Travel opens your mind
What do you do when you travel? My best thinking time is in airports or on planes. Even with the advent of airport and onboard wi-fi, I find my best ideas come from reading (from a book) and writing (longhand,…
Vacation is for catching soap bubbles
Time to Unplug The best thing to do on vacation is – well, anything that you can’t do online – and you should take the time to unplug and recharge. Getting off of your normal routine can help you recognize…
Starting a new job is never easy, so just jump in!
Tomorrow’s the beginning of a new chapter for me – I’m leaving Gist and joining Assistly. It’s been a great run and I am looking forward to staying in touch with my good friends and Gist and to gaining new friendships…
Be a Tourist in Your Own Town (Even if Lord Vader Doesn’t Allow Parade Photos)
HOW TO: Be a Tourist in Your Own Town I went to the Redmond Derby Days parade today and realized something important. Not only do I love parades (they are fun because you see things like the scene above, and you definitely…
HOW TO: Go From Eating Pizza to Building a “Disruptive” Startup in just 54 hours
This weekend I participated in an amazing event at Startup Weekend Seattle. I found some great new friends, got the opportunity to pitch amazing ideas in front of a crowd, and contributed to an epic journey: building a complete startup from…
Your goal should be: connect online to connect offline
On Friday, I attended the SM301 conference, and couldn’t help overhearing, over and over again, “I think we’ve met – I recognize you from your Twitter picture!” and “it’s great to finally put a name to a face and not just…
You don’t need a business plan yet: 7 ideas for Customer Development
You’re thinking of starting a business? Hooray! Cool idea, and good luck. There are a few things that you can do to get started, and the first ought to be something counter-intuitive: don’t build your business plan. Yet. The first…
What I learned from Big Omaha: Change Yourself, and Change the World
Just Get Going When I sat down to write my takeaways from the Big Omaha conference I attended this week, I struggled with finding a focus. And then I realized that the two key things that I learned from the speakers and…
By the way, you don’t know all the answers
I used to be concerned with being right. I didn’t understand that there were many different kinds of being right, one prominent version of which was “it doesn’t matter if you’re right, if you bring it up at the wrong…
