Today I had my 1-1 with one of my long-time mentors Sterling Lanier. We covered a bunch of things (my companies, my blog and my upcoming books etc.). I am deeply thankful to Sterling and all the 1-1s over the years. In the end, Sterling shared a poem that totally touched my heart. I got… Continue reading
Date Archives → February 2008
Do you have results or explanations for no results?
Let us say we are doing a thought experiment… You are your own client and your most important project of your life has been handed over to you as your consulting project. You will be paid “real” money if you are delivering results and “no money” if you don’t perform well. The project is running… Continue reading
From Globat with Love – Automatic upgrade :(
I could not believe when I read this email. I read it again. This is a lesson on business models – really about what should not be your business model. Globat tried this last year and they are repeating the same this year 🙁 This is a long letter so if you are busy, just… Continue reading
Billboards or Trucks?
Answer: Trucks I didn’t realize this until Hari (Hari Shetty of Jiffle) mentioned this to me first. We were passing next to a truck from 1-800-GOT-JUNK on El Camino Real. When I mentioned to Hari that this truck has been parked there since yesterday, Hari told me that I was wrong. He said it has… Continue reading
Test of your character – Goeff Boycott's view
The context: Game: Cricket Speaker: Goeff Boycott (former England opener) Reference: Shaun Tait (young Australian fast bowler who announced stepping away from playing indefinitely at age 24) Geoff Boycott was providing his opinion about Shaun Tait’s “sort of” retirement from the game. One part of that response was about when your character is really tested…. Continue reading
Social Media for Large Enterprises – Interview with Glenn Gow
Glenn Gow (president of Crimson Consulting; Blog: Achieve Market Leadership) and I belong to the same Vistage Group and have been there for years. A few weeks ago, Glenn shared some of his initiatives in Social Media Marketing – all for his firm’s large technology clients. Generally, I hear more about social media initiatives by… Continue reading
StopWatch Marketing – Interview with AnnaMaria and John
My friends AnnaMaria Turano and John Rosen are releasing their book “Stopwatch Marketing” this week. I read the early version last month. A quick introduction to the book is here: Sometimes shopping takes minutes, but is still too long; sometimes shopping takes months, and the shopper is sad to see it end. In Stopwatch Marketing,… Continue reading