Want some life advice? Take control of your life! We’ve heard that one before. But what does it mean? Well, here are my thoughts: taking control of your life means, on a most basic level, not relying on others for sustenance. Beyond that, tune your body and mind to become the best version of you…
The Japanese word “otaku” is a critical piece to successfully marketing your new product or service, according to Seth Godin. It refers to the desire of someone who is obsessed – often referencing a group in society that, for example, is obsessed with technology. In our world, we’d typically refer to the otaku as innovators,…
Elon Musk may be the greatest technologist and visionary of our time. He has guts, intelligence and a great sense of humor (which is often on display on Twitter when his many trolls attack him). And these characteristics of Musk’s were demonstrated this past weekend at the South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas. Jonathan…
As you all know, the Philadelphia Eagles pulled off an upset last weekend in Super Bowl 52 by beating the New England Patriots, led by the greatest quarterback ever to play the game, Tom Brady. The Eagles managed to pull off the historic upset with their backup, journeyman quarterback Nick Foles… this is a guy…
Part of a successful advertisement or piece of copy is diffusing apprehension about your industry and brand. Making it easy, and ideally even comforting, for the consumer to purchase your product is paramount. It’s essential your customer feels they made a smart decision when buying your product – an intelligent decision to part ways with…
The UFC has historically paid its fighters much less than professional boxers. It has been a fighting ‘league’ as opposed to a prize fighting venue, with contracts and rather small fight bonuses for such things as ‘knockout of the night.’ No UFC champion has been able to make (from fighting) even half of what a WBO…
It’s a startup that began with a $200,000 investment from its founders and five years later flourished into THE ride sharing company with a $60+ billion valuation. In 2013, before it became a household name, we knew two things about this brilliant startup (and wrote about it at the time here): It would take off and…
Entrepreneur Erik Prince is controversial in many Liberal circles and revered by most Conservatives. One thing’s for certain, he’s incredibly accomplished as an entrepreneur, having built the biggest private military contracting firm in US history and now leading Frontier Services Group – a logistics company primarily operating in Africa. In a past interview, he humorously dubbed…
Emmanuel Macron, France’s version of Justin Trudeau and Barack Obama, is now President… Today, Macron became the youngest leader of the French people since Napoleon. And he beat the bold, controversial and nationalistic Marine Le Pen. Le Pen, for all her pro-nationalist/populist rhetoric, from my perspective, was hardly the far-right candidate the media made her…