Radio Recap: Growth Advisors & NY Tech Meetups
Research shows that small business owners who utilize growth advisors are more likely to experience a 20% growth rate, which might not sound like a lot on paper, but a 20% growth rate is usually the tipping point where most businesses are able to turn their successes around into major profits. Growth advisors keep businesses [Read More]
Radio Recap: 2016 Election Recap
It’s officially over. Yesterday’s historically monumental—and completely nerve wracking—election marks the most divisive election to date. Anyone who remembers going to sleep during the Bush / Gore election of 2000 also remembers waking up under a completely different regime than originally thought— which is completely reminiscent of last night’s events. Now that the election is [Read More]
Radio Recap: Uncharted Play with Jessica O. Matthews
Imagine that kicking a soccer ball for thirty minutes could generate enough energy to light a lamp for 3 hours or—better yet— imagine you could charge your iPhone’s dying battery by jumping rope for a few minutes. Not only is it possible, it’s already here. Jessica O. Matthews is the CEO and Founder of Uncharted [Read More]
Radio Recap: Corporate Anthropology + Awesome Institute
Years ago Google hired on its first of many ethnographers to ferret out the meaning of mobile. Intel, too, has an in-house cultural anthropologist, and Microsoft is reportedly the second-largest employer of anthropologists in the world. Today on 'Dot Complicated with Randi Zuckerberg' Dr. Andi Simon, corporate anthropologist and author of On the Brink, explained why both giant corporations and small [Read More]
Radio Recap: How We Made DOT!
Turning a children’s book into an animated program is the stuff of dreams. I know because it’s happening to me RIGHT NOW. Shortly after I published my first children’s book, DOT, the Jim Henson Company approached me about creating an animated series based on a little girl who uses technology to help her imagination flourish. [Read More]
Radio Recap: Content Creation + Marketing New Gadgets
72% of all marketers have some sort of content strategy in place, yet 70% of marketers lack a consistent, or integrated, content strategy—meaning sure, they have one, but it’s probably not working. What about the remaining 29% of leading marketers? They systematically reuse and repurpose content as content is found to be the most effective [Read More]
Radio Recap: From Blog to Business
Imagine you could turn your lifestyle blog into a steady income that eventually allows you to quit your day job. It might be the ultimate dream but there’s no easy path to get there. Out of the estimated 70 million blogs out there today, 95% are abandoned and more than half aren’t bringing in any [Read More]
Radio Recap: Vetrepreneurs
Military training is said to be excellent preparation for a career in business leadership. Veterans bring entrepreneurial qualities like discipline, perspective, leadership ability, and handling pressure under fire as some of the most important skills necessary to run a business. There are currently more than 3 million businesses run by veterans in the United States, [Read More]