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    Treat Customers like Good Friends

    January 12, 2011 by · 2 Comments

    Darius at Freshbooks talks about the tension between having fun and being on point with the brand message, and that being the place where brands can do some really cool things.  He also talks about the Freshbooks motto -  treat customers like good friends. … Read More...

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    The Journey of the Entrepreneur: Ramen Noodles to 4 Star Hotels

    January 5, 2011 by · 8 Comments

    Chris Brogan talks about projects that have failed and identifies the learning points.  Another key point to note for entrepreneurs is to try your idea, ask a ton of questions and then execute.  Don't start things in a vacuum. AJ and Chris also talk about risk when starting your new project and … Read More...

  • Become a Sociologist

    December 21, 2010 by · Leave a Comment

    In part two of our interview with Chris Brogan we talk about becoming a sociologist. We need keep design with humans in mind. Chris gives some examples of people you should follow that are great sociologists. You can watch part two with Chris on youtube.  You can also catch part 1 of our interview … Read More...

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    Give Your Ideas Handles

    December 20, 2010 by · Leave a Comment

    We stopped of in Massachusetts to speak with Chris Brogan.  In part 1 of our interview, AJ went back five years to look at December 12th posts (the day we interviewed him) and talked with Chris about these.  Chris talks about the importance of growing and building your community. AJ also asks Chris … Read More...

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    120 second Small Business Tips: GoTo Meeting

    December 20, 2010 by · Leave a Comment

    As our road trip nears an end, AJ takes a minute to discuss the options in online meetings and why we choose to use GoTo Meeting. Full Disclosure – GoToMeeting.com is one of the awesome sponsors of our Rise of the Cubicle Farmer tour, and we have been using them since the day we opened our … Read More...

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Interview with Gangplank

October 26, 2010 By 3 Comments

Smack in the middle of downtown Chandler is a wonderful work space that brings creativity, innovation and collaboration to the area.  Gangplank HQ is not the traditional coworking center, they pride themselves on being a collaborative space. Anyone can work out of Gangplank and on any given day there are around 50 people that do.  The cost of entry to the space is free.  As Katie explained, “the people of Gangplank trade in social capital not monetary capital”.  Their idea is that by keeping things free where no money exchanges hands real innovation can happen because everyone is on equal footing.

Below is a recap of the interview from youtube.

You can watch the full interview on vimeo.

120 second Small Business Tips: Box.net for iPad

October 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Box.net is an application the LaC project has been using since day one and a sponsor of our trip.  Our team is distributed throughout the USA, Philippines and wherever AJ and I seem to find ourselves.   It is imperative for us to have a simple, easy way to share and collaborate on documents.

Full Disclosure - Box.net is one of the awesome sponsors of our Rise of the Cubicle Farmer tour, and we have been using them since the day we opened our company.  If you run a small business, you should really consider using them.

Recap- Day 6 in Pictures

October 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

We met Lisa Horner, Citrix Online’s Director of Campaigns and one of our favorite people in the world, for Saturday brunch and an interview in Downtown Santa Barbara (love that town!). Then we went back to the Citirx Online HQ to use some of our favorite small business apps and hammer out some more work.

Recap- Day 5 in Pictures

October 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment

We met with our buddies over at Citrix Online. They’re some amazing people and we miss them already :(  BUT the road calls our name, and we’re answering the call! ;)



In Pictures- Day 4 Fun!

October 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

We hung out with family at The Pasta Bar in Azusa, CA where we had the most delicious Italian food! So good!!!