Archive for November, 2006
Monday, November 27th, 2006
I’ll meet you on the playground for recess
It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.
Eric Hoffer
Earlier this summer as I was touring Canada looking at the state of early stage technology startups, when David Crow introduced me to the concept [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in Canada Tech Scene, Community, Entrepreneurs, Montreal by austin
Friday, November 24th, 2006
How do I measure up?
It’s been thirty days since my first post on this blog. Since that time I’ve written 27 posts (28 including this one) almost one per day (my frequency has not been that regular since I often post in bursts).
I’ve decided to wait until ninety days before writing my inaugural post since I”m [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Blogging by austin
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
The world is my scrapbook and this is my canvas
I like to draw cultural references from all sorts of places to make my posts more fun.
As I pull together source material I have begun to realize that some of the references I use may be dated (I often forget my true age since I either grew up too fast starting companies at an early [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Blogging, Humor by austin
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
I like to cause the world to smile
The type of advertisement that makes you smile and want to share it with a friend.
The best kind. Next time you take a sip of your Starbucks coffee, Wrigley’s will be there smiling at you.
Via Francois at Emergence Marketing
1 Comment » - Posted in Grass Root Conversations by austin
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
This company has been brought to you by community production
Doing a lot of thinking and research on the role of community in the production of great companies. Collaboration, open business models and communities oh my!
There is a shift occurring towards empowered communities of users playing active roles in the development and innovation of the services they use.
In the process they are contributing [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Community by austin
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
Corporate and Community Leadership
As more companies look to harness the power of communities, I think the role of corporate and community leadership will begin to merge. This is goodness as I believe they are one and the same thing.
My friends and I email each other quotes and passages from great things we are reading.
This was a [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Community, Leadership by austin
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
No Fargin Iceholes Allowed
Guy Kawasaki has a great review of the soon to be released book The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t by Robert Sutton.
(I don’t plan to use profanity often in my writing - but the word really does capture the meaning in a way the no other word does)
The [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Leadership by austin
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
So it is said, so shall it be done
I’ve always been an optimist. I think every entrepreneur needs to be an optimist to be able to confront the day to day opposition they will face.
When customers have told me a deal was done, I use to assume the deal was done.
When investors told me that we had a deal, I once believed [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Entrepreneurs, Startup Resources by austin
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Ace your job audition - Interview with Andy Nulman
One of the great presentations at Montreal Barcamp was from Jonathan Karpfen who recounted a great story about auditioning for his job at Airborne Entertainement with Andy Nulman. Jonathan spoke about how he sent fake Fedex packages with funny video’s as well as having his friends sent letters to Andy promoting Jonathan as a [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Canada Tech Scene, Interview, Startup Resources, Talent Search by austin
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
What is your one thing?
Every company, entrepreneur and I believe every person is in search of their one thing. The one thing is that makes what you do special. The product, service, message, offering, feature, approach or solution that just fits with customers. The thing that the company becomes known for.
Often this search for the one thing can [...]
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