Recap posts and other mentions and uses of Pitch Practice material and methodology.
I bought the car I currently drive at a local used car lot after finding it on AutoTrader. It’s the exact same year, make, and model as my wife’s car. We liked hers so much that I decided to just get another one exactly like it. I found it … Keep reading >>>
Big corporations have big corporation email security policies. Especially in the financial sector, email phishing is big business for hackers. Why? Because it works! Why does it still work, even though email has been around for a quarter century? Because most big corporations require their non-IT employees to attend a … Keep reading >>>
When you purchase a firearm legally, the firearms dealer performs a background check on you, the buyer of the gun. However, if you buy a gun from a friend, associate, or stranger, there is neither requirement nor means for performing a background check. In other words, if I so choose, … Keep reading >>>
Has your dog ever escaped and run away like he stole something? There are an estimated 80 million dogs in the US and 4 million are lost each year. In fact, almost 1/3 of dogs get lost at some point in their lifetime. All of us dog lovers have … Keep reading >>>
You gotta dot? An Amazon Echo Dot? Do you have one? I don’t use mine to control stuff or get answers. I use it – or wanted to use it, anyway – as a simple speaker. “Echo, play some upbeat rock ‘n’ roll,” I’d say. Echo (we changed her … Keep reading >>>
Getting ready for another great session of Pitch Practice today at @Atlanta Tech Village, I went back and looked at my notes for some of the best elevator pitches we’ve seen out of the 2,800 pitches since 2013.
There are six very common things that all … Keep reading >>>
“OK, thank you. We’re looking at about a 40-50 minute wait. Will that be ok?” Well, what choice do you have if you really want to eat there? The old adage is that everyone wants to go to the crowded restaurant, and nobody wants to go to … Keep reading >>>
You know those little bottles of wine and liquor they serve on the airplane? The airline industry purchases $2 billion worth of those and other food and beverage items every year. What used to be just peanuts or pretzels is now complemented by Coke products, beer, wine, those awesome Delta … Keep reading >>>
Event planners are some of the very busiest and most resourceful people on earth. Weddings, birthdays, Bar Mitzvahs, parties, conferences and other such events are so much fun for us to attend, but an amazing amount of work goes on behind the scenes. A huge piece of that work is … Keep reading >>>
Smart Lawn? The internet of things is making certain parts of our lives really easy. One of the first and best examples is Nest, the home thermostat that “learns” your preferences and manages your HVAC system to be more efficient. Best of all, there’s an app for that. Nest … Keep reading >>>