It’s been far too long since I took the cap off of the proverbial pen and starting writing posts again, however, as they say, you have to start somewhere. There is a driving force behind this post, and that’s that as of a few weeks ago, I am officially an adjunct faculty member for the [...]
As many folks know, email has been a bit of a sweet spot for me over the past decade. I’ve always been focused on the marketing side of the medium, and less on the productivity / distraction side. That said, I wanted to take a moment and write about a whole new generation of email [...]
I recently gave a talk to a group of students, faculty & staff who participated in Career Week at my Alma Mater, UMBC. The talk was titled: “Blue Skies & Beyond: 5 Lessons from an English Major Turned Entrepreneur.” The theme was “real life after graduation.” I was not only honored by the opportunity & [...]
Greetings once again! As the first long awaited follow up post on entrepreneurship and bootstrapping, I wanted to first address the topic of whether or not bootstrapping a startup is right for you. Many of you who know me know that bootstrapping is my preferred method of building a business. In reality, its all I [...]
As I write this, I am attending the Social Graph Symposium in Silicon Valley which I am super excited about. The event is centered around “the social graph and the implications of the social graph in business, technology, and the community.” I’ve been looking forward to it because I have been thinking a lot about [...]