There is advertising campaign that has recently impressed me . Burker King has launched it's new "Burger King Freakout" campaign which shows real people's reactions to a fake corporate decision to get rid of their best selling product - The…
This was first posted at the Premium Turbos blog, but the site seems to be down so I've reposed the images here for your review. As someone who spent many hours building things with Legos this sure does bring back…
A week ago I was contacted by Alexandra de Oliveira, Chief Marketing Officer, for the Durham, North Carolina based startup company Shoeboxed.com. It was requested that I review this new startup company and I am honored to comply. Alexandra linked…
Congratulations to my big bro Anderson Schoenrock on the sale of his real estate company to Jones Lang LaSalle. Here is some additional information as reported by Bloomberg. Zietsman's founders, former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. executives Michael Zietsman and Anderson…
Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin, made and excellent post about the trials and tribulations of doing a startup. You have to check it out!
During one of my MBA courses a group of us had the task of helping a local company make a strategic decision using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). One of my group members spoke up about a project she was…
Startups are stressful. By nature, they remove many of the safety nets that larger companies can afford. Distractions are deadly and losing focus for a small amount of time can be devastating. Finding the right people to fill the correct…
I came across an excellent post regarding a few reasons that Mister Rogers was the best neighbor ever. (Please check it out as I will use it as a reference point in this post.) After thinking on this subject for…
I received a call last night from a little birdy who kindfully reminded me that if I was late sending my mother a mothers day card to remember the price increase in stamps. I then passed this information onto a…
"You were qualified, they could afford you, and they needed you. So why didn't they hire you? They didn't want to tell you, but your boss-to-be rejected you because of the best kegger of your senior year. She saw the…