Due to my involvement with TEDxPhoenix, I was given the opportunity to attend TEDActive 2010 and witness a great talk by Sebastian Wernicke entitled Lies, damned lies and statistics (about TEDTalks). Not only was his delivery spot on, but his slides were very well designed and had a custom ...

Back by Popular Demand: Free 2010 Work Week Calendar This work week calender is based on the badge-sized calendars that my previous employer hands out every year. Please note that this calendar is not ISO 8601 compliant; regardless, you're more than welcome to modify and change the calendar as you see fit. I ...

Written for The Closet Entrepreneur by Sam Carpenter... Yes, I’ve read David Allen’s fine book Getting Things Done, maybe the most popular version of the concept of Business Process Management (BPM). There are lots of other management systems/philosophies too, most of them created by business consultants. Good stuff, much of it, GTD, ...

It's obvious that things have slowed down on The Closet Entrepreneur and the reason is simple — I'm part of the organizing committee that is working on bringing TEDxPhoenix to the Phoenix-metro communities. What is TEDxPhoenix? If you're not familiar with the TED Conference, it's an annual event where the world's brightest ...

There are two things that send me over the edge when it comes to slideshow design, the first is generic circa 1995 slideshow templates and the second is unusable slide real estate. There's nothing I can do to eliminate generic slideshow templates other than to tell you to avoid ...

Hello everyone, it has been two and a half months of silence on this blog and it's time to change that! First I want to say thank you to my regular readers for their support, and for sticking around! It's been a long time since I've posted and I truly ...

Although I've written about my hometown of San Manuel and my home security fail in in the past, I don't usually make it a habit to share uber personal stories on this blog. Of course, there's always an exception to the rule. Meet Rollie [Email and feed subscribers, please visit the ...

I usually don't post things that I receive through email, but I really like this inspirational video that Siamak Taghaddos helped put together. Mr. Taghaddos is setting out to inspire entrepreneurs to heal the economy and change the world, and his latest project is the awesome video you see above (please ...