Posts Tagged ‘strategy’

December 18, 2009 Comments

Community is a Mindset

By David Alston in social media

Rachel Happe just wrote a great post Community is a Management Approach, not Just a Role.  It was partially based on some of the passionate discussion we had on the topic earlier in December when a bunch of us gottogether in Boston.  It’s something I’m very passionate about so I thought I would expand on [...]

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November 16, 2009 Comments

Start-up culture and all that Jazz

By David Alston in social media

I had an opportunity to explain start-up culture to a friend tonight.  And being one to never shy away from an analogy…
Joining a start-up is like joining a jazz trio for daily jam sessions.

(Image Credit – Fixed Image via Flickr)
So what’s a jazz jam session like?  I think of a bunch of deeply talented [...]

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September 19, 2009 Comments

Becoming Brand Aware

By David Alston in social media

Remember when you were a kid?  Remember how sounds seemed crisper, colors more vibrant, everything seemed new?  We were like a sponge, absorbing everything around us.  We had no missions and visions, goals and objectives, strategies and tactics.  We just were.  We were without “ego”.  So this got me thinking….
At the risk of getting all [...]

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