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What Do You Want From MyVenturePad in 2010? Plus “Storms at Sea”

December 14, 2009 by Peter Auditore
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Comments Required!MyVenturePad is now a community of more than two thousand members since its inception two years ago. First and foremost, MVP, Social Media Today and SAP would like to thank all the bloggers and MVP members for their participation in this vibrant social media peer group focused on the challenges facing small businesses.... [read more]

MyVenturePad.Com: A Best Practice in Social Media Marketing

July 14, 2009 by Peter Auditore
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These days it seems like every time I check my email, connect to one of my favorite sites,  or attend a conference on Web 2.0 or social media, I encounter the “social media cognoscenti” selling snake oil (research and white papers) in the form of “Best Practices in Social Media Marketing.” I guess what irritates me the most about... [read more]

Email ettiquette and Body Language

August 28, 2008 by DeepaGovind
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Often I come across projects where I have to scout for talent depending on my client’s project requirements. This would require me to initiate a contact via email and gauge the candidate. The resume mostly holds information on their academic and work related credentials. This is indeed useful to filter out those who are not “qualified”... [read more]

The Ten Commandments of Goal Setting

August 27, 2008 by Bud Bilanich
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Outstanding performance is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.   If you want to become an outstanding performer, you need to do three things: 1) become a lifelong learner; 2) set and achieve high goals; and 3) get organized. Gary Ryan Blair is The Goals Guy.  He helps business owners,... [read more]

Amazon Acquires Shelfari

August 27, 2008 by Brad Feld
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Congrats to Josh Hug and the gang at Shelfari for joining the Amazon.com family.  I was an early angel investor in Shelfari and have been a long time avid user of the service.  Amazon was an investor in the first round and the two companies fit naturally together. I invested in three vertical social networks in 2006 - Shelfari... [read more]

PR: Present and Future

August 27, 2008 by jkintzler
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I started the pitchengine network blog hoping to gauge the level of interest in social media and public relations. After just a few posts, it became very apparent that PR and media pros were thirsty to hear it. Topics have pertained to PR, journalism, broadcasting, and even coffee shops - all sharing a common link in social media.... [read more]

Next generation direct marketing with decision management

August 27, 2008 by JamesTaylor
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Copyright © 2008 James Taylor. Visit the original article at Next generation direct marketing with decision management. Elana Anderson had a great post on direct marketing while I was on vacation -Next Generation Campaign Management. She starts off with three great principles: Listen to all information provided by customers... [read more]

YCombinator: The Art of the Open House

August 26, 2008 by Guy Kawasaki
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YCombinator is a new kind of venture capitalist that focuses on $20,000 investments to help entrepreneurs go from "idea to company." They admit two "batches" of entrepreneurs per year for a three-month period. At the end of the term, there is an open house where the companies strut their stuff to investors. YCombinator has helped over... [read more]

Google invests $11 million in geothermal

August 23, 2008 by ToddWallace
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Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, has invested $11 million in enhanced geothermal systems. Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) involve pushing water through hot rocks and using the resulting steam to drive turbines. This contrasts with more traditional geothermal operations that rely on naturally occurring steam and hot water. Link... [read more]

What Should I Be Doing With My Life?

August 22, 2008 by Steve Roesler
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During my management and consulting career I've watched two things impact a person's sense of  "What should I be doing with my life" 1. A job change initiated by an employer.This is usually a reorganization or layoff that causes people to evaluate what else might be a good fit within the existing company or what to focus on in the... [read more]

Business taxes: too much, too little

August 22, 2008 by Kay Bell
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Big business pays way too much tax. Big business doesn't pay nearly enough tax. Who's right? It depends upon who's compiling, or at least interpreting, the numbers. A Government Accountability Office study released this month found that two-thirds of both American companies and foreign companies doing business in the United States... [read more]

For Marketers, What Recession? Part 2

August 22, 2008 by Tom Pick
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As an update to the What Recession? post here in May, here are the latest figures. U.S. GDP grew 1.9% in the second quarter, so once again, we are not technically in a recession. On the other hand, the overall unemployment rate spiked upward to 5.7%; not catastrophic, but clearly disturbing.Still, these two numbers taken together may... [read more]

Preparing for Success – How much do you really want it?

August 21, 2008 by Wayne Wilson
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The 2008 Summer Olympics should be required viewing for all aspiring business owners and entrepreneurs. [1] The sheer willpower exhibited by the athletes as they stretched themselves beyond belief was awe-inspiring. Michael Phelps, with a new record 8 Gold Medals in a single Olympics, was the epitome of an athlete driven to win as he... [read more]

Office 2.0 and Burning Man?

August 21, 2008 by Gadi Shamia
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I was invited by my friend Ismael Ghalimi to host a panel during Office 2.0 about my favorite topic, SaaS. The session is about going 100% SaaS and what it means. My panelists are Dan Druker from Intacct, Doug Harr from Ingres, Rob Hull from Adaptive Planning and Rene Lacerte from Bill.com. What’s great about this team is that they are... [read more]

Leadership Development Crisis?

August 21, 2008 by Skip Reardon
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Consulting firm DDI set out to examine why confidence in leaders is declining despite a heightened focus on developing leadership talent.After surveying almost 1,500 HR professionals and more than 12,000 leaders from 76 countries, DDI's survey (as featured in Management Issues) reveals what it described as "major shortfalls in... [read more]

7 Questions with Steve Glasgow

August 20, 2008 by Scott Schwertly
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Ethos3 recently spent a few minutes to chat with Steve Glasgow, a veteran financial advisor, to discuss the role of storytelling in the financial industry.  Steve has been in the financial industry for over 15 years.  His experience includes working with individuals to Fortune 500 companies.  He specializes in 401k... [read more]

Leader Lessons from… Jeff Myers

August 20, 2008 by Michael Waddell
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Jeff Myers is a friend of my co-author, Ron Hunter, and he graciously wrote a review of my book Toy Box Leadership on his blog Wide Open. Here it is: One of my favorite topics is leadership. I can’t read enough about it. Reading books about leadership charges me up and motivates me to take uncomfortable steps toward becoming a better... [read more]

Lost your Drive? You Need a Magnificent Obsession, a Vision That Will Not Be Denied!

August 19, 2008 by Robin Elliott
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Jim Stovall is blind. He has been a national champion Olympic weightlifter, the President of the Emmy Award-winning Narrative Television Network, and a highly sought after author and platform speaker.  He is the author of the best selling book, The Ultimate Gift, which is now a major motion picture starring James Garner and Abigail... [read more]

When cybercommuting drags down productivity... DUMB it back up...

August 19, 2008 by David Zinger
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Karen Lojeski and Richard Reilly wrote Uniting the Virtual Workforce. The cover has the picture of a person on a mountain top with his laptop and I borrowed the book from the University of Manitoba Management Library. I thought I’d give it a scan and I didn’t think I would get too much from it. Wrong again. Was I wrong! I became... [read more]

Here’s one way to institutionalize great service

August 18, 2008 by JamesTaylor
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Copyright © 2008 James Taylor. Visit the original article at Here’s one way to institutionalize great service. David Rance had a nice piece on CustomerThink called Great Service Has to Be Institutionalized if It Is to Become the Norm. In this post he identifies decision making as important, which I think is true. Now his focus is... [read more]

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