Dumbfounded. That’s how I felt, as I sat on the end of a phone conversation one spring afternoon in 2009. My wife and I had worked hard to build a word of mouth and social media marketing agency over the two and half years that preceded...
Like many of you, I love the ABC hit television show, Shark Tank. Every Friday night, my wife and I gather around the couch with our 11 year old daughter to watch entrepreneurs pitch the "Sharks" to invest in their burgeoning businesses. The show provides...
Today is St. Patrick's Day - a day we celebrate the luck of the Irish, and luck everywhere. As I shared in a recent post, luck played a huge role in helping me build Likeable Media into the company it is today when I got...
Adam Braun was on the fast track to what many people would consider extraordinary success - at 16 years old, he was already working summers at hedge funds, and stood a chance at becoming a millionaire in his 20's thanks to the Wall Street high...
A few weeks ago I received a postcard in the mail from the CEO of Petra Coach, the creator of Align Software and a fellow member of Entrepreneurs Organization. I've never met him, but Andy Bailey and his postcard that I hung up on my...
Each year Americans start one million new businesses, nearly 80 percent of which fail within the first five years. Under such pressure to stay alive—let alone grow—it’s easy for entrepreneurs to get caught up in a never-ending cycle of “sell it—do it, sell it—do it”...
I read a heck of a lot of business books every year (see this article and this one). But my favorite book of last year was Adam Grant's Give and Take. Many business books (including my own), focus on anecdotes and stories and the lessons...
"Dave, it seems like most thought leaders and authors aren't successful entrepreneurs or operators, and most entrepreneurs and operators aren't successful thought leaders and authors." That's what my friend Mark Roberge said to me last week. Mark is the Chief Revenue Officer at Hubspot, a couple...
At first glance “fashion” and “crowd” may not seem complementary. After all, fashion is an individual expression. However, dig a little deeper into the Crowdemand concept and you start to fully understand the spirit behind the business model which may shake up the fashion industry. Crowdemand...
As an entrepreneur, focus is everything. In the past, I have certainly suffered from "say yes to everything" syndrome. I was overworked and underfocused. Last month, I had the pleasure of sitting down with fellow LinkedIn influencer and author Greg McKeown, whose new book, Essentialism:...