Posts from category Start Ups

Making the move to be an entrepreneur in most cases happens by a situation or an event; some leap, some dive in. In my case I believed I was pushed! I am the Chief Creative Officer, and Co-Founder of AvocSoft …

We make lots of decisions, both big and small. One of the small decisions I made was just minutes ago. I chose to eat a donut for breakfast. Well, that was probably a bad choice. On the other hand, starting …

Specialty cocktails. Lush décor. Pop culture oozing out of every corner. Expatriate networking at it’s best. It was, “The Collection”; 3 sister bars in the heart of Shanghai, China that made me feel at home. I loved it there. A twenty-something …

Sean Li, is the young founder of CraveLab, a very cool and chic co-working space located in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles. I’ve gotten to know Li over the past few months and can say that he is absolutely …

One evening in early 2008, my wife Virginia and I were playing a very fun video game on Wii, Guitar Hero. She was tearing up a Lenny Kravitz tune and I was plucking away on my unplugged Strat in the …

Sales Excuses are Killing Businesses “So, how was your week?” A fairly common question asked when business owners and sales people get together at the end of a long week. “Man I was busy.  I made a ton of calls.” …

Last year I got my usual itch to travel to a far off exotic land. This time however, I wanted to do more than just sightsee;  I wanted to give back to the community I was visiting and interact on …