… The Universe will Provide
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If you hold something to be a guiding truth, you need to live by it at all times. If you can’t live by it, then it must not be a truth.
Business
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Is “Organic” Just a Buzz-word?
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I remember when the “organic” food craze was just beginning to take off in Portland. Just about everyone jumped on the bandwagon and started offering organic varieties of everything you could think of. Meat. Poultry. Vegetables. Baked goods. I once saw a store advertising “organic water,” and that’s when I began to see the immediate
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In-Market Analogs
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Entrepreneurship is innovation – if you can only describe your business in terms of another, you’re not innovating.
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Market Research can be Misleading
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Market research conducted against vaporware is rarely, if ever, actionable and more informative than a hunch.
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“Sold Out”
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Supply and demand. It’s one of the most important principles in economics. Consequently, it’s also of massive importance to marketing.
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The Benefits of Public Speaking
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I speak at conferences not just because there’s something cool I want to present, but because there’s something cool I want to learn.
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Customer-Centric Development: Lesson 10
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In just about every position I’ve had, the first rule taught during the on-boarding process is that “it’s not my job” is a forbidden phrase. If a customer asks you for something outside of your job description, your responsibility is to pass along that request to whomever is responsible.
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Customer-Centric Development: Lesson 9
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As a business professional, you’re often on-stage more than you know.
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Customer-Centric Development: Lesson 8
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We’ve all promised deadlines once upon a time that seemed reasonable only to have them fall through.