Archive for the ‘Business’ Category

What I Learned From David Castor

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Yesterday morning I began my mission to increase the visibility and awareness of Point Brake by attending the third Incubators event. Incubators is a Rainmakers event that brings together start-ups and new businesses less than 1 year old with the people that service such new companies. I was very excited for this event, as the [...]

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How To Lose Business In 12 Days

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

The term “experience design” encompasses far more than just visual communications. The purpose of experience design is to connect businesses with the people they want to do business with in a way that consumers will be enticed and even seduced. Creating new business relationships is much like dating after all, and today I was essentially stood up for a date with a chiropractor. At least that is how they made me feel, and how they lost the potential for a 40-60 year business relationship with me.

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What Is Design Strategy?

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Design Strategy is a market sector that is new to the United States. A year ago, there was only one school in the US offering a Design Strategy degree and today there are still less than a handful. This market sector is rapidly growing. Few have heard of it and even less understand what it [...]

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How I Prepared For Speaking At Ignite

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

The Ignite experience was intense. I honestly did not expect to be that nervous, but it was still a very successful and beneficial experience for me. There are many ways that I tried to prepare myself for it, and there are a few other ways that I would have liked to have tried. Here I [...]

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Choosing Relevant Promotional Items

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Promotional items such as pens and paper pads are very popular, though there is much debate on whether or not they are effective tools of marketing. When choosing any item to represent your company, one question you should always ask yourself is “will this engage the person I’m giving it to and continue to build [...]

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