Stop Apologizing for Being In Business.

February 25, 2010

If you’re like a lot of small businesses and freelancers, you get paid for what you know.  You may be a consultant, or a designer, or an accountant (or you may want to be), but in the end, people pay you because you know more about X than they do.  Now if you’re smart, and [...]

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Grass Roots Marketing Is Alive and Well and Working

February 22, 2010

I participated in Podcamp Toronto this weekend, and I was thinking about how to share my experience with you in a way that would benefit you most.  So I won’t post the slides from my presentation, and I’m not going to write about how attending and presenting at conferences is one of the best ways [...]

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Creating A Professional Presence On Social Media Sites

February 17, 2010

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] In this episode of Startup Daddy I talk about creating a professional looking presence on social media sites like Facebook and Youtube. Facebook has over 400 million active users.  More than half log in every day and the average user spends about an hour per day there. See [...]

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From Idea To Company In 7 Days

January 22, 2010

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] In this episode of Startup Daddy I talk about my new company, Memory Deck.  I hope that by talking about the process I’m going through as I start this new company, you will see that you can do it too. While my partner and I have been researching [...]

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I Wrote On Dad-O-Matic Today About Talking To My Daughter About Haiti

January 20, 2010

I wrote a post for Dad-O-Matic about talking to our 6 year old about the earthquake in Haiti, and all of the horrific images she catches on TV now and then.  It’s never easy to talk to your kids about death and tragedy but it’s important.  It’s not the usual business fair, but you can [...]

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I’m Taking A Mulligan For 2009

January 14, 2010

I’m taking a mulligan for 2009.  In golf, a mulligan is when you hit the ball poorly, into the woods or a lake, or five feet in front of you, and you want a do over. I know a lot about mulligans.  I was inspired by CC Chapman, who had a bad week, and called [...]

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Why The Google Announcement About China Is A Really Big Deal

January 12, 2010

Google made a huge announcement today.  Essentially, because of an attempt by the Chinese Government to hack the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists, Google has made a decision that will likely lead to their leaving China. In 2006, in order to make the deal in China, Google agreed to censor some search results. [...]

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Some New Year’s Inspiration From Steve Jobs.

January 4, 2010

As this is the beginning of a new year, and I am starting a new venture, I find myself going through a list of inspiring reads and videos I have bookmarked.  For my first post of 2010, I want to share a video of Steve Jobs giving the commencement speech at Stanford in 2005.  It’s [...]

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Year End and New Beginnings

December 8, 2009

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] In this episode of Startup Daddy, I’m going to talk about a new business I’m starting, and some tools I am using to collaborate with a partner in another Country.  In today’s time saver quick tip, I’m going to talk about some things that will help save you [...]

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Community Building And Great Customer Service

November 12, 2009

I observed a couple of great examples of customer service and community building recently that I want to share with you.  I believe that customer service and community building are the same thing, by the way.  Whether your business is on-line or off, you better be viewing your customers as a community.  They honor you [...]

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