I had the good fortune to meet Patrick Thompson at my Portland Escape from Cubicle Nation workshop in 2009. At the time, he had left his corporate job as a director of software engineering and was working on a speed-reading app called QuickReader. Patrick said that at 46 years old, he realized that it was [...]
In my late teens and early twenties, I was quite the world traveler. I stayed a week in Paris in the springtime, during Easter break from my Swiss high school where I spent my senior year as an exchange student. Butter from croissants dripped down my chin, and the romance of the city took my [...]
Rosie (3) and Josh (5), my kids and the heart and the soul behind my work Before having kids, I was told all kinds of stories about what my work life would be like post-childbirth. I have been working since I was twelve, and ran a successful consulting practice for ten years before becoming a [...]
The Side Hustle and Flow Interview Series is designed to inspire hard-working corporate employees to either start a side hustle if they are interested in eventually starting a business, or to keep going with their existing side hustle through the inevitable challenge of limited time and energy. So far we have profiled Chandoo, Willie Jackson, [...]
(if you can’t see the video, go to this link on YouTube) I have been lucky enough to have been locked away in my office for the last two days with Kyle Durand, my good friend and seriously fierce business adviser. Kyle is an attorney and a lifelong entrepreneur, and has a special interest in [...]
I hope you all are having a great start to your new year! I have noticed a marked difference in my business output and general mood by implementing a concept a learned from my friend Charlie Gilkey, called swallowing a frog. It refers to taking care of the non-glamorous, but very necessary tasks that are [...]
I taught a class in December called Ethical Selling That Works that was all about understanding and using the steps in the selling process to connect with your market in a non-pushy, but effective way so you can grow healthy revenue. One of the modules we covered was about Avatars, Ecosystems and Watering Holes, and [...]
In the feeding frenzy that is the beginning of the new year, we are loaded up with to-do lists and action items. This fresh year exuberance is good for a week or two of vigorous activity, then it starts to wane once the new year glow recedes from our collective consciousness. This is why it [...]
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