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What I Learned On My Trip To Montana

1. Opportunities come from relationships. It’s who you know. And who you know doesn’t have to be the top dog. And the people you know today might climb the ladder tomorrow, or be gone just as quickly. Which is why your relationships must be varied and…you must continue to invest, meeting new people. Doesn’t matter […]

The Blurred Lines Decision

It’s the same song. And once you go to a jury… You’ve got to understand the law is not about common sense. It’s not about deciding who is right. It’s about laws, both statutes and cases, and even though someone or something might smell guilty, that does not mean they are under the law. Which […]

Fixing The Grammys

NO MASHUPS Everybody hates them, we’ve got to make the show special in other ways. SUPERSTAR HOST Elton John. He hosts the show next year. He comes out, does “Your Song,” a two minute monologue and then interstitial stuff where he’s catty and funny and himself all at the same time. He gets to sit […]

Change

AOL Makes online easy. But it turns out online is much more than their walled garden and that cable and telephone companies utilize pricing pressure to get people to sign up for a bundle that includes internet access. Turns out that access is king. All of AOL’s content was no match for high speed access […]