For the first time, I’m going to try my hand at a sweepstakes here on Hard Knox Life. I’ve been pretty radio silent with the time commitment of Rockfish, The Brandery and my new little ones at home. So consider this sweepstakes a bit of payback for sticking with me and not deleting me from your RSS feeds! Recently the
Over on Quora, Tristan Walker asked me to answer the question of “What will it take to build the next Procter & Gamble?” It is a fun question when you think about what it will take to turn one of today’s technology darlings into a company that can last over 100 years. Given the positive response I received on the
One of my favorite emails is one from an aspiring entrepreneur that is looking to get involved in the Cincinnati start-up community. Generally the common theme is the person is looking for a co-founder, especially a technical co-founder. I usually start with suggesting things like StartupDigest for events, StartupCincy for seeing existing companies, and meetups like Web / Tech Drinkup
I just started to read Brad Feld’s new ebook Burning Entrepreneur and I can already say its another must-read for entrepreneurs. The book is largely a collection of Brad’s writing from his popular blog put together in a single book. In a world of RSS, it is inevitable that you are going to miss some great posts, even if you
Darren Herman from kbs+p had a though provoking post this morning about the “Golden Age of Ad and Marketing Technology.” He wrote that: Gone are the days where we continually rent audiences from media companies and pay them significant dollars time and time again. We should not have to do that continuously if we have platforms that allow us to
