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…
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…
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…
Which Trail Do You Want To Take? Trail Marker, Tonto National Forest Originally uploaded by gregmeyer If you’re looking for direction on the next stop in your career, try going to a wilderness area or national forest for some tips…
This week I went from the 48 degrees and rainy world of the Pacific Northwest to the 90-plus degrees of the Sonoran Desert near Scottsdale, Arizona. I thought I was going to see cactii, cactii, and more cactii (it was…
It’s time to get out of your comfort zone. Yeah, I know, sounds trite, and you wonder: why bother? Consider all the requests you get for help (whether someone is trying to sell you something or not.) I get a…
I have no idea how to explain Quora to other people who like to try software. Borrowing a turn from It’s this for That, I’ll try to explain with a few examples: It’s a Question and Answer site for People…
It’s easy to say “I don’t want to do it today, I’ll do it tomorrow.” It’s also easy say “that thing you asked me to do — I’ll take care of it.” It’s a lot harder to wiggle out of…
Fred Wilson’s recent post on the N+1 theory got me thinking this week about the choices that we make and how we’re defined by those choices. For example, many of us are forced to choose between this and that when…
