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Are you genuinely interested in building a bigger and better network? There are tons of ways you could go about learning how. Tons of books (mine included) you can read on the subject. Tons of [...]

Keeping Score Something that I find is a recurring topic of conversation among many of my clients and throughout my network on social media is that people keep score when they ripple. What does [...]

Two or more partners come together to work on a new startup venture. In the early days everyone’s wide-eyed enthusiasm keeps things moving forward as the venture begins to pick up momentum. [...]

My good friend Julie Truesdell aka@TruesdellClass sent me the following Facebook message after last Sunday night’s NFL game: I have the very best Rippler friends in the world to send me [...]

I see people trying too hard to get people to like them. They act as if they aren’t good enough and have to put on airs and be something more interesting and fun just to get people to [...]

Sometimes we need a wake-up call.  Someone to shake us into reality and remind us to refocus on what is important. Consider this post just that – your wake-up call. As we head into the [...]

Leader: “So that’s the way I see it. Any questions?” People: “Nope. Sounds good boss!” Leader: “You sure? I really want to hear if anyone has any concerns or [...]

Are you or someone you know a career crisis booty caller? Let’s see. You or they might be a career crisis booty caller if…. You start endorsing people in your LinkedIn that you [...]

Diversity. I spoke at an event recently where one of the pieces of advice I gave was encouraging the audience to develop more diversity within their own networks. So I suggested that that they [...]

As some of you know, I am now running my various ventures from home. I’d like to say that I was taking a stand for the environment and was making a conscious “Austin Hip” [...]