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3 Tips for Making the Most of Events

April 1, 2010

When is an event not an event?
When you don’t have a plan.
It’s easy to show up somewhere, order a drink, and schmooze. That’s the beauty of the event that responderX threw last Thursday (schmoozd.com), when the pressure was off, people could just hang out and make connections. But even in a relaxed social [...]

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Schmoozd: We Hit a Double

March 29, 2010

The Schmoozd event was a nice hit into the gap for a double. I’m pretty happy with the results: over 300 peeps from all walks of life, including some wild nano-bio engineering folks who had some truly forward leaning oncology technology from UCLA. A real nice mash-up of folks and a real nice set of [...]

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Schmoozd Tonight in LA

March 25, 2010

I’ll be hanging with some of the brightest and best minds in the LA area tonight – Thursday – in Los Angeles. Sure it’s a tremendous thing to meet people online, but as we all know: real social media begins with a handshake.
Look forward to seeing you all there. Track me down and I’ll buy [...]

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Quick Hit: How Social are You?

March 22, 2010

Don’t confuse social media with being social. Spending time on Twitter and Facebook can certainly have tremendous value, especially for businesses wanting to maintain and grow networks. There’s a lot of great places to go to get information about that.
But how are the immediatel conversations going? The ones around the dinner table, with the guy [...]

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Fess Parker’s Three Lessons for Brilliant Business

March 19, 2010

Those people who remember Fess Parker, who died yesterday at the age of 85, probably remember him playing Daniel Boone or Davey Crockett on TV. That’s how I was introduced to him as a kid, and that’s how I was introduced to him again, in person, when I was the marketing director for the Daniel [...]

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How to Win a Set of Steak Knives

March 17, 2010

There’s the classic scene in Glengarry Glen Ross where a Alec Baldwin gets up and makes one of the greatest cutthroat speeches in history, even out dueling Gordon Gekko in Wallstreet. In the speech, he lays his brass ones on the table and states that the salesman who sells the most wins a Cadillac. Second [...]

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Free Tix to Schmoozd 2: March 25th

March 15, 2010

I’ll be in Los Angeles on March 25th speaking at Schmoozd 2 at the Wokcano. A lot cool peeps much smarter than I am will be there as well, hanginig out and sharing great advice on how to start-up a company – including a few VC’s like Dan Murillo from Graycroft Partners.
Here’s a down and [...]

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Getting Married on Facebook: Saying ‘I DO’

March 11, 2010

Want to walk the walk in social media? Then you better up your game if you want to keep up with John and Judy. I got this email from them yesterday:
Subject: John and Judy are Getting Married!
That’s right, folks – John and Judy are getting married this Sunday, March 14th at 6pm and we want [...]

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Overrated: ‘Thinking Outside the Box’

March 10, 2010

Thinking ‘outside the box’ is overrated. This little piece of overused advice has sunk armies trying to do good work. Approach with caution.
Thinking outside the box implies that there isn’t anything good inside the box. It ties people into knots with the question ‘Is it innovative enough?’ Instead of sparking, it scraps great ideas that [...]

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Book Review: The eMyth and Delivering Excellence

March 9, 2010

You got the brass to start a company? It’s a good start, but anybody out there getting ready to launch needs to check out this pick of the week: The eMyth Revisited – Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It.
There’s a lot of key concepts in the book – perhaps [...]

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