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“More and better Pepeha, please” by Mark Earls
I’ve always been curious about other people’s culture – yes, food and feasting and so on but also the little etiquettes and rituals that …
Good ideas don’t care where they came from
Our old friend Nilofer Merchant has a compelling idea: “Your Employees Have All the Creativity You Need. Let Them Prove It.” Every company boss is sitting …
Beware SuperSexy
The big story last week is in The Verge, on how a super sexy ($1.4 Billion market cap worth of super sexy) New York startup luggage …
Are you brushing your teeth, or going to Mars?
What can we learn from Elon Musk? Probably the main lesson is that there are few better ways to brand a business than by having …
I Quit The Fame Game To Build Something by Tucker Max
In 2009, I was at (or near) the top of the “fame game.” I had the #1 book in the country, a Hollywood movie …
Chances are you have one of these mindsets
Here you have it: “Four Leadership Mindsets Driving the New Economy.” Producers. Investors. Connectors. Explorers. Make of it what you will. In Roman times, before you …
‘Tis more blessed to give than to receive
It’s a funny thing, when you read John Milton’s Paradise Lost, how the main character, Satan, is so completely miserable. The other thing is, he’s completely …
Happiness matters
A new academic study is out; apparently happy workers are 13% more productive than unhappy workers. Surprised? Apparently, not only do happy employees work longer …
The Glue Before Glue Is Needed – Brian E A “Beam” Maue PhD
Trust. Without it, nothing holds together. As Socrates noted, even thieves have to trust one another in order to pull off a heist. Once you break a trusted relationship, you can …
It Had To Be Finished by Wednesday
Before John Coltrane, before Charlie Parker, even before Ben Webster or Lester Young, there was Coleman Hawkins, the great music titan, the man who first brought tenor saxophone …
The Key To Customer Love
One of our observations, going back to 2004 has been, “The future of advertising is internal”. What we meant by that was, rather than just seeking …
In Business, Nothing Ever Changes
How much does it cost Blue Apron to land a new customer? About $500. How much is an average customer worth? About $400 in …
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