Staying Positive

Nothing helps with making friends or finding a job like the power of positive thinking.
My email signature, which has gotten a lot of notice recently (I think it’s the economy) says “Look at the good you have in your life, your friends, your family, your health and everything else will work out.” Sometimes I read [...]

Importance of talking to people

In one of my first posts I discussed how Jason Nazar explained the importance of telling people about your idea and to not be afraid of someone stealing it. His philosophy centered around a few concepts:
1) No one else will probably be as passionate as you are about the idea to actually make it
2) If [...]

Cool sites

So thanks to Twitter and Facebook and soon to be Streamy and EBlizz, it’s really easy to share cool sites that you come across.
Today site: cr.am
God I love it when you use the .xx to finish your name, like chi.mp
Cram will shrink your links to very small links, like tinyurl does but they’ll actually pay [...]

Moderation

Though staying visible is important, moderation is paramount.
Be warned of burn out. If you’re going to go to every networking event that comes your way and go on every interview, even if you don’t want the position, you’re going to start getting frustrated. Once you get frustrated, you become less genuine, and less effective. This [...]

Free Lunch

It’s too often said that there’s no such things as the title of this blog, but on Monday, not only was I given free food, I was also given the opportunity to explore and engage with the Rubicon Project (link).
Last week at Startonomics, the final speaker I was able to stay for discussed the [...]

Free food brings people together

Today, at every Denny’s across the country there were lines and lines of people. Why? Because of free food. Denny’s in a fun marketing campaign centered around superbowl ads, decided to give every person a free Grand Slam breakfast today. When I saw the ad on Sunday, I happened to be sitting next to [...]