Today I gave back to the streets that fed me for 2+ years of my professional career and volunteered to help “critique” resumes at the Georgia Tech Resume Blitz. If you’re still reading, I applaud you, public policy, GaTech, and resumes ain’t exactly tantalizing material, but work with…
> “The man who has begun to live more serious within begins to live more simply without.” – Ernest Hemingway It’s always fascinated me how history’s most respected and successful figures have created rhythm in their life. From Churchill’s late nights and long baths [http://susaneliamacneal.blogspot.com/…
Atlanta has a huge appetite for an in-town private school less expensive than Paideia [http://www.paideiaschool.org/]. An affordable in-town private school would create the following: – traffic alleviation in from the suburbs – greater community within the downtown/midtown/VaHi/Westside/Inman Park residents – the ability for college graduate to…
Recently finished watching 2 excellent videos highlighting some of Atlanta’s most successful entrepreneurs. Both guys attended UGA and have built completely different types of companies. The first video is of Reggie Bradford. Companies: WebMD, N2Broadband, Vitrue Major highlights in the video: – Raising money. – Why he stayed in Atlanta. Here…
One of my buddies who sells golf clubs asked me the other day “what’s it like to sell technology?” “Isn’t it so hard to understand it and sell it?” I explained to him that he’s actually in technology sales, it was just less pronounced because it wasn’…
Two of my favorite ways to learn leadership skills are to surround myself with other leaders and study history. I recently finished an excellent documentary on Teddy Roosevelt called Theodore Roosevelt: An American Lion [http://youtu.be/1tdrLkuEpsE]. There are numerous takeaways from the documentary and wanted to share a…
There were two amazing stories on 60 Minutes this evening. The first was a story of how military tactics used by Officer Mike Cutone in Iraq can be used in the streets of the United States — particularly Springfield, Mass. Their strategy is community driven; It’s not just about arrests.…
This post explores the convergence of SEO, social and how product development fits in the mix. It’s no secret that content marketing is becoming the number one method of marketing among lean, early-stage technology companies. Those that rule the Twitter streams and Google searches will have leads for decades.…
