Writing Your First Blog Post – So easy an 8th grader could read it!
For someone who has never written a blog post, it is hard to know where to begin when you see the flashing cursor blinking at the top of your empty screen. With the help of Salty Waffle’s Social Media Class at thinkspace, I now have 3 easy guidelines for writing a blog post that even […]
Analyze Your Frequent Keywords With Wordle
I am participating in Salty Waffle’s Social Media Class today and we are learning about social media strategy for brand marketing. This class is fantastic. I am refreshing my current knowledge, learning a ton of new tricks, and meeting great people. Class instructors, Nicole Donnelly and Mitchell Cuevas had us create a visual representation of our […]
Post Three Day Weekend Slump
We all love our three day weekend mini vacations. However, returning to the office on Tuesday can be a bit of a struggle after three days of junk food, later than usual nights, and too much sunshine. Also, after having three days off it feels like the Tuesday to-dos we set out for ourselves on […]
Seth Godin in Seattle: Fighting the Resistance
Last Friday, Peter, Alyssa, and I had the opportunity to see Seth Godin here in Seattle at the ACT Theater. We also attended with five of our thinkspace members, Mirko Freguia, Andrew Spottswood, Javier Palamo, Ali Spain, and Matt Heinz. Seth Godin is the famous author of Linchpin, Permission Marketing, Tribes, Poke in the Box, […]
Passion Is Not Enough, Success Is Built On Momentum
Passion is the first thing you hear about when you talk with people that are really happy doing what they love. I’ve read books from Gary Vaynerchuk like “Crush It” which focuses on doing what you love and have a passion for. I even wrote a blog post on “Crush It! Living Your Passion or […]
Alyssa Magnotti: The past, present, and future
I’d like to share with our community that Alyssa Magnotti has been promoted into a new position here at thinkspace. As an entrepreneur, I forget all the time to recognize the wins and take a moment to pause. The win that I’m recognizing today is that I’ve finally got my #2 in place! Alyssa’s new […]
'APP'racadabra: Mobile App Symposium
As an entrepreneur do you have an idea for a mobile app but have always thought I’m not technical enough, it’s too difficult, it’s too expensive, it’s too challenging? Want to talk about your idea and figure out a way to create that application? Do you have an idea but want a working prototype before […]
5 Useful Blackberry Apps
If you’re one of the few remaining Blackberry users out there you probably find yourself feeling a little left behind when reading about the amazingly-innovative Apple and Android apps on the market. I (Kristin) still use a Blackberry for two very specific reasons. 1) I had two Android phones and shattered the screen on 4 […]
Meet Featured Thinkspace Member: Mirko Freguia from Copperfin
On June 1st we had our monthly Wine Wednesday event. At the event each month we take the opportunity to showcase one of our thinkspace member companies. This time around we were lucky enough to have one of our newest members, Mirko Freguia from Copperfin speak at the event. “Copperfin is a client-centric creative communications […]
Work, Life, Balance is a Pile of Bunk. It’s About Life, Life, Balance
Right around 1986 the hot thing to talk about was “Work, Life, Balance” (WLB). For Baby Boomers and Gen X, the next decade was about how to achieve this euphoric “WLB”. I’m here to say that Work, Life, Balance is a pile of crap. Firstly, the premise of WLB is that work is in opposition […]