Last week I mentioned that I thought web professionals are notoriously bad at branding themselves. How would you rate your personal brand? If you are in the technology field personal branding is a necessity. This is doubly true if you are a start-up or thinking about starting a company because early on, […]

You know it’s great getting to know new people because they can 1) Make you remember something that you should never have forgotten 2) Get you to think about things in a new way. Yesterday Bryan Veloso posted his latest Live from the 101 podcast that focused on the urge many people feel to try […]

Updated For SXSW Interactive: Heading to SXSW I thought this particular post should be updated with information we discussed while preparing for our Design and Social Responsibility panel for SXSW.

One of the worst problems with making new technology accessible and usable is that those considerations are added too late. - Whitney Quesenbery
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The Business Makers got a chance to talk with Janice Fraser the CEO and founder of Adaptive Path about the success of the company, intrepreneurship and the recent sale of Measure Map to Google. You can hear the interviews on The Business Makers Odeo Channel (Part I, Part II, Part III). Very […]

I recently had lunch with a buddy of who wondered out loud why her employees didn’t always respond to her constant requests for them to take action and be responsible. “They just don’t follow instructions. Why is it so hard for them to be responsible?” My response was “Maybe they aren’t getting what they […]