In business, writing handwritten thank you notes and sending them by snail mail is a lost art. We now use the telephone, email, text messaging or instant messaging these days. It’s faster. But when I get a handwritten thank you note, I can’t help but be impressed.

We are currently researching a camp to send one […]

I had felt like the last guy on earth without a big HDTV screen in their home. Mercifully, that drought ended yesterday. I have bought many TVs over the years. Usually, you go to the store, buy it, bring it home, plug it in and watch it. The world has changed since I last made […]

We all say dumb things that in hindsight seem absurd. Me inclueded. Here are some examples from The Change Function by Pip Coburn. Who said what?

1. "640,000 bytes of memory ought to be enough for anybody."

2. "I think there is a world market for maybe 5 computers."

3. "There is no reason for individuals to […]

I just finished writing 2000 words a the chapter  of my new book about how important humility is to gain true business confidence and your brand of success. I then receive this email today:

Love this post from VC Confidential:

"TIme to Get the Gmail Account" — this one comes from an entrepreneur I know well. He uses this when one of his fellow CEO’s is about to get the axe. Since this often leads to previous employers shutting off their email under their domain (and the ex-employee wants […]

Hesh Reinfeld, a business humorist,  recently wrote a great column on how we all use Cyberspace to Lie. It was harder before computers to seem like larger company in business and have a big presence. Computers and the web have made that so easy…

" I don’t own a BlackBerry. But my clients don’t know that. […]