Author Archives: David Billings

Twitter should be… Twitter is… Twitter isn’t for… The Rules and why you should ignore them

One of the most interesting social aspects of any social media outlet is the progression from almost no users to a bazillion users. It goes something like this:

New social media outlet launches.
Users try to figure out what it is, they’re just messing about. Hey, fun.
Users bring their friends because they want to mess about with [...]

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Get out!

No, seriously. Get out of here.
Oh, wait! Read the rest of this first. Thanks.
So I’m working at home all by my lonesome. The view is pretty, I’ve got access to snacks and coffee. I’m on Twitter (too much, probably), so I’ve even got little conversations going.
So why do I start feeling down? What’s with the [...]

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Take advantage of your solo size!

You are not as big as GM. You’re not as global as Weiden+Kennedy or as massive as Kirkland & Ellis. You’re probably not even close to Jiffy Lube when it comes to manpower.
As a solo entrepreneur, you don’t have gigantic reserves of cash in the bank. You likely don’t have more than five employees (which [...]

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Are You Like Target?

Saturday found us browsing new car seats at Target. It’s something we would usually order online after careful research, but after buckling our little dude in that morning, we realized we have a giant toddler on our hands. I decided we should just pick up the best one we could find for our needs at [...]

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Telecommuting

How Exactly is This Different Again?

 
Welcome to the fantastic secret universe of the home office worker. Check your former ways of working, living, and thinking at the door.
If you’re like me, you’ve come to this new world of freedom from a 9-5 (okay, 8-7) corporate job. In my former career there were things I saw that made me want to hurl [...]

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