I mostly write about the Internet, management, marketing, and startups on FoG. But every so often something happens that makes me change the focus here. A few years ago it was a change in Georgia law that limited the mobility of workers. Today it was a student at Grady High School shooting herself in the […]
Continue reading →FoG turned seven last week. Truth be told I seriously contemplated using the occasion to shut it down. Outside of family I have very seldom done anything in my life for more than five years. Seven in my mind is the absolute longest time anyone should do any one thing. But for some reason I […]
Continue reading →So about two months ago over on Atlanta Starup Community Johnny Bird wrote an article about why more of Atlanta's startup community leaders should blog. Of course they should. And I meant to wrote a response to Johnny's article agreeing with him 100%. But I did not. For one simple reason. It is kinda tough […]
Continue reading →After a long weekend focused on moving Half Off Depot's backend infrastructure over to a new platform I got a pleasant surprise this morning. Seems like the folks over at Blue Focus Marketing selected me as one of the top men in technology on twitter, something they call the Nifty50. To be selected a guy […]
Continue reading →When my kids were a bit younger and they brought home those straight A report cards we would always make a beeline for Jake's Ice Cream Midtown for a tasty treat. I would even indulge, which is quite the rarity. Jake's closed their Midtown and some other locations during the recession. Jake, he is a […]
Continue reading →1. Brew coffee, take the high octane first eight ounces. 2. Check for website monitoring alerts. 3. Check server resource use. 4. Check eCommerce platform for successful order completion. 5. Check market web pages for proper rendering and responsiveness. 6. Take a shower. Rinse and repeat. Whatever it takes.
Continue reading →Last week I celebrated my first full year at Half Off Depot. It has been a pretty amazing first year. Some of the stuff we have accomplished, purposely partially masked through statistics. We raised $7 million via venture capital and $1.5 via venture debt. Subscribers have grown by 450%. Over 200% in 2011 and over […]
Continue reading →Golly, someone pointed out to me that it had been a month since a updated FoG. Been a little busy. I will do better. Starting next week.
Continue reading →I recently had a meeting with one of my long-term financial advisors Rusty Holcombe. He has his own firm, Holcombe Financial. As always the meeting was thought provoking. To say Rusty is a contrarian is quite the understatement. As we we leaving Rusty gave us a few books. One on top grading sales, finding good employees, […]
Continue reading →So I came across this article the other day at Inc.called 8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees by Jeff Haden. Here's the quick list. They ignore job descriptions. They’re eccentric. But they know when to dial it back. They publicly praise. And they privately complain. They speak when others won’t. They like to prove others wrong. They’re […]
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