Hey, thanks for dropping by my personal blog. I don’t have much time for it since I started publishing FemaleEntrepreneurs last weekend. This blog has been a wonderful “here” for me. For those of you who talk to me about my blog, come up to me and comment on it, and […]
I work in a fantastical place. Smart folks work right by me. This afternoon, I traded a power cord with the woman next to me. The line powering her could easily power my platform, too. It’s like that, where I work. We share a lot. The people are beautiful, passionate, and full of […]
I got an email today from a young healthcare tech entrepreneur. Since her question would help other entrepreneurs too, she kindly allowed me to republish some of today’s correspondence here . . . I’ve lightly edited it to protect privacy. “I took your advice on speaking at conferences after that awesome […]
A fund manager at a new fund that invests heavily in early stage companies just asked me what I know about tracking early sales pipeline. Write2Market, my marketing & PR agency, is recognized by Hubspot as among the Top 10 Agencies for Start Ups. Obviously there’s no cookie cutter answer […]
In the last 24 business hours, I’ve met with eight different early stage companies. I was privileged to get a deep dive from each one of their founding teams. Stream of consciousness here, most of them have some challenges with the customer acquisition process. That comes with the territory–if sales […]
Creation comes with risk. CEOs and founders are in the jump seat of making the call on risk –and opportunity–for their companies. So are those who climb in with them to co-pilot brands, like marketing directors. When they get the call for their perspective, they can take the risk and […]
I used to be the kind of person who feels at home almost everywhere. I was proud of this chameleon-like trick, until I realized I was never completely at home, anywhere. I could act at home volunteering with AIDS patients. Taking a skittish horse through a new situation. Learning a new language. […]
Last year about this time, I was itching for my next “new experience.” My company had grown, our team was great–by golly, I was gonna “do something fun.” I checked my handy-dandy spreadsheet of wild and wooly things to make happen. An”oldie but goodie” from five years ago caught my eye–a trip to […]
Last night I had the pleasure of getting some good friends together to share something really important: feedback. A friend of friend is building a one man show, and performing it to small groups. His name is Sean. After the hour-long monologue, Sean then asks questions, like: What’s stands out? […]
Alex, a 16 year old who works at Target in Frisco, Texas, was just doing his job. This week’s New York Times article gives the background about what happened when another kid snapped a photo of him doing his job. It went viral. That’s when the national TV invitations–and the death threats–began. What strikes […]