I heart Zappos.com muchly and Rachael and Tony made me heart it even more. I really enjoyed talking with them about the core values that makes Zappos rock so much.
(p.s. Sorry Rachael for my misspelling in the video. I’ll get Alyssa to fix it asap!)
Oh…and btw…I finished my book. Yay me!
During the San Diego Fires in the fall of 2007, Nate Ritter, all around nice guy and twitterer took it upon himself to start becoming the aggregator of all pertinent news via his twitter account. The result? Nate became a public hero and is now reaping the benefits from his good deeds by speaking all [...]
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This has been one busy, yet transformational, month for me.
It all started with my participation in TED 2008 in Aspen, Colorado. TED, for those of you who haven’t heard of it, stands for Technology Entertainment Design, and it is an invitation-based conference. It is also, bar-none, the [...]
Many companies have spent alot of advertising dollars to tell us what’s wrong with the competition. I spent the last US election, wondering what each candidate really had to offer since all I heard from them was what their rival did (or was going to do) wrong. I constantly hear from startups who talk about [...]
In my recent presentation at e.day, my “5 sure-fire steps to transforming yourself from a spammer into a connector” (said with booming voice) were:
Turn that bullhorn around: stop talking and start listening
Be part of the community you serve: get out of the boardroom and into the community
Design for maximum happiness: design products that delight people
Embrace [...]
From my presentation at e.day 2007…presentation and transcript below. The Video.
Slide 1. So, I’m here today to talk to you about a subject that is near and dear to my heart: “How to Make a Gabillion Dollars with Community Marketing…or something to that effect” And, truly, it’s pretty simple…there really are…
Slide 2. …only 3 ways [...]
Personally, I’m a little surprised that nobody has called me out on what a spoiled brat I am…
So let me…
If you don’t have Higher Purpose, you have a commodity. Commodity is about affordability and efficiency. You will probably do quite well if you follow the formulas and work hard. It is absolutely necessary to have [...]
Let others play with “strategy” and “tactics” and “management”. Purpose is the game of champions.
– from the book Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companiesby Nikos Mourkogiannis
The concept of Higher Purpose has grown from an inkling of a gut feeling for me to a full-blown important meme for what I’m thinking…even more important than embracing [...]
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