Innovation and Entrepreneurship
by Paul Mobley, MBA
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As a native Californian I’m not really used to the traditional winter. Yet, earlier this month we took a trip up to Anchorage and survived the bitter cold. We were even “snowed in” and couldn’t leave the house one day. One activity that is much more common up there is having fun with a snow [...]
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Today Apple announced their new iPad (a third category of mobile device with the other two being phones and laptops). I my initial reaction was that this could be a really interesting advancement for sales people of all kinds but especially the Realtor. They have already created an updated version of Keynote for the iPad [...]
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I have a lot of content to share with everyone…but instead of trying to write a bunch of articles to end 2009 I have decided to head in a different direction. I’m taking a digital holiday. I plan to blog less, tweet less, check e-mail less, and read less aggregated news. Even my new Google [...]
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Cherry Republic said that their favorite photographer is Paul Mobley. He will be back in the region for a book signing. The event is at 7 pm on Friday, November 20, 2009 at Brilliant Books in Suttons Bay. Cherry Republic will be there serving tasty little cherry tidbits during the signing. Paul spoke yesterday in [...]
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COSTA MESA – Rhonda Rohrabacher from Huntington Beach will be our guest speaker today, November 17 at MOTM in Orange County. Rhonda is the Director of Internet Strategy and Interaction Design for Congressman Rohrabacher (CA-46) and uses technology to shake things up in the political world and beyond. The topic for conversation will be how [...]
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Business Week has selected CitySourced as on of the 25 most interesting companies. The article was just published online and will be included in the Nov 16 issue. This is a really nice validation of their innovative business model that was introduced to the world at TechCrunch50 in September. Regular readers already know about Kurt [...]
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The National Association of Realtors has taken a major step towards a property centric MLS. The Realtor Property Resource (RPR) is not intended to become a national MLS system but it has the potential to provide vast amounts of property centric data. This is big news that has not yet been covered by the major [...]
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The Web 2.0 world has released a surge of content and challenged the status quo. Yet an increase in quantity doesn’t automatically equate with quality. Just because the barriers to entry have been lowered for journalism, graphic design, copy writing, photography, and songwriting it does not mean that we now have better news, better design, [...]
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COSTA MESA – For several years now, the place to be once a month on Tuesday nights was at Meeting of the Minds (MOTM) in Westlake Village. Kurt Daradics and Baron Miller created something special that, at it’s core, could be summarized as starting a conversation. In this context many collaborations, innovations, and relationships have [...]
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CitySourced was selected as one of the top three concepts at TechCrunch50 2009. While they didn’t receive the top prize (a check for $50,000) they did make a big splash at an event with lots of noteworthy tech innovators. Both the judges and the press loved the concept (including CNET). Keep your eye out for [...]
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Publishers Weekly, the leading magazine on the American book business, predicted another big hit this fall from the makers of American Farmer. The new offering by Welcome Books is Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town. This oversized hardcover by photographer Douglas Gayeton is a tribute to rural Italian life and charming local characters whose livelihoods [...]
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Social media, outsourcing, and other new tactics have been described within the real estate industry as proof of a major change in the business. People talk about them as the magic bullets for an industry that is in crisis. Most people will agree that the real estate industry in 2009 is in crisis. However, I [...]
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Tomorrow, August 25, 2009, Matt Brouwers’ new record Where’s Our Revolution will be released by Universal / Indie Extreme. Since I’ve been friends with Matt for over a decade I’ll acknowledge my bias and leave the review to some else. When I first listened to the record about nine months ago I was really impressed. [...]
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It is clear to me that the next big trend is to use the internet as a way to leverage community and re-establish accountability. It’s both a beautiful and scary time because the traditional definitions of community have changed. The problem is that most people online are involved only in quasi-community and they seldom build [...]
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I’m glad open-source technology exists to help shape our future. If not…
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Thanks to everyone who took the time to check out the Pinkberry challenge and provide feedback online and off. There were a lot of professionals who were unable to participate due to their production schedules (which I understand). However, I think that some others were scared to show how they do their magic (which is [...]
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Derek Sivers, the head of CD Baby, said, “It’s so funny when I hear people being so protective of ideas. (People who want me to sign an nda to tell me the simplest idea). To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.” The book Getting Real [...]
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The little that I know about photography is that you’re goal is to capture good light in a way that tells a great story. As mentioned in the previous post I purchased a Canon G10. This camera has got me excited again about photography because it’s basically a professional’s point-an-shoot. David Studarus recommended that I [...]
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This post is dedicated to [b]ecker and all of the other great photographers who always out play me in Texas Hold’em. The short list also includes: Jessica Claire, Mike Colon, Dane Sanders, and many more. Paul Mobley had the cover image and a feature article in Rangefinder Magazine in July 2009. How do you like [...]
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David Studarus and I went out a week ago Friday to get some images for the Live Near The Beach and Live Near Work brands. The light wasn’t very good that day but we did happen upon the US Open of Surfing with some really nice waves. Then we went back down PCH and up [...]
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What if you were given the opportunity to have lunch with Seth Godin or Donald Trump but you could only pick one. Who would you dine with? Would the choice change if you were paid $5,000 to sit down with Donald but it would cost you $5,000 with Seth? If given that choice I would [...]
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