Find your passion at work

I posted a while back about people with passion and why it’s always inspring to be around them.  And being passionate was one of my 12 keys to being excellent at anything.  I’m a big passion guy, for sure. I’ll be completely transparent on this point: in my new role at Engauge one of my…

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14 questions for today’s marketer. Do you pass the test?

I’ve spent months analyzing specific questions to determine whether or not a marketer is going to make it in today’s world.  The following questions are a result of that research and, depending on how you answer them, will indicate how likely you are to be successful over the next ten years in marketing. Ok, not…

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Not only did I miss SXSW, but apparently I also missed SXSE!

I love the Digital Innovation Group at Engauge.  Since the entire group wasn’t able to go to SXSW this year (including myself), DIG decided to host a mock conference over lunch called, appropriately, SXSE (south by south east).  Unfortunately I was out of town for this too! It seems the hashtag #SXSE is starting to…

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So I wasn’t able to go to SXSW…

I had planned to go to SXSW this year.  In fact, I had planned to go to every SXSW for the rest of time as soon as I came home from last year’s SXSW.   I had the absolute best time at that conference last  year. So I was all signed up to go to…

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How to be an entrepreneur…with a job

I love entrepreneurs. I love being one. I love working with them. I love events like last week’s Startup Riot where you get to spend a day with 50 startups. I love the way an entrepreneur looks at a problem and sees a solution from an angle most people couldn’t see. I love how entrepreneurs…

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