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SSSBDA: sonics sold, five years later

SSSBDA: sonics sold, five years later sssbda: Five years ago today, the Seattle SuperSonics were sold to The Professional Basketball Club, LLC. That description, while factually accurate, doesn’t quite do justice to the events. They are instead better described by the pit in my stomach when I was told not just that the Sonics had […]

Saying Exactly What You Mean

Hello Friends! I must apologize because I’ve been on a blogging vacation due to some unanticipated circumstances. This morning I was going through my Google Reader and came across a post from one of my favorites, Seth Godin. In the post Seth sets down George Orwell’s thoughts on how to be a good writer and […]

I’ve Been On A Bit Of A Media Blackout

And, I have to admit that I am feeling much better because of it. Earlier today I tweeted that I have been taking the time to unsubscribe to most of the e-newsletters I get. After reflecting over the last several days, I realize that most of the emailing I do is just busy work. […]

My theory of marketing…

In my little about me blurb, I’ve mentioned that I’ve started or helped start and rebuild a number of businesses. Now that would give you the impression that I am pretty good at making sense of business, and you wouldn’t be wrong. But, I think that the aspect of business that I have found the […]

“The Moment”

In reading Hugh MacLeod’s book Evil Plans, Hugh writes about each person or business having a moment when they start acting like proper adults. I think that over the past few days I have had that moment with this blog. For the several months that I have been blogging here and/or rewriting and restarting […]

Holding Two Ideas In Your Head At Once…

…Is really the difference between success and failure. You don’t want to get trapped always thinking something will be successful and having it fall apart but not knowing how to tackle it. By the same token, you don’t want to always feel like things are falling apart. You have the choice.

“The Moment”

In reading Hugh MacLeod’s book Evil Plans, Hugh writes about each person or business having a moment when they start acting like proper adults. I think that over the past few days I have had that moment with this blog. For the several months that I have been blogging here and/or rewriting and restarting […]