The First Key Employee – Working For A Dumb Boss
A lot of people go into business to be their own boss. That’s one of the biggest reasons why people run their own company. Before we talk about hiring employees let’s think back to working for “the man”. Working for a dumb boss [listplus] Have you ever worked for someone and thought: Wow, how did […]
Total Belief, Total Commitment. Find Another Gear.
[youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70UF82nysIU”] Today, I saw a video clip of Heather Dorniden running in the Big 10 600m track championship. At one point she’s leading the race but she trips and falls with a little less than one lap to go. Now in last place and quarter lap behind she some how finds another gear and […]
PSBJ says it’s on the rise, but, what exactly is interactive media?
The PSBJ put out an article titled “Interactive media industry on the rise in Seattle area“. I read the article and began to think, uh, what or how is interactive media defined? The article really doesn’t state who’s all included in this group other than “regional games companies”. Revenues are up and jobs are increasing […]
Working Hard To Not Fail Or Working Hard To Succeed?
Facebook has five core values (see below). The one that I like is “move fast and break things”. While this isn’t for everyone, it keeps you innovating and keeps you from becoming stagnant. There’s so many sayings that are similar to this: [listdot] If you don’t fall down you’re not learning. Experience is the name […]
Push Yourself, Find the Edge, and Safety Third
[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/bPQ1-YwyOgM” playlist=”Ziyp_dPlW-I, oFOMJszFsWk, WEqp2M_thrs” width=”460″ height=”240″ ratio=”4:3″] For the last three days I’ve been with 120 entrepreneurs from the Entrepreneur Organization Seattle group at our annual retreat. We went to Victoria to grow closer as an organization as well as stretch ourselves both professionally and personally. One activity that we did was go to […]
Meet to discuss. Instead: Meet to decide.
I was reading an article about “How to Fail: 25 Secrets Learned through Failure“. One that I think will be on a post-it note on my monitor at work tomorrow morning is going to be: Meet to discuss. Instead: Meet to decide. Meetings used to disseminate information are the biggest time-sink at almost all companies. […]
No Appletini's Here: WordPress Hackfest
We’re doing a half day WordPress Hackfest next week on December 28th. This isn’t going to be a “Sean-o-thon”, no big name speakers or WordPress Guru’s, just a bunch of entrepreneurs and startup folks looking to revamp their WordPress websites together in the comfort of thinkspace. Dress comfortable so you can get wired-in! We’ve got […]
One Redmond – The Start of Something Special
Right now the first meeting for One Redmond is underway! This marks a historic moment for the City of Redmond as the three organizations Realize Redmond, Redmond Chamber of Commerce, and Redmond Economic Development Alliance have named the transition teams to work operating as a single entity called One Redmond. Why is this important? Tom […]
Holiday Waffle Bar!
Come and celebrate this holiday season with Thinkspace and enjoy a delicious homemade waffle on us! We will have a full waffle bar set up to give you a jump start on your Friday morning along with Eggnog and Cider! Not a waffle person? That’s ok- we will also be spreading the Holiday Cheer and […]
Alyssa and Nick, this is just the beginning…
Seattle Geek Roast Recap – November 11, 2011 Two weeks ago I sat in the office with Alyssa and said “I have a proposal, I’m wondering if you and Nick would allow us to try and do a fundraiser for you guys. Shauna and I were on the phone last night and we thought it […]