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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Wow, amazing book: Drive

Over the past weekend I read an amazing book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.  It was recommended to me by my friend and childhood idol, @steve83. You really need to read this book if you are in any way tasked with motivating people.  Motivating is probably the wrong word to use actually. …

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9 things you do to kill the office vibe

I like doing this, reading a title for a story, writing the story from my point before reading it, then comparing where I landed vs. the original. I saw this headline, 12 Things You Do At Work That Kill The Office Vibe, in Business Insider and before I read it, here is my list of……

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