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Video blog: Back in Vietnam where it Began

Posted in business, entrepreneur, social media, tagged , , , , , on May 26, 2010 | 5 Comments »

The first video blog post. Would love any feedback.

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After Merger, Harnessing Friction to Hone The Blade

Posted in business, entrepreneur, management, social media, tagged , , , on May 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Organizational optimization, now that’s a mouth full. Whenever you go through a merger, there is some underlying compelling business reason. Successfully integrating two entities, however, isn’t as easy as merely modeling out a new business plan. At Intrepid, we just merged Lift9 and Intrepid. On paper, the prospects are exciting as we merged a creative [...]

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Report on Nordstorm Shows Lift9′s Capabilities

Posted in Digital Marketing, social media, tagged , , , , , , on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here on this blog, I’ve often written about the progress of my newest venture, Lift9. My thoughts on company-building and entrepreneurship are a recurring theme for sure. After coming up with a business plan in July and finding the right partners, we started hiring and building a social media research center in Ho Chi Minh, [...]

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In the Zone Week

Posted in business, social media, tagged , , , , , on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve had an “in the zone” type of a week, where things just fall into place. The Lift9 research center in Vietnam is now set up. Our web site will soon be launched (sorry, but with so many execution points, this has taken a back seat). Now, more good news seem to be on the [...]

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Building an International Team is Challenging, Rewarding

Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , , , on August 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Hiring new employees is always a challenge. Trying to hire in a foreign country takes the challenge to another level. Lift9 is building part of its social media research center in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam to support our efforts here in the states. We believe that in order to make much of the social media [...]

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Lift9, Making Sense of Social Media Data

Posted in business, entrepreneur, social media, tagged , , , , , on August 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Time to share a little more information about our new startup, Lift9. The era of social media is just beginning. Digital information is doubling every 18 months, with social media data leading the charge. Unfortunately, this data is mostly fragmented and unstructured. Content is coming from all directions and impossible to control. While leading the [...]

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Get in the Zone, And Stay There

Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , on July 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Have you ever been in a zone? Athletes talk about it all the time, when everything slows down, their confidence peaks, and they are in complete control. I’ve actually experienced this a few times playing basketball when I just knew that I could get a step on an opponent, shoot, and know that the ball [...]

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Asia Offers More Than Just A Business Opportunity

Posted in Entrepreneurs, business, tagged , , , on July 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

One of my criteria for a new start-up venture was to have an international twist. Having lived and worked in Europe and Asia, I was comfortable with either or both. As fate would have it, I’m heading back to Asia and couldn’t be happier about it.  If the business plan is well executed, we’ll be [...]

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Naming of a Company, Lift9

Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged , , , on July 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Hey, what’s in a name? Well, quite a bit according to branding experts. Naming companies have become increasingly difficult with the prerequisite of having to secure a corresponding domain name. It amazes me the words and combination of words that have been secured as domain names. Branding experts generally advise new companies to pick a [...]

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