by John Corcoran | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Peter Shankman is a man on the go. The founder of Help A Reporter Out is a frequent commentator on TV, popular blogger, PR professional, angel investor, and author of numerous books. Oh, and did we mention he and his wife are expecting their first child?... by John Corcoran | Apr 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
By almost any measure, Jesse Goff is a very successful photographer. The San Francisco-based commercial photographer has photographed former President Jimmy Carter, musician Carlos Santana and even former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. However, like most... by John Corcoran | Apr 12, 2013 | Podcast
It was a huge honor to have bestselling author and well respected thought leader Dan Pink be a guest for the second time on my podcast. Dan recently took one of my favorite business books – Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us (affiliate link)... by John Corcoran | Apr 8, 2013 | Podcast
Michelle Roby was born and raised Down Under. Now she’s in the Golden State. After a lifetime in Australia, Michelle married a U.S. citizen and they decided to settle down in California. Michelle is a life coach by trade, but she is just getting her new business... 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When an unpublished writer decries the state of traditional publishing, people roll their eyes.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...