The Inner World

The inner world of every entrepreneur or member of an innovative team I’ve ever met is (or has been, or will be again) full of doubt and issues of some description…

So Good, You Keep The Box

I’ve still got the box for the original iPod in the attic.

Don’t Agree With Everything In The Book

Read any good books lately?

Familiarity and Innovation

Totally overhauling an industry, all at once, is expensive.

Rock One First

“We need more funnels and web pages and email sequences and other marketing stuff” Hold up.

Stop Hiding Your Voice

You may have a great product or service.

Best In The Business

Everyone thinks they’re the best in the business.

Qualitative Data and Instincts

Val Geisel, an email strategist, muses on the lack of ability to track users in Basecamp’s new “HEY” email service.

“Email send –> increased sales over the next 12 hours = email contributed to revenue! Yes, we can’t track if someone opened our email 7 days later & decides to buy because of that email but… can we let that go? Can we loosen the reins on data & hold on tight to humans?”

We’ll Eat Your Fingers Off

Nothing says “we care about you” like ill-prepared messaging.

Show Me Your Home Screen

Show me your apps, I’ll show you your focus.

Don’t Work On Your Ideas

“Can I talk to you about my idea?” Sorry, never.

Learning To Learn

If your cause-driven work is to develop and thrive, we must learn how to learn:

When To Wait

There are many times in our pursuit of meaningful work that we choose to wait.

Quantify “Better”

What’s “better”, and what’s “better” worth?

Film the Cops (and what your business can learn from the riots)

America is on fire.

Your Unique Overlap

Perhaps the fact you don’t fit into a box is precisely why people should take notice.

State Of Emergency

At post number 911, I thought it only made sense to address a state of emergency.

Everything But the Thing You’re Supposed To Do

Oftentimes while doing important work, we’re faced with tasks we know we’re supposed to do, but we don’t want to do.

I enjoy being marketed to. I enjoy the leadership of those who genuinely care about my causes and my works. And I enjoy pulling back the curtain for those who were lulled into the false belief that selfish ends can be masked with a guise of service.