I read this book about Magellan and his circumvention around the world. There was a passage about how he tried to recruit Spanish men to embark on his voyage to the Spice Islands. I thought it supported the quote that “talent will always be hard to find,” and I thought you’d enjoy reading the passage. …
Going into lunch with Karl Eller, I wanted three things: 1) To talk about his time as President of Columbia Pictures 2) To talk about how he wakes up at 3:00am 3) To talk about business opportunities in an evolving media marketplace The majority of the time was spent talking about the latter. My takeaways …
Two researchers from HP Labs had a question: could you predict box office revenues for movies based off of the activity in social media? What they found is that their ‘social media analysis model’ was more powerful of a predictor than the Hollywood Stock Exchange. Their model? Analyzing the tweet rates per movie, and then …
Greetings from Homer, Alaska, where the seagulls bully the bald eagles and 50 pound halibut fish are the norm. A drinking town with a fishing habit, Homer is the embodiment of Alaska. The state of Alaska, with the exception of the city of Anchorage, offers the rare attraction of witnessing nature untamed. Travel thirty minutes …
There’s a little pizza shop in Spokane, Washington that has been voted the best pizza in Spokane in each of the last 14 years. The average employee tenure is 3.5 years, when the restaurant industry average is 1 year. What’s going on at this little pizza shop that can be replicated at your business? What’s …
2008 was a crazy time. Stocks were crashing. There were a lot of gains to be made. Here’s Brett’s Stock Picks from that time… October 18, 2008, 10/28/08, 11/5/08, 3/16/09, 9/2/10 Jacobs Engineering Group- 38.10- 29.06- 35.52- 39.74- 36.81 Barr Pharmaceuticals 61.92- 56.39-62.32 – 64.81 TEVA Pharmaceuticals- 40.32- 37.78-40.67 – 44.75 – 51.51 Diamond Offshore …
1936 DALLAS FAIR SUGAR COOKIES 3 cups flour 1 t baking powder ¼ t salt 1 ¼ cup sugar 1 cup shortening 3 eggs 1 t vanilla Sift dry ingredients. Add shortening, mixing with a fork. Add unbeaten eggs and flavoring. Mix well. Roll out very thin on flavored board and cut with flavored cookie …
Our daily checklist when on the road… Call 3 organizations for interview referrals Book two interviews Find one couch to crash on Craigslist.org Facebook Website? Find one person to fill up gas tank Craigslist.org Website? Find one person to have lunch with Craigslist.org Website? Contact 6 teachers to see if we can submit surveys in …
Here’s what we did in 2007 to market stuff. Make 5 Digg Friends (20 minutes) Post on 5 Facebook Walls (15 minutes) Email 2 bloggers to see if they’d like to join the tour for a day (25 minutes) Email 2 separate blogs to see if they’d like to add us to their blogroll. (25 …
Brett Farmiloe Phoenix, AZ 85016 April 13, 2007 Susan Wolak Managing Partner BDO Seidman 2201 E. Camelback Rd., Suite 360 Phoenix, AZ 85016 Dear Ms. Wolak: My tenure at BDO Seidman has been the most challenging and rewarding period of my career, and I regret having to make a difficult announcement. I have gained sufficient …