In this episode of Chats with Chip, Matt Cookson of Cookson Strategies joins me to discuss founding his own public relations firm and the work he does in the high-tech and education spaces, in particular.
It has become increasingly common for me to find myself in conversations with colleagues where I recognize the reality that I have gone from being a young turk to a budding grayhair. I explain things that seem entirely foreign to the 20-somethings who I work with. For example, I did not have a PC or…
Heck, most of us do. If you’re one of those people, you should find this post laugh out loud funny: “Four Simple Steps to Becoming a Billionaire.” (I especially liked the “Russian World Version” section.) I found this post via a new blog that Brad Feld suggested: Ask the Wizard. It is authored by Dick Costolo, founder…
I started using Rackspace back in 2000. At the time, they were basically a startup managed hosting company. Today, they are an industry leader. Over the years, virtually every company I have been involved with as a founder, investor or consultant has used them. Throughout that time, they have always gone the extra mile for…
After the first day of games, my brackets are doing OK but not great with my “wisdom of the crowds” methodology. (See here for an explanation of this experiment.) The crowd did make 3 mistakes however: #7 Texas Tech lost to #10 BC, #7 Indiana beat #10 Gonzaga, and #11 VCU beat #6 Duke. So…
I was prepared to write up a post today disputing the criticism of Microsoft and Waggener Edstrom for their preparation for an interview with Wired. But Joseph Thornley beat me to it and did a better job than I would have. Go read his post instead. Technorati tags: Wired, Microsoft, Waggener Edstrom, PR, ethics