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Shoes Make a Girl Feel Sexy, What are You Selling?
I have four older sisters, yet I discover new things about women all the time. While I have known that women love to shop, I never really thought about the motivations behind it. Recently while visiting New Orleans with my [...]
Entrepreneurs Put Capital to Work for Economic Growth
It doesn’t matter what country, society or region an entrepreneur operates within. They will put capital to work to help stimulate the economy. As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week the anchors at Gangplank decided to embark on a social experiment. [...]
Passion Fuels Greatness. Apathy Fuels Mediocrity.
Borrowed from Sir Ken Robinson‘s 2010 TED talk. There are two types of people in the world.
Those that simply endure what they do. Can’t wait for the weekend.
Those that love what they do. Their work is who they are.
To do [...]
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Failure Does Not Equal Humiliation
CEO of Local Motors John Rogers said “We make you feel wanted and we make you feel knowledgeable.” today while talking about how they treat their customers. James Archer brought up “On making people feel knowledgeable, I’ve often wondered about [...]
Arizona Economic Development Can’t Seem To Get It Right
It looks like Arizona Legislature is trying to get business friendly. I applaud that they are trying to do something. I just think they don’t get it. Why is this state hell bent on simply attracting a multi-billion dollar manufacturing/production [...]
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Tagged arizona, economic development, innovation, motivation, phoenix, politics
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Arkayne Recommendation Engine
When people claim Arizona is a technical wasteland they are clearly confused. There are smart people here doing cool things. I have been using Arkayne for several months and have been quite pleased. Easy to setup, configure and manage. While [...]
Thoughts on “What Matters Now?”
Several people pointed me to What Matters Now? (Download the PDF e-book version) arranged by Seth Godin. I glanced over it and thought it looked interesting, but didn’t have time to read it. I got around to analyzing it last [...]
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Importing Manufacturing.. Boon or Bust?
The largest Chinese manufacturer of solar panels, Suntech Power, has announced that it is opening a manufacturing plant here in Metro Phoenix. This is fabulous news. I think. It is hard to tell what it really means. What we know [...]
Startups and Mind Camps and Crowd Pitches. Oh My
It is clear to me that we are not in Kansas anymore. I expected today to be full of amazing as more days than not seem to be that way of late around Gangplank. The morning got going by kicking [...]
Helping Find the Money To Make It
I read the Phoenix Business Journal every week as part of keeping up with business here in Metro Phoenix. I was floored when I read “Finding the money to make it“. What was incredible to me were the [...]
