My friend (I am yet to meet him) Javier Marti has started his new venture Trendirama. He is putting together a portal where he is seeking contributions from authors about trends and future. Check out the portal and if you are qualified and interested to write, please reach out to Javier Marti here Trendirama: About… Continue reading
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Mini Saga #17 – The Reality Show
The Reality Show They wanted to showcase the real life of someone looking for a job. The protagonist, John, was on the job hunt. Every week, the show highlighted John’s various attempts and failures. After fix months, John had still not found a job. There was no drama. The show was a flop. — Note:… Continue reading
Business Book Review – Free summary of Beyond Code
Business Book Review is offering a 6 page summary of “Beyond Code” for free. I am sure it is for a limited time. There is no registration required. Here is the link:Business Book Review: Beyond Code (PDF, 6 pages) Have a great week ahead! UPDATE (March 27, 2007): The free summary is no longer available… Continue reading
Mini Saga #16 – The Startup
The Startup John never thought getting deals would be a problem for his new venture. He had a big network. Twenty meetings were setup in the first six weeks. Every meeting was good. Everyone wanted to know what John was doing. No one was bold enough to give him the first deal. — Note: 1…. Continue reading
Taking thoughtfulness to a new level
Seth Godin has a fascinating post titled “Where do you park?” For me, this was about thoughtfulness. A few weeks ago, I got this in an email. It was from a long-time employee of Volvo and in this short snippet, he is remembering his early days at Volvo: The first time I was in Sweden,… Continue reading
I have a fantasy…
Sometimes, I just wish, many of my friends (that I have never met) out there know that * I am NOT interested in doing business with so many cool business people from Nigeria who somehow find my email address while “researching” for a reputable business person in this country. * I know I have WON… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #173 Capitalize on your accidents
History is filled with accounts of products that were discovered as a result of accidents. Here are a few examples 1. Alexander Fleming discovered the anti-biotic properties of Penicillin by accident 2. Heard about Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company? May be not. But you sure have heard of 3M (3M = MMM = Minnesota Mining… Continue reading
Quick. Got a business card – add them to your mailing list
Should you? Probably not. During my speaking engagements and while attending conferences, I meet a lot of people to whom I give my business cards. To my surprise, I see that, very soon, I am on one or more of their mailing lists. Most often, their mailings are of no relevance to me. When I… Continue reading
Lisa Haneberg interviews me for her Fireside Chat Podcast Series
Few days ago, I had a chat with Lisa Haneberg over phone. It was a podcast interview for her Fireside Chat Podcast series. I really enjoyed talking to Lisa. It was interesting in many ways. At least twice I felt that brought greater clarity to ideas that I have been talking about for a while… Continue reading