Innovation and Entrepreneurship
by Paul Mobley, MBA
From the monthly archives:
In a world of “instant” communication it’s easy to forget that most of the time we’re not having a conversation with someone we’re just sending messages their way. I was reminded today that the personal touch is sometimes just the thing to get things done. A project that I was working on was stalled in [...]
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Kurt Daradics, a social catalyst, had an overwhelming success last night at the Skirball. Digital Family Reunion is something that he mentioned to me months ago while it was still in the planning phases. To see this annual event take root, and both watch and participate in the creation of community, was amazing. I think [...]
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Today, Thursday, December 11th from 5:00pm to 10:00pm, the Digital Family Reunion (DFR) is bringing the Southern California technology and business communities together for the holidays at the Skirball Cultural Center. In association with some of the region’s top trade associations and social networking groups, the DFR is throwing a major holiday party. The DFR’s [...]
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urbanspoon is an entrepreneurial success story that is worth talking about instead of all this fear mongering stuff (that I’m guilty of too). It’s a company that is lead by three guys Ethan, Adam, and Patrick. From what I can tell back in November 2006 they landed on the concept of collecting information about local [...]
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More than ever right now results matter. The people who keep their jobs or stay in business are ones that get results. If you’ve got results then you have less fear right now. The opposite of results is a story. Don’t get me wrong… I love a great story. They’re necessary to connect with a [...]
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The worst thing for a business, small or big, is to lose momentum. Loss of momentum usually occurs first from external factors and then it begins to impact the team (i.e. layoffs, extra stress, etc). Once the team is effected then you stop doing your best and the purpose of why you’re there to begin [...]
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I was looking at the stats recently and noticed that the amount of spam that I’ve received on this blog is slightly greater to 1:1 (spam to posts). What is the strategy behind all of the effort that is made to build either fake community, blatantly stealing original content, or promoting illegitimate business activities? The [...]
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