A Path to Success

Camaraderie Hosts Michael Bungay Stanier on July 27 2010

Read the book and join the club – it’s not too late to discuss how to do more great work.

Camaraderie is hosting a book club event featuring Do More Great Work!

Click here to sign up.

Make sure to bring a highlighter!

A customer is more important than an idea

"Getting the right idea is besides the point, because getting a customer , above  all, is the most important thing to being a successful freelancer."

With that in mind click below and read LOTS of insights, some of which you may not agree with, on freelancing and entrepreneurship.

Earning more money: Finding the right idea | I Will Teach You To Be Rich.

Creating Great Work: A Recap of NewPath’s June 2010 Event

Can you remember the work you did last week, last month or last year?

Most likely the things you remember clearly are associated with great work - or at the very least memorable moments that changed your life.

Producing great work was the theme at NewPath’s networking meeting on June 24th 2010. Guest presenter and author, Michael Bungay Stanier led an engaging and interactive workshop for the entrepreneurs in attendance at the event.

Michael spoke about one example of great work: the I Love New York logo:

The I Love NY logo quickly became an emotional symbol for the people of New York – one of the world’s most diverse and dynamic cities. Even New York state uses the logo for its marketing campaigns and has for decades. The logo’s designer, Milton Glaser, created an iconic symbol recognized all over the world -- a great example of great work.

Although great work is not that commonplace, the goal for all of us, Michael says, is to Do More Great Work (also the title of his latest book).

Indepdence from iPhone 4 Poor Reception

The iPhone 4 gets poor reception when it is being held wrong. Entrepreneurs are selling an alternative to the US$29 Apple "bumper guard". And it's only $4.99 shipping and handling included.

It's the simple things that matter, huh?

Mike McDerment of FreshBooks on Metrics and Web Apps

Excellent advice on how to integrate marketing metrics right into your web application. This stuff is really critical -- don't outsource this and build it right into your system. This stuff is pure gold from a Toronto company that has over 1,000,000 customers!

Mike McDerment - Marketing Metrics and the Systems you need to Measure Them from Carsonified on Vimeo.