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Happy Mondays
Oxymoronically titled British alternative bands aside, how can a Monday be happy in the midst of American Armageddon 2018? Thanks to 24 early and growth stage companies from all walks of the cleantech sector answering the question, "Who are you, and why should I...
Why The New Brand, Part 1
Why? Why the new job? Why the new house? Why did you decide to take up needlepoint? Why did you get married/divorced? Anytime you make a big life decision, it’s the first question asked. But why? People want context, a way to understand your thought-making process so...
Brussels, Brexit and the GDPR
I recall watching the Brexit election and thinking this was all a figment of dog-whistle nativism. It's not like the tropes the Brexit Yes side was trotting out were anything we hadn't heard in the U.S.: "Immigrants and globalism are destroying our native hegemony and...
The Limits Of Commercial Email Marketing Platform
I hate it when I open my email broadcast software and receive a message the thousands of subscribers to my listserve that took me a decade to assemble have to resubscribe before it will allow me to send out any more emails. Commercial email broadcast services are an...
Physician, Heal Thyself
At the outset of every flight, passengers are given the instruction, "place your own mask on before helping others." With over a million frequent flier miles, you'd think that advice would have sunk in by now, but while, I've been preaching the gospel of brand and...
Ode To The First Lady Of Comedy
Taking a moment today to honor the life of Mitzi Shore, the godmother of modern stand-up comedy. Mitzi owned The Comedy Store in L.A. where she nurtured the talent of a who’s who list of comedians and gave them their first break in the industry by putting them on her...
Basketball’s Brand Ambassador
(sung to the music of Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline) Sweet Sister Jean, She's college basketball's reigning queen; I've been inclined, To hope Loyola beats the line. When March Madness launched this year, it came with a black eye. It will be leaving on Monday night...
Will The Real Snidely Whiplash Please Stand Up?
There are at least a week's worth of topics to discuss over the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica story, and I will try to get to most of them, but for right now I just want to limit myself to the narrative arc of the story because its a great demonstration of how similar...