December 2009
4 posts
Top 20 Tracks of 2009
… well at least most listened to on my iPhone on days that I wasn’t too music ADD. The list is probably off since I had to have restore my iPhone more than once. And my Macbook Air is still kaput. But still shows my favorite flavors of the year.
Soul
Darrien Brockington - Think it Over
Amel Larrieux - Don’t Let Me Down
Maxwell - Pretty Wings
Rock
Phoenix - Girlfriend
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Negotiating within Interests, Options, Objective...
Great framework for negotiations from Stan Christensen of Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
Agreements are made in context of relationships. And being in dialogue is necessary for effective communication. Good communication is also about listening and conveying that you are listening to the other side… and understand their objective criteria, interests and what viable options there...
There's meaningful, there's epic and then there's...
… when it comes to non-traditional advertising.
We pitch to potential clients and often it’s we want a website and can you make us and place us some banner site on your site. Yeah, that will help. It’s well… meaningful.
Then there’s the one a bit more savvy, they’re open to do rich interactive video on micro sites, and release the special content in...
Wile E. Coyote and Capital Funding...
There’s a bunch of Wile E. Coyotes (entrepreneurs/start-ups) out there that are super brilliant armed with latest and greatest Acme (online protocols) technology; and they’re all starved right now. Wile E. Coyote or Eatibus Anythingus is really chasing fast for that damn Beep Beep Road Runner (Revenue). And no matter how brilliant the plan, but if he doesn’t have enough road...
November 2009
3 posts
Social Influences
“Understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.” ~EDWARD L. BERNAYS (1891-1995)
Since I run a social community site and always making sales or partnership pitches, I’m very interested in always learning more on how to influence or persuade individuals and the masses.
Themes that I found most...