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Category: Business

I Dont Do Book Reviews

Tweet Every week, I get emailed 2-4 offers to do book reviews on my blog. I dont do them. Then a few days ago, my friend Gary Vaynerchuk text’d me and said “Micah, my book comes out in a few days. Can you read it and tell me what you think?” I quickly replied “Of course,” while [...]

Business Development 2.0, Part 2.0

Tweet Over a year ago, I wrote a post titled Business Development in a Web 2.0 World. I wrote about the importance of relationships in today’s business dealings. I wrote: To get, one must give, and trust that the gift is compelling enough to have the other give in return. (I’ve always wanted to quote [...]

Feasibility vs. Possibility.

Tweet Yesterday I was on a call with a potential business partner for Lijit. With me on the call was one of our product people. We were going down a specific path with this partner, who on the call threw us a bit of a monkey wrench. It happens. Its the internet. Our product guy [...]