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David Eckoff blog
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On Innovation, New Media & The Bigger Better Deal
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Radio show Guest Appearence: Kicking Fear’s Ass
It was lots of fun getting into the studio and guesting on Todd Schnick’s radio show “Marketing From The Streets“. Our topic: “Kicking Fear’s Ass”, as an entrepreneur and in business. Is fear helping and motivating you? Or is it stopping you? Listen to the show online now.
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Thanksgiving Like It’s 1932: Dale Carnegie’s “Greatest Adventure in Living”
Before Tim Ferriss. Before Gary Vaynerchuk. Before Tony Robbins. Before Tom Peters. There was Dale Carnegie. Carnegie is best known for writing the book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People“, which has sold 15 million copies since it was published in 1937. Its lessons are timeless. And applicable to social media and business today. But [...]
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The Definitive List of Twitter Employees on Google+
Updated: Jan 4, 2011 (Out: Avi Bryant, Tech Lead, Ad Insight) Updated: Nov. 17, 2011 (In: Karen Wickre) Updated: Nov. 8, 2011 (In: Mindy Finn; Out: Sean Garrett; Correction: Steve Jenson) I’ve curated what I intend to be the definitive list of Twitter employees on G+. See which Twitter employees are on G+ and add them to your circles. I [...]
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Best Burgers… in Atlanta
Updated October 2011 (originally published March 2007; updated June 2010; May 2011) I get so much inbound traffic to my blog to this article about the “Best Burgers… in Atlanta”, I’ve written an update that includes my reviews of burgers in Atlanta – and my pick for for very best burger in Atlanta. Who am I? [...]
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Judging GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition 2011
Update, April 22, 2011: Announced today, the finalists in GRA/TAG Business Launch competition are: AuditMyBooks, Soket, Pindrop Security (formerly Telineage) and Viscid Technology. Read the press release here. ## This month, I’m a judge in the semi-finals round of the GRA/TAG Business Launch 2011. This will be my fourth year judging the competition and it’s one of my favorite weeks [...]
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Writing About Social Media, Technology and Business
I’ve always loved talking with and learning from entrepreneurs. And I’m fascinated with the business model for hyper-local news. So when I was asked to write a column about social media, business and technology for Patch/AOL, I immediately liked the idea. What makes my column on Patch different and why should you read it? Fair questions [...]
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Entrepreneurs: Problems Will Happen. Don’t Let Them Stop You.
In August of 1994, I was an accountant in a large computer company. Despite my best efforts, I disliked the mind-numbing repetition of the job. A mismatch for my creative and entrepreneurial skill set. I came home from work each night with a headache, born of disappointment, monotony and frustration. But I had a plan. I was [...]
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“Your city sucks! (And so does mine)” – Atlanta and Seattle version
Inspired by Joe Stump’s, most excellent blog post “Your city sucks! (And so does mine)”, about tech hubs Seattle, Portland, Boulder and San Francisco, I decided to write a version for Atlanta and Seattle. One of the things that I liked about Joe’s article: he calls it like he sees it. Unlike most recent articles I’ve [...]
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Megatrends in Media & Technology from Georgia Tech
Am attending the FutureMedia conference this week - Renu Kulkarni of Georgia Tech kicked things off with smart observations about trends in media & technology. The six trends she discussed, and my thoughts: 1. Data Tsunami Massive data analytics will be critical to turn meaning into all the data. My view: the increasing volume and velocity [...]
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Radio Show Guest Appearance by David Eckoff: Talking About Entrepreneurship
I was recently a guest on David Cohen’s radio show, talking about entrepreneurship. We talked about the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make (and how to avoid them); execution of ideas; product development advice from Google’s Marissa Mayer; the launch of real-time sports news service Spitter.com; taking on giants in the marketplace; the right time to start [...]
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