Connecting the dots of life and business

Two of my new friends from my Bay Area Visit are hosting Facebook conferences. I’m getting out of a previous event in hopes I can attend. Noah Kagan is hosting Community Next: Platform and Dave McClure is hosting Graphing Social Patterns two loaded events dedicated to the Facebook plaform. Both conferences are in early October [...]

Some people work at Wendy’s in college and get their first job as a desk clerk, but Noah Kagan is very different. He’s worked at Intel, Facebook, Microsoft (intern) and now is at the startup, Mint.com. If all that wasn’t enough, he’s an uber networker, successful blogger at OkDork.com and organizer of the valley conference, [...]

My first day of this Bay Area was exhausting and stimulating at the same time. I’ve got to give props to my videographer, Dustin DeVoy. The guy has great skills and worked hard. For a guy who’s not into business, he acted engaged the whole day. He was smart to suggest renting a Zipcar which [...]

I arrived last night in the Bay Area and have four interviews setup for today. Here’s the lineup for Thursday, June 28. Laurence Haughton – Best-selling author, speaker and management consultant Robin Wolaner – Author of the book, Naked in the Boardroom, founder of Parenting magazine and the new startup, tbd.com Daniel Scudder – Founder [...]