Congrats to Fishbowl! They were just selected as a Red Herring Top 100 in the North America Tech Startup category.
Alan Hall has a regular contribution for Forbes on entrepreneurship
Alan Hall, Utah’s leader in entrepreneurial activity with Grow America and the Springboard competition, contributes a regular article to Forbes. Readers can simply folow his column on the Forbes site to receive regualr updates on his insights and valauble experience.
How to write like an expert without sounding like a jerk
When I graduated high school, left home, and enrolled at Utah State University I thought I was prepared for just about anything. Naturally, I was all grown up, could take care of myself, and had learned everything I would need for college in high school.
PR is Chess, not Checkers
Recently I’ve been thinking about the speed of PR. Public Relations is unique because in many ways it’s extremely fast-paced, but at the same time it can take a while to see traction, particularly on the client side.
Fughedaboutit
If I told you “I got to get back in shape. Got to go lift weights,” you would think I was going to the gym to work out. If I said I was chased you might ask by whom or where. If I said I had been burned you may express sympathy and ask me if it hurt.
Facebooking for Good
A new Facebook initiative started on May 1, and people immediately had the option to add to their timeline their story about when they became an organ donor and why. Organ donor registries became easily accessible to millions of Facebook users.
Playing with Purpose- “Remembering the Future”
I recently attended a meeting where we started the meeting by playing a game called “Remembering the Future.” The objective of the game was to think ahead one year into the future, and ask ourselves “We had an incredibly successful year in our organization.