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Lemonade and Sky Surfers

February 25, 2010

In the summer of 1995, sky surfers landed in my front yard. BMXers were in my backyard. And I decided to set up a lemonade stand. While I may be pretty pro-corporate now, I can tell you I had a lot of entrepreneurial spirit as a kid. I’d make crafts to sell, help my mom […]

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If You Want My Money, Treat Me Like a Customer

February 10, 2010

Where do you get off? If you want my money, you are a business. That means act like it. You are not above customer service. You are not above basic administrative competence. I don’t know if this happens everywhere, but when I lived in D.C., Greenpeace used to have solicitors parked outside the metro stations. […]

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This Ain’t Your Mama’s Moon Race

February 4, 2010

I am part of an air and space family. My childhood is filled with the sounds of sonic booms and smell of jet fuel in the air. We had tons of books on being pilots and astronauts, and I bet NASA was the first acronym I learned. My brothers and I really wanted to walk […]

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Business About Thongs

January 29, 2010

If you read Cosmo, and I know you do, you would have noticed that February has an article titled “The Thong is Dead!” Jessica Knoll takes us through some history and background of the thong, and why men may be turning cold to the scandalous panties. I first heard of this article on the morning […]

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Bring in the Executioner

January 12, 2010

I’m not talking about the guy with the axe, though I would assume that the Executioner should be just as threatening. Nope, I’m talking about the guy you want on your team to get shit done. He may be in the background to every big project your leadership initiates. He probably knows the ins and […]

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5,6,7,8…SYTYCD Gets the Rhythm of Entertainment

June 11, 2009

We’ve got the Top 20 and now we’re in business. Literally. The business of reality talent contests has brought a change to television which results in new revenue. American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) have their own concert tours, merchandise, and then open the door for other revenue. Would you have […]

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Alice Has the Right Idea

March 4, 2009

Alice, a great company with lots of neat new ideas, has decided to have a giveaway for a Flip camera. Let me tell you why I think this is great. 1. It’s a giveaway, and we all love free stuff. But you had to do some innovative (to some) entries to qualify…like upload photos to […]

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