On Saturday, I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at the inaugural Mashable Connect conference in Orlando, Florida.  As you would expect, Mashable put together a stellar line-up of speakers (myself excluded).  The below is the presentation that I gave on how brands and startups can work together in mutually beneficial partnerships

This morning, we officially announced Rockfish Brand Ventures, a new division that I couldn’t be more excited about.  In fact, Brand Ventures is one of the major reasons I joined Rockfish six months ago.  Since that time, a small group of us have been working to craft a new model that we think will create a disproportionate advantage for our

Note: I had meant to post this news a few weeks ago but somehow it ended up stuck in my draft folder. The Brandery is now a member of the TechStars Network, a newly launched White House-sponsored alliance of independently owned and operated startup accelerator programs from dozens of cities across the United States and around the world. The TechStars

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a great post by Steve Blanks in which he talked of the upcoming “Entrepreneurial Revolution” in the US.  As a follow-up, I wanted to share a short 6 minute talk that I gave in October at the inaugural TEDxCincy.  In the talk, I share a few reasons why I believe Cincinnati has tremendous

On Thanksgiving, Steve Blank wrote a very timely post entitled “When it’s darkest, men see the stars” that talked off the current economic upheaval and the future of American business.   Where many see a time of uncertainty, Blank perfectly captured the potential that he foresees when he wrote: I believe that we will look back at this decade as the beginning