by potential | May 22, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
If you remove all the drugs & debauchery from Slash’s memoirs, he may have written the world’s best handbook for building a career in today’s complicated world. Slash grew up in 20 square blocks of Hollywood and Beverly Hills. He discovered...
by potential | May 15, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
One of the most important communities in daily life is the work community. What do I look for in a workplace community? Well, there are a few key factors, but the latest to be added to my wish list is ‘a place where people eat lunch”. Sharing a meal is one of the most...
by John Horn | Dec 28, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
This is all kinds of community-awesome. Earlier today, Friend of The ‘Boot, Zac Whyte, shared the video below, which is a very awesome Taylor Conroy’s Destroy Normal campaign. Check it out here: Simply put, there needs to be more of this. Later this week...
by Kurt Heinrich | Oct 24, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
Photo courtesy of Fred Lum with the Globe and Mail. Several years ago I got a Blackberry as a gift from a friend. I’ve been hooked ever since. I like the streamlined push email notification. I like the rugged business simplicity of it all. I the way it looks and...
by John Horn | Sep 17, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories, Aboard the Editor's Pirate Ship, Business & Entrepreneurship
[Editor’s note: Sunday, September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day…I’m just saying.] Last week two dear friends sent me two different articles about pirate prominence. The first was from my friend Stewart and it discusses the rise of...