When I look back at my career, one of my favorite “jobs” was running the University Concert Board (UCB) at SUNY Albany. I mean, how cool is it to have a $100,000 budget to produce concerts at the age of 20? And I got to produce some great shows including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, […]
Archives for July 2014
The CEO’s Role at Client Meetings
It’s a beautiful thing when you have grown your business to the point where you have employees that do the heavy lifting like selling and client management. Of course for most businesses, the CEO still has to (and should) get involved with clients. Like many CEOs, I used to feel that I had to do […]
Why I’m Not a Rock Star (Behind the Music)
I finally figured this out – the day after I turned 45. First let me explain. I have been playing guitar since I was 13 and formed my first band when I was 15 (and quit it when I was 16 because I thought the band was going too “mainstream”). I briefly had a band in […]
Forget Big Data. Think Low Hanging Fruit
There is a lot of mention of “Big Data” in the media. Big Data refers to the data that companies have on their customers. Big, enterprise size companies have all sorts of stuff in various company databases- some good and some crap (think file boxes stacked up in the old days). There is no question […]