#9 The Quality of Your Life is the Quality of Your Relationships: 5 Years Lessons Learned
In September 2009, I was really fortunate to be able to attend the Twitter Conference in Los Angeles. At that conference I got to hear the keynote given by Tony Robbins. It stands as one of the top 10 best moving speeches I’ve heard in my life. The Quality of Your Life is the Quality […]
52 Books in a Year: Week 4
I asked Anne Samoilov what books were on her short list that really helped her finally launch – if any (Note: Anne will also be giving another workshop at thinkspace next Wednesday – click here to register and find out more). Anne’s a bit of a book worm, and here is her “short list” of books […]
The Rules To Delivering, Seeing Things Through + Launching Anything
Planning a project? Developing a new program? Starting a business? It’s easy to get caught up and overwhelmed by all the little moving parts in a launch. Your website, the product, membership area, sales process, buttons, emails, graphics, getting the word out…it’s not surprising how many people DON’T launch. There’s a lot that can go […]
52 Books in a Year: Week 3
“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.” This week, I re-read my favorite book of all time – The History of Love, by Nicole Krauss. I’m pretty sure this was my fifth time through the book. […]
Startup Mistakes & Lessons Learned Over 5 Years
I’m speaking next week in front of the Eastside Entrepreneurs Meetup Group and decided to spend some time reflecting on the last five years. Here’s the first slide in my presentation deck. I’m planning on sharing some stories that I don’t think I’ve ever openly shared before. I hope you can come join us! When: […]
52 Books in a Year: Week 2
During week two of my yearlong reading project I shifted gears from fiction to non-fcition. Lean In has already been mentioned once on the thinkspace blog, but it is worth mentioning again. Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, wrote in a way that challenged my perspective, as she changed the conversation “from what women can’t do to […]
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene’s Entrepreneur Roundtable
Startup Roundtable It was an honor to host Congresswoman Suzan DelBene’s Entrepreneur Roundtable discussion today. It was great to see the room filled with leaders, entrepreneurs, and job creators. I had the privilege to introduce Congresswoman Suzan DelBene and what impresses me most is that she has walked in our shoes before. She has over […]
52 Books in a Year: Week 1
I celebrated a birthday this week. As a gift to myself, I decided to take on a yearlong reading project. During the next year, I will read 52 books. You smarty pants’ out there know that’s a book a week. For week one of my reading project, I read a novel by Chris Cleave called […]
Increasing Facebook’s Revenue: New Micro-Fee Monetization Tactics
After much speculation and anticipation, Facebook went public in May 2012. Facebook’s IPO is one of the most infamous stock let-downs in recent history – making a huge splash and ultimately disappointing thousands with disappointing numbers. Since the public launch, Facebook has rolled out several ways to better monetize their website in creative ways and […]
Conversations That Sell
A guest-post from Anne Samoilov Today’s post comes to Thinkspace courtesy of Anne Samoilov and is republished by permission. Anne has been helping solopreneurs become more productive, create and launch their life’s work. She teaches about topics including online launching, product launch, small business growth, productivity, self-management, motivation, business planning + goal setting. Anne’s background also includes […]