Not long ago my friend Sally Hogshead (sallyhogshead.com) posted this on Facebook: “Being the best is not enough if nobody notices or cares.” She’s absolutely right. When Sally speaks to groups about how to be fascinating (and she is THE master of fascination), she often uses Jagermeister as an example. Who would have ever known about […]
We’ve seen how Tammy Kahn Fennell and Alan Hamlyn combined their talents in marketing and programming to take a small, simple desktop app and develop it into the user-friendly MarketMeSuite social media management platform. Tammy and Alan have a good feel for what small businesses need, they listen to their customers, and they’ve taken an […]
Often when we’re introduced to a killer app, we ask ourselves, “Why didn’t I think of that?” But that’s not the right question to ask. A far better question is something like, “Why didn’t I take that cool little idea I had some time ago and keep working on it until I turned it into […]
I was pleased to be one of the judges at last week’s Connecticut Business Plan Competition sponsored by The Entrepreneurship Foundation and held at Gateway Community College in New Haven, Connecticut. Twice a year dozens of teams from the entrepreneurship classes at Connecticut’s private colleges, state universities and community colleges compete for cash awards, trophies […]
As a history major, I understand the past is a great teacher. We learn from our experiences and they can serve as a solid base upon which to build. However, as they say, “If you keep doing the same things, you’ll keep getting the same results.” And in today’s dynamic, rapidly changing marketplace, you’ve got […]