Location Aware Applications

A technology that is quickly emerging is location aware applications. These are apps that leverage mobile devices to pinpoint your geographic location. Google, as usual, is the pioneer in this...

Zappos

I was reading an internal consultant blog the other day and he mentioned a company called Zappos. What caught my attention was they actually pay employees $1000 to quit (see Harvard article)! Yeah,...

YourPrivateLine.com History

I'm often asked about how I come up with various business concepts and take them to market. Here's a bit about how Your Private Line dot com came into existence... After selling ITG I was most...

Creating a Business Plan

So far we've discussed the key elements of creating a business:It is up to you, and only you, to make a change in your life.Be an innovator, not an inventor.Develop a product that fixes a problem. ...

With Change There’s Opportunity

When I was the President and CEO of Te am ITG I thought I'd never work anywhere else. We raised venture capital, we were growing rapidly, we were profitable and I was having a lot of fun running the...

Invention versus Innovation

I enjoy meeting with people and helping them develop their business concepts. I tend to relate what they are trying to do with my various life experiences. When I do this, however, it is inevitable...