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Actionable Summary on Jason Calacanis’ Angel. “They say no one gets there alone, and halfway through my career, I can tell you this is the truest thing I know.”- Angel, … More
Created this poem for my dearest wife, Swathi, for our 15th anniversary. While learning to strengthen the writing muscle, I wanted to try something new. Letting go of structure and … More
Customer _________ fill in the blank: Experience, Centricity, Journey, Intelligence, Marketing, Retention. Yep, we are all on board. We aspire to be in greater sync with prospects and customers in … More
Collaborating with Scott Brinker, we released the “Martech 5000” Landscape as well as delivered the “State of Marketing Technology” at Martech Conf. Also, I was able to transform how the … More
“Creating value through interaction is far more important than solving a consumer’s problem in thirty seconds.” – Seth Godin. Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers Into Friends and Friends Into Customers by … More
“A digital marketer is someone who understands that, to engage someone digitally, it must be done in a meaningful, personalized and contextually + culturally relevant manner.”- Brian Solis, Digital Sense. … More
The good kind [of hacking] makes new inventions— in fast, fluid, and fun ways. It imagines what’s possible, figures out clever ways to realize those ideas within the tangle of … More
Resolute entrepreneurs develop committed mentor relationships. We’ve had a tremendous couple of years evolving the mentor and advisor program at the Village. In 2017, the team and I will be … More
There is always on-going learning. However, every five years or so, I assemble any wisdom developed to date and try to make a leap. Usually, these missions enhance the core of … More
For much of my early career out of Georgia Tech, I tried to learn things from the school of hard knocks. It was how I was taught as a kid … More