I had the chance to sit down with the awesome people at Threadless in December in a very snowy Chicago. They are so brilliant. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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!
I sat down with Patti and Perry of Timbuk2 to ask them about their views on customer service, quality and community. Their answers are pretty cool.
Bonus link: If you think this is cool, check out the amazing video on the Timbuk2 Artist Workshop series by Jennifer Myronuk and Paige Bierma.
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 [...]
This is pretty exciting! Not only did I have Zane Vredenburg’s ENTIRE CLASS of art students take on the original version (these are pretty cool!) after I tweeted that I wasn’t totally happy with it, but I also lamented to Cindy Li, one of my favorite graphic designers around, that I wasn’t happy and she [...]
I was fortunate to be able to sit down in December with the amazing Austin Hill, Canadian VC and multi-time entrepreneur, to talk to him about the oldest form of economics: The Gift Economy and how Akoha.org (coming soon) fits into this. The video (embedded below) is well worth your time. Austin is a totally [...]
I’m constantly flabbergasted that some people want to give full credit for an idea, movement or event to a single person.
“It wouldn’t have happened without so-and-so!”
Well, they are right, but also wrong. Movements, from my experience, wouldn’t happen without a whole lot of people moving them forward. If there is only one person responsible, [...]
[Refill your superhero supplies on Flickr by sodapop]
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 [...]
Misery by Mollyeh11 on Flickr
There are certain companies that, when I know I have to deal with them, a big wave of dread washes over me. In fact, there are INDUSTRIES that bring on this feeling. Industries like airline, car rental, telecom, cable, banks and storage always bring this on for me. Most of them [...]
Someone once asked me if reputation is interchangeable with Social Capital. Yes and no. To me, reputation is merely a dimension of Social Capital, not truly interchangeable. Social Capital is much more complex and includes:
connections
reputation
influence
bridging capital - the number of connections you have across to different industries, social strata, etc.
bonding capital - the depth of [...]
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