Category Archives: business

quote: you can lead

I am gonna take credit for the third part of this quote…I keep using it…it sticks…so… You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him/her drink…however, you can make the horse thirsty. Think about it . p.s. I don’t claim this “add-on quote” without hesitation, but I’ve used it with about 20 people who [...]
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chop wood, carry water

When life throws challenges at you…just keep going.  Keep opening doors and walking through them.  Keep your balance of positive in the face of difficulty and negative. That is how businesses launch and ideas come to be introduced to the marketplace. Betalkaboutable is a brand I came up with some time ago…and now the “business” (really just [...]
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a story i am proud to share

If you haven’t been exposed to it, this was an inspiring event in my life.  I have been fortunate to share it with a few folks who appreciated it.  Just search “zen surfing benjamin bloom” and it will show up. (Actually, it doesn’t any more, so here is a link http://www.benjaminbloom.net/zenandtheartofsurfingandworking.htm) photo credit: joiseyshowaa photo [...]
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very cool to come across this today – kinzan and scoble

what was cool is this post (not related to the pic below…but the pic is bad-ass too). see an excerpt of the post below between garland and robert scoble. as background, i worked with garland (and many other bright, talented people) at kinzan…I left and went to Siebel Systems before this dialogue happened…and [...]
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nice, simple, marketing…and fun too

haiku and ascii…hahaha! aha!
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Akin Arikan is THA MAN! (web analytics expert)

Unica’s Akin Arikan presented in one of the eMetrics Marketing Labs session with Michelle Rutan of National Instruments where they provided a jaw dropping showcase of the power of the NetInsights product.
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nice info on culture, entreprenurial environments, and product development

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thanks @waynesutton for capturing and posting this social media interview

enjoyed the mashable atlanta mixer last week…met a lot of cool folks. thanks to wayne for capturing and posting this!
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oh…yet another good marketing quote

Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands. - Peter Drucker
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thanks to leland

It’s great when people help you as part of marketing to you – this IS the future of marketing. Leland @ Themelab posted a great article – clear, concise, good pictures, etc. Honestly, it was one search to get just the solution I needed (and frankly should have started with…but I did get a [...]
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