Learning all you can through 100 Interviews.

June 10, 2009 :: Kenneth Yeung

Many of us decided to go to this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) interactive conference to learn what’s happening in the world of the web. Whether it’s database applications, marketing tips, how to tips, case studies, or gain some serious insight into what others are doing and what new things can be done to improve [...]


SXSW Entrepreneurs: Jeremy Wright of B5 Media

March 23, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

Jeremy Wright is a entrepreneur that understands the power of flexibility and that in order to be a successful entrepreneur you need to be willing to modify and sometimes overhaul your business model to succeed.
I used to write for B5 Media a few years ago for about three months at their entrepreneurship blog, Startup Spark, [...]


SXSW Entrepreneurs: Dave Delaney of Griffin Technologies

March 18, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

Dave is an old school punk rocker transplanted from Toronto to Nashville. He always makes me laugh and he has been a very prolific and popular person in social media. For example, he was the co-host (with his wife) of the very popular podcast “Two Boobs and a Baby” which just recently ended last year. [...]


SXSW Entrepreneurs: Jonathan Fields of Career Renegade

March 17, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

Jonathan Fields is a Career Renegade. His new book of that name, Career Renegade: How To Make A Great Living Doing What You Love, was motivated from his experience going from a highly-paid, but miserable attorney to successful creator of his own professional path.
You learn more about the book here and download the first chapter [...]


SXSW Entrepreneurs: Greg Cangialosi on Social CRM and Publicaster 7.0

March 17, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

Greg is my favorite Pescatarian (those who eat fish but not any other meats) and he is a brilliant entrepreneur who makes email marketing an valuable tool where clients can get real value and high ROI out of their email marketing campaigns.
Greg is CEO of Blue Sky Factory, a leading email marketing technology company. And [...]


SXSW Entrepreneurs: Alex Hillman of Indy Hall

March 16, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

On Saturday at SXSW (South By Southwest) I had the opportunity to attend the Core Conversation on Coworking given by Alex Hillman.
For those who don’t know Alex, his blog is Dangerously Awesome and his Philadelphia-based coworking space, Independents Hall or Indy Hall, was one of the first to formalize the coworking space.
The core conversation was [...]


Quick, While Everyone’s Distracted by SXSW!

March 16, 2009 :: Joe Loong

[Photo at left: Unrelated picture of a spoon sculpture made from forks.]
Since it seems like every social media type in the Western world is currently over in Austin for South by Southwest Interactive, I thought it would be a good time to catch up on a few things. Especially things that don’t involve Twitter, as [...]


“Social Media & Your Boss” session at South By Southwest in Austin, TX

March 5, 2009 :: Steve Fisher

A few of us are heading out on Friday 13 to Austin to attend South By Southwest Interactive. This is the early half of the conference with the web and film people before it gets really crazy with the music festival that it began as and is most famous for.
Speaking at SXSW on Saturday is [...]


Chatting with Kevin Dando of PBS - Part 3: Kevin on Social Media

December 10, 2008 :: Steve Fisher

Everyone has watched a PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) show at one time or another. It might have been to see some live music on Austin City Limits, an episode of Frontline or a Ken Burns documentary. Many of these programs are produced by local PBS stations (i.e. KLRU in Austin, TX, WGBH in Boston, MA) [...]


Chatting with Kevin Dando of PBS - Part 2: Kevin on Being an Early Adopter

December 9, 2008 :: Steve Fisher

Everyone has watched a PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) show at one time or another. It might have been to see some live music on Austin City Limits, an episode of Frontline or a Ken Burns documentary. Many of these programs are produced by local PBS stations (i.e. KLRU in Austin, TX, WGBH in Boston, MA) [...]