Enthusiast has been around for over 7 years. Certainly standing the test of time is a big win.
However, time isn’t everything.
There are many other factors that can affect the success of a business, especially in the beginning. A great resource to help business through this process are books about other businesses showing what they did and did not do. One such book that just came out this week is “Zero to One Million: How I Built My Company To 1 Million In Sales… And How You Can Too.”
It chronicles the early years of a company, offers a unique process for evaluating ideas, and gives out some always needed passion and enthusiasm.
If you pick it up, drop me a line here and let me know what you think.
–jc
Have you ever been driving down the freeway while listening to Jack FM, and the first note of Hotel California sparks a symphony of creative and committed action items? Call Jane about the sales meeting, buy Made to Stick, etc.
I know I am not alone in this. I see the drivers next to me boldly tapping at their blackberrys.
Then I change lanes.
To save us all the risk of peril in light of our large thumbs and fading eyesight focused on such small buttons, I offer Jott as a solution.
One of our clients, Dr. Stuart Dauermann of Rabbenu, a futurist who is well ahead of his peers when it comes to innovation and technology mentioned Jott to me. He described how he often has “a ha!” moments in the car and often cannot capture them as leaving himself a voicemail is often cumbersome and then requires follow up dictation while listening to the long message over the phone which no one enjoys.
Jott solves this problem by providing a voice to text system with an email/sms delivery model that makes logging multiple tasks on the go a snap. In fact, for those of you out there who love to broadcast yourself, you can even update blogs and other systems using Jott as well.
Check out more at www.jott.com and leave a comment below on how you use it and what benefit it had.
With enthusiasm,
–jc
Every winter I try and take a short vacation away from the balmy climes of Southern California, and try to get to some place that actually gets cold. With snow. And icicles. Whether Mammoth or Big Bear, getting into the snow is somewhat cathartic for me — I really feel like I’m getting away from the rote things I tend to do.
This winter, my heart was set on getting to Lake Tahoe, but not settling for a hotel room. I was looking to stay in something more memorable and less cookie-cutter. So, I started checking out my options on the ‘net , and one of the first places I came across was a great website called Home Away. Now, this isn’t an Expedia, Travelocity, or Orbitz, this is simply a site that connects someone who has a place to rent — whether a condo, a cabin, a house, or an entire plantation — to someone looking for a place to stay. Read the rest of this entry » »
I have a 10 month old son. He is my first and I remember how my wife and I debated over his name.
“The meaning isn’t right!”
“It sounds strange.”
“Its too different!” we would interject about each other’s ideas.
What we didn’t do is take our options and see what search equity, if any, they had.
That is what the WSJ recommends saying you’re “nobody” unless your name Googles well. Well, maybe our lack of diligence in that area paid off as some would say our son is already famous.
- jc
p.s.
Enthusiast is in the business of helping organizations grow leveraging the Internet. We do this by providing services that make the planning, execution, and measurement of a web solution simple and effective.
One of the ways we help clients and the public is through the information available here on our own web solution. We use this blog and news, editorials, success stories, and other articles to highlight important events, noteworthy solutions, or just areas of opportunity commonly overlooked. Read the rest of this entry » »
Salesforce.com has assisted companies like us over the past few years with communicating the value of the on-demand model in general to mainstream businesses, many of which are not early adopters or hypertense toward change. Certainly we bought into the model and based our entire business on it back in 1999. Read the rest of this entry » »
On behalf of the Enthusiast team, we wish you a great 2007 filled with success and enthusiasm!
I hope you get to spin one of those classic noisemaker toys and be sure to safely open that champagne bottle. It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye…
–jc
I was listening to the latest net@Night show and AmberMac mentioned a new search service called SearchMash that grabs Google results and then puts them in categories. There are a few reasons why this could be very helpful. Read the rest of this entry » »
I was listening to the net@Night netcast while mowing my lawn and was introduced to a unique service that makes podcasts accessible via a time tested medium.
