We don’t innovate here. Hearing those words changed my entire work outlook. Those words also sent a meeting off the rails and into the back corner to be dusted off later. It’s not something you expect to hear someone say. Why would you? Companies are supposed to be forward thinking and reaching towards the [...]
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Mon, January 4 2010 » Development, Growth, Innovation, leadership » No Comments
Every company should have a set of CORE rules. These rules will define a company. Breaking one of these core rules is grounds for mocking heckling and jeering, as well as immediate dismissal. Companies should give prospective job seekers these rules in the interview process as a kind of introduction to the company.
Rule 1 should [...]
Tags: Company, Core, CORE Rules, Development, Rules
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Mon, December 28 2009 » Development, Growth, Innovation, Interview, leadership » No Comments
Wow last week was one of the best weeks I’ve had in a while. First I got to review the Droid. Then I got invited to look at Clove. Again all of this is thanks to Albert Maruggi, President of Provident Partners. This post is going to be about Clove and it’s my second attempt [...]
Tags: Albert Maruggi, Clove, Demo, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Spice Apps
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Thu, November 12 2009 » Development, Growth, Innovation, Social Media, Twitter » No Comments
People spend major amounts of money trying to figure out what’s next. I know I ask myself the same question on a daily basis. So I was pleased to see a post by Arik Hanson on just that subject. In his post he outlines 9 words to keep in mind when looking for what’s next. [...]
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Tue, November 3 2009 » Development, Growth, Innovation » No Comments
I love when an idea I have is met with a resounding thud or silence. This was the kind of response I got this morning in our companies all staff meeting. Why would anyone appreciate a thud or silence? Simply put, it’s because this thud is a sign of either a failure on my part [...]
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Mon, November 2 2009 » Development, Growth, Innovation, Social Media, Twitter » 2 Comments
Larry Page, co-founder of Google, offered up 2 important words to the 2002 graduating class at Stanford University.
“Don’t settle”
These words still ring true today. Whether you are just starting out, made it to the peak, or somewhere in between these words should always be on your mind no matter what your background is. These [...]
Tags: Drive, Google, Growth, Innovation, Larry Page, Passion
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Tue, October 27 2009 » Growth, Innovation » No Comments
MISSING: Geek/Developer/Creative TRUST!
I’m missing something and I’m hoping you all can help me find it. It’s gender neutral. It speaks with a passion for what it believes in. People call it Geeks, Nerds, Artsy, Modern, Thoughtful, Innovative, Brilliant & Disruptive to name a few things. It looks for an outlet for its passion.
If you know [...]
Tags: Creative, Developer, Geek, lost, Minnesota, missing
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Fri, October 23 2009 » Development, Growth, Innovation, leadership » No Comments
YAY! <cloud> tag now in my rss feed xml. Got to love how quickly things move in the tech world.
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Tue, September 8 2009 » Innovation, blogging » No Comments
The economist.com has a great story on innovation from the perspective of Evan Williams, founder of blogger and twitter. In it he says there are 3 rules to innovation
Genuinely new ideas are stumbled upon
New Ideas are by definition hard to explain to others.
The [...]
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Fri, December 21 2007 » Innovation » No Comments
Well I can’t believe that it is Wednesday for one and 10 am as well. So today I have an interview with Otis Gospodnetić the founder of Simpy and that is are subject. I hope this interview provides all of you with information that is as useful as I found it. So let get this [...]
Tags: 10 Questions, Otis Gospodnetić, Simpy
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Wed, January 4 2006 » 10 Questions, Innovation, blogging » No Comments