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Congratulations to News360 for TechCrunch TV Interview

Congratulations to my client News360, an awesome (and free) news app. They recently launched their Android app, and were featured on Tech Crunch TV. The big advance with this version is the algorithm that finds news articles that are most relevant to...

Saying No to a Client: A Case Study

Today, one of my coaching clients called with a tricky situation. A current project is in her sweet spot, both in terms of project scope and company. And yet, she has noticed that her client is not being honest, and also her client has asked her to do...

2013 Trends in SaaS Marketing

SaaS continues to be a hot topic, especially here in Silicon Valley. But widespread adoption in the enterprise hasn't quite arrived. While there has been some significant success, notably with companies like Salesforce.com, Concur, ConstantContact,...

Books about Mentoring

About 4 years ago, the Office of Personnel Management wrote a paper on best practices in mentoring programs within the US Government. Many of the recommendations apply in other mentoring situations. They provided a good list of mentoring books. I added a few...

How to be a great mentor

If you are in a position to help others who aspire to the same success that you have enjoyed, you should be working with them as a mentor. As I've said before--it's karma--you need to make the future easier for those around you, based on your learnings...

2013 Trends in Educational Software

This morning,I got a call from a Consumers Digest Reporter for an upcoming report on educational software. We last talked in 2009, whien the landscape was very different. At the time, I was working on a project for one of the pre-eminent makers of educational...