Before moving to RTP, I was in Phoenix for a good long stretch. The company I worked for had ~100 employees, was a sexy business and paid pretty well compared to the state’s average salaries. We were acquired in 2001…
Month: August 2007
The 5 Keys to Closing a Sale…
This is one of the topics I covered in my session at BarCampRDU… One of the big shocks for me early in my career was finding out that Sales could be an almost step-by-step process. I had always thought of…
My Thoughts on a Startup Weekend for RTP…
First of all, I want to be absolutely clear that I mean no disrespect to Andrew Hyde, the man behind the original Startup Weekend. I think it was a visionary idea and the inspired debate alone makes it worthy of…
Relocating to Research Triangle Park…
I spent this past Saturday at BarCampRDU. As I mentioned previously, some good questions came up relating to general business development, marketing and sales. But several folks who had recently relocated, or who were considering relocating, were curious as to…
Remembering Dead Technology…
I recently moved house and have finally been going through all the various boxes of things I thought I really needed and kept. One of the boxes had a bunch of old backups, including a fancy-schmancy Zip 100 disk. Damn…