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Evaluating Your Perceived Value

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, Simon Baer, socialmedia, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I grew up washing buckets at my Mom’s Flower shop in a painfully frugal mid-western town. Her arrangement design was basically a European model that focused on style and quality stems rather than size and price. As you can imagine she struggled initially as people failed to see the value in a bouquet of roses [...]

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America’s Youth: Growing up in a Business Incubator

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Management, Simon Baer, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »

There are two things that get me really jacked in life: Good ideas, and good ideas put into action. Cristo Rey is a network of private schools set up primarily in neglected urban neighborhoods. Here’s what’s great about the schools: Their mission is to narrow the ‘achievement gap‘ that is to say they focus on [...]

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Keep it Simple, Stupid

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Simon Baer, tagged , , , , , , , on November 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I have re-discovered my favorite site on the internet– Stuff White People Like. What is beautiful about this site is it’s simplicity– It’s short, well written and cleaver.  These types of sites seem to have exploded all over the internet in recent years. Earlier this year Ben Huh did an interview with Mixergy.com and shared [...]

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Digital and Interactive Marketing Conferences 2010

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Simon Baer, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 28, 2009 | 12 Comments »

Human interaction is a great way to establish connections, swap ideas, and find out what’s happening outside of your bubble. Attending conferences, exhibiting, and/or speaking at these events will grow your business and establish credibility for both you and your company. Here is a list we’re putting together of the top internet marketing, 2.0, and [...]

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Social Media and Internet Marketing Panel at RACE Conference & Expo

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, tagged , , , , on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I just had the chance to be on a great panel discussing Social Media and Internet Marketing for Race Directors in Colorado this past weekend at the RACE Conference and Expo. It was a pleasure to be on the panel with Robin Thurston and have Michael Aisner as our moderator. Robin is the CEO of [...]

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The Power of 1 on 1 Meetings

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Management, tagged , , , on October 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

One of the biggest things I’m a believer of is one on one meetings with key members of your team each week. When you are a start-up everyone is a key member and over time its your managers and directors. You can have more impact in 3o minutes to 1 hour with a person than [...]

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The Balance of New Clients and Music Festivals

Posted in Entrepreneurship, tagged , , , on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Starting our business and getting to a point where we see a business model that is developing traction has been a year and a half. A friend asked me last night if it was stressful. I always said no, because I didn’t know any different. Last night was the first time I said “Yeah it [...]

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StayClassy.org – A Startup to Watch in San Diego

Posted in Entrepreneurship on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I had the pleasure to be invited to the Connect Springboard final panel for StayClassy.org last Wednesday. I wanted to write a brief recognition for the founders Scott Chisholm and Pat Walsh who represented the Stay Classy Team It was one of the best start-up presentations I have been a part of and much better [...]

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Have Some Fun, Just Plan For It

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Management on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One of the things that I and every entrepreneur I know falls into is working all the time. The first year or two we are all scared, freaked out, and excited at the same time about building something big. Then we start experiencing success and we are so excited that we want to work all [...]

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ArtisticHub.com featured in San Diego Union Tribune Sunday Edition

Posted in Entrepreneurship, tagged , , , on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Union Tribune ran a story on young web start-ups in San Diego and what they are doing to make the most out of the recession. Artistic Hub was a featured company along with Takelessons.com and Freakatars.com. Steven Cox, Founder of Takelessons.com Adam Jacobs, Founder of Freakatars.com The recession-driven shift away from funding unproven businesses [...]

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