“We keep your private information more private than Brand X.” is a marketing strategy I expect to see a lot in 2020.

I so agree with this article. The 'purpose-driven' brandwagon has perplexed me. While every company needs to be 'purpose-driven' not all have to have a cause behind them. #marketing #brand #advertising #branding #brandmanagement …see more

Looking forward to this - lots to discuss about the #pandemic #economy #business #markets as well as future of #businesseducation #mba #highereducation

Sharing again in light of the WIRED article out today on the Mr. Musk and Tesla . #tesla #companyculture #corporateculture #leadership #leadbyexample #tesla #wired …see more

How do you achieve #investor #entrepreneur fit? Get feedback at 1Mby1M #mentoring #roundtable . #startups

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Experts advise us to let food and movement be sources of joy, and not agonize over those few extra pandemic pounds.

How one chance conversation with Warren Buffett changed this woman's life, and career. https://lnkd.in/g4Hkg5U ? #founder #entrepreneur …see more

A cool, new use of #LinkedInAds that I haven't seen before. Check out this ad by @ Adobe : https://lnkd.in/gQxAXWS If you click from desktop, it redirects you to one experience, and if you click from mobile, it takes you to your appropriate app store. This is really cool because LinkedIn doesn't natively allow you to serve different ads by device, so Adobe is doing some tricky redirect work. Appears to affect page load speed on desktop, but likely worth it from a conversion rate standpoint. Hat tip to Oleksii Panchuk for the find! …see more

Is there a better way to explain your product? Let's discuss at next free mentoring roundtable for #entrepreneurs .

It is also the responsibility and accountability distributed at startups which has a profound effect on culture — being able to directly contribute to the success of a business makes you work harder, and better, with a shared vision which is often lacking in big organisations where you’re working for someone else. How agencies can, and should be, more startup. https://lnkd.in/d2YtPEF #startups #founders …see more

Redbox has entered the ad-supported streaming market with the launch of Redbox Free Live TV: an AVOD platform of movies and TV shows.

The lesson of Beethoven is when you turn down the volume on the world, you can hear your unique voice...

"This is a lesson you learn over and over when you look at the research: managing your negative emotions by cognitively reappraising what is going on, trying to focus on the future, rather than the things which are distracting you now or making things difficult, is extremely important for coping with stress." …see more

Forever grateful to platforms like LinkedIn which allow us to grow our audience so efficiently. It has been 5 days since I launched my newsletter on here and it’s currently at 11,000+ subscribers. Thank you to all those who have subscribed - there’s lots of great content to come. I appreciate each and every one of you. 🙏 #startup #founder #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurship . …see more

I’ll read anything written by Michael Lewis, even if it’s about a pandemic. Am glad I read this piece that includes amusing observations and an optimistic prediction about the beginning of the baseball season by the data scientist behind Money Ball. …see more

Looks like Target is going after Away , Arlo Skye , etc. by essentially offering similar products at lower prices. And I imagine we are going to see more monied incumbents essentially taking signals from DTC companies, duplicating their product offering, and doing so for less. Even though this isn't computer-related, the old saying of "hardware is hard" seems to apply here as well. #target #away #arloskye #luggage #dtc #retail #consumerbehavior …see more

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My new book, "Strike Four" got some attention today from Agility PR Solutions and Bulldog Reporter . The story includes some quotes on how the idea for the book evolved. #baseball #literature #fiction