When we think about our fellow travelers, who emerge out of the kindred spirits looking for a new evolutionary model that describes the way in which we seek to order our lives, fellow travelers are aware of each other and embrace each other for that very reason. Hence, our frontier isn’t the frontier of moving [...]

For a boot strap entrepreneur, his or her first obligation is to survive. It requires what Jack Nicholson utters in Jimmy Hoffa: “I gotta to do what I gotta do.” You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do… to survive, for yourself, for your family at home, and for your family at work. You’ve [...]

The eastern notion of individual transformation and enlightenment can sit side-by-side with the Christian ideals of redemption and community where at issue is the history and evolution of humanity as a whole. It is a conscious evolution where both individually and collectively, we seek our own integration. Original writing date: January 2, 2007

Factoids: In 1986, total daily newspaper circulation was 60 million. In 2006, circulation is 43.7 million. Newspaper readership in any given instance is down anywhere from 15 to 25 percent. Original writing date: January 17, 2007

Psychic fragmentation leads to extremes in experiences. Violent conduct almost always is related to some fragmentation in an emotional or psychological state. People who have become traumatized by some particular event become fragmented. As a result, they operate in a fragmented way. The opposite of fragmentation is integration or unification, where each of the various [...]

At the moment that Paul Simon (or any artist, for that matter) traverses from publishing a sentiment which resonates with his audience to being in love with music for its own sake, he ends up losing any opportunity for popular influence. The influence of Simon and Garfunkel occurred not when they published their music, but [...]

According to Al and Laura Ries in the 22 Immutable Laws of Branding, the objective is to make your product the brand leader through publicity or public relations, and then to use advertising to promote its brand leadership. o Own a word from the minds of the consumer. o The issue is not how large [...]

Execution of routine matters does not require exemplary attention. A lack of execution provokes exemplary attention! Original writing date: December 21, 2006

I was recently invited to speak at the Orlando Business Journal’s Power Breakfast. The audio file embedded in this page is about 30 minutes long. In it I explain my experiences on morphing Dynetech from a small company into a large company. I discuss going from 52 employees to 550 and $8.2 million in revenue [...]

The easiest way to sell a product is to gather a crowd. I have by and large structured the company and developed my career around gathering crowds and influencing conduct. There’s probably no easier way. Original writing date: February 21, 2007