Sat.Jul 14, 2012 - Fri.Jul 20, 2012

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Reviving the Customer Experience – One Food Truck at a Time: Part 1

Waxing UnLyrical

What do you get when you combine a U.S. Army Veteran, a Yale graduate, an investor, an entrepreneur and a gourmet food truck pioneer? The answer: Jeff Kelley. No, he isn’t five different people, he is just one person, and one extremely interesting person at that. I first met Jeff Kelley at UnCurbed DC, “a traveling restaurant that brings the enjoyment of the food truck experience off the curb and into various vacant spaces.”.

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The Startup Bad Pitch: Klip Social Video App

Bad Pitch Blog

'It''s been nearly two years since last outing someone on the Bad Pitch blog because it''s taken this long for a bad pitch to achieve a new level of suck. Somehow it''s fitting that a startup is innovating in this area -- using technology and questionable communication tactics to up the ante. Klip Crosses the Line to Compete Klip has everything a startup needs: millions in funding, a San Francisco-based headquarters and an app best described with shiny new words like mobile, social video and sha

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Why Klout Doesn’t Measure True Influence

Waxing UnLyrical

I’ll admit that it’s fun to bash Klout. They are on the front lines of the Wild West of determining influence, and who is doing that influencing, online. Posts have been written ad nauseam (including on this blog, though they’re not the nauseating kind) on the plusses and minuses of Klout’s service , but I think I’ve finally nailed down what bothers me about the service (which I’m still a member of and will continue to use).

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Being in the Moment

Waxing UnLyrical

I never thought that relentlessly planning for the future would teach me a lesson on being in the moment. But it did. You see, I’m a list-maker. I can’t help it, that’s what I do. I use both technology and paper for my task lists. At work I have a to-do list in my email program. At home I use Gmail’s “tasks” to make (and cross off) personal to-dos.

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Peter H. Paulsen’s Inspiring Tale Continues to Resonate in 2024

Two years after its initial release, Peter H. Paulsen’s book, From Brick and Mortar to Prosperity, continues to inspire readers around the globe.