by John Corcoran | Apr 5, 2013 | Podcast
Today, OpenTable is a $1.4 Billion public company that handles online restaurant reservations and customer relationship management (CRM) for thousands of restaurants. But it wasn’t always that way. Back during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, OpenTable was... by John Corcoran | Mar 28, 2013 | Podcast
I had the pleasure recently of sitting down with one of the early employees of Udemy.com, which is a online learing platform using different technologies to create more engaging online courses. In this interview with Dinesh Thirupuvanam, we discuss: how Udemy’s... by John Corcoran | Mar 21, 2013 | Podcast
Dorie Clark knows how to reinvent yourself. As a former journalist turned presidential campaign spokesperson — turned branding consultant — she has reinvented herself many different times throughout her career. Now, Clark is the author of Reinventing You:... by John Corcoran | Mar 19, 2013 | Podcast
Antonio Centeno makes a big first impression. When I first met him at the New Media Expo this past January, he was easily the best dressed man in the room. Once I got to know Antonio, I saw why he was such a passionate advocate for encouraging other men to dress... by John Corcoran | Mar 13, 2013 | Podcast
When an unpublished writer decries the state of traditional publishing, people roll their eyes. When someone who has written and published a dozen books says traditional publishing is dying, then it’s time to sit up and pay attention. Guy Kawasaki is the latter... by John Corcoran | Mar 11, 2013 | Podcast
I’m kind of fascinated by entrepreneurs who create businesses that are truly ground-breaking. Apparently others are too, because the blog post I wrote about “8 Entrepreneurs Who Identified A Common Pain & Invented a New Business Category” has... by John Corcoran | Mar 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
[display_podcast] Seven years ago, Neal Gottlieb bet his life savings on a small ice cream “scoop shop” in a sleepy part of Marin county, California. He had no employees, little income and the company almost had no future. That’s because he launched... by John Corcoran | Feb 21, 2013 | Podcast
If you try hard enough, you can make a business out of just about anything. Andrew Warner created a successful business grounded in his ability to ask great questions. Andrew created a website called Mixergy.com which began with video interviews of startup... by John Corcoran | Jan 11, 2013 | Blogging
I recently got back from three days in Las Vegas, where I was a speaker at the New Media Expo, aka ?NMX? (formerly known as Blogworld). The New Media Expo is an annual conference aimed at new media producers — in other words, bloggers, podcasters, web video... by John Corcoran | Dec 21, 2012 | Podcast
One in nine Americans sells for a living.? In other words, sales is their full-time position.? Their success and often their very future with their company depends on meeting sales numbers. That’s a pretty staggering wake-up call. Sell, and you get to keep your...