Who would have known just 10 short years ago that a surfer chilling out after a failed start-up would end up having created a cultural phenomenon?! That’s what Nick Woodman, creator and CEO of GoPro, did. Just last year, the maker of small, wearable, high-definition cameras hit $526 million in revenue and attracted electronics manufacturer Foxconn […]
Whew! What a year it’s been. Over the past year, my brain has pumped out 1778 tweets, 81 brand-as-business bites™ blog posts, 17 videos, 11 published articles, 11 brand-as-business brief newsletters, 10 podcast interviews, 8 QSR Magazine columns, 8 Slideshare documents, 7 speaking engagements, 3 guest blog posts, and countless random thoughts – not to […]
Yesterday I attended my step-brother’s graduation from the Air Force Academy. The ceremony included a demonstration by the Thunderbirds, USAF’s Air Demonstration Squadron. The show was a rockin’ good time (if you’ve never attended an air show by the Thunderbirds, Blue Angels, or similar, you don’t know what you’re missing — really!) — and it […]