but when pushed on it…it hasn’t launched or has no profit motive. Keep this in mind before you go throwing your time […]

You Can Learn A Lot From This Government Shutdown…(And, It Isn’t What You Think)

As anyone with a pulse probably knows, we are in the middle of a government shutdown currently with the added pressure of the looming need for the country’s debt ceiling needing to be raised or we won’t have enough money on hand to pay our bills which would put the United States in default for […]

How Flexible Are You?

One of the hallmarks of my career, if you can call it a career, is that I have been able to adjust to change very readily. As I look around the world, I see people talk about being flexible and being able to adjust to change as something that they are totally into and cool […]

Another Conversation We Should (And Are Beginning To Have)

A few weeks back, Seth Godin released a manifesto on education in America called Stop Stealing Dreams (Here’s a link to an audio recording of the book, read by yours truly.) This manifesto was cool because you could see how quickly and effectively an idea catches on around the Internet. Plus, it was on a topic […]

Doing Something The “Right” Way…

If you look around the Internet, there are a lot of “experts” and “ninjas” and any other coined term to describe someone trying to steal your attention or get you to buy something… Which led me to thinking about is there any one “right” way to do a lot of things that are valuable in […]