College Entrepreneurs
The Chicago Tribune ran an article today about college entrepreneurs. It was a great story and featured quotes from yours truly…
Click here to read the article in all of it’s glory.
Medill Magazine
Medill Magazine ran an article about me an my job at Mather LifeWays. Nice boost to the ego. Click my nose, I’m on page 9.
GNVC Brand Presentation
For those who attended the Global New Venture Challenge Brand Presentation on January 9, 2010 in London, here are the slides from that presentation.
By the way, there was a quick comment about the fact that the class had taken a marketing class, but branding was not included. Here is an important point about branding in general that will help you avoid major branding mistakes: Branding is Not Marketing. Many people assume that because brands often include logos and pictures and web sites that they are marketing functions. That is a major misconception. Branding is as much about operations, HR, accounting, sales, R&D and every other department as it is about marketing.
Marketing often plays a major role in supporting the overall brand, but they do not own it.
Keep this in mind as you think through your own companies and brand stories. Do not make this a marketing function. If you do, it will likely fail!
Enjoy!
Super-Awesome Presentation Zone Program
This is an outline of using the “Zone” presentation style for presenting business plans and pitches. It was created for students at the University of Chicago’s Executive MBA Program in London.
Click on the guy to download the PDF.
Cool Christmas Card- Jellyvision
Jellyvision is a really creative company. I came across this cool Christmas Card on Facebook. It was sent out by Jellyvision (apparently I am not on their list). I’m not sure what year this is from, but my gut tells me they are creative every year.
