Archive for the ‘conferences’ Category

Back From SXSW And Ready For More Conferences

I remember back when I read Keith Ferrazi’s book, Never Eat Alone, that conferences are a good way to build relationships.  The sessions may be good information, but the truth is the friends are made during the coffee breaks, the happy hour and lunch.  This is when people actually talk to each other and make [...]

South By Small Business Web At SXSW

Saturday afternoon, I stopped by the South By Small Business Web party.  The party was host by a great group of companies who all provide software, apps or services for small businesses and start-ups. At last year’s SXSW, I met people from Batch Blue, FreshBooks, Outright and Shoeboxed, so it was nice to see familiar [...]

Broke Diaries Presentation

Thanks to all who came to our SXSW panel. This presentation has the sites that were mentioned. Update:  ABC News wrote a nice article about The Broke Diaries panel, Five Social Media Secrets To Saving Money.

Win A Free Pass To The Fifth Annual Small Business Summit In New York City

  clipped from smallbiztrends.com It’s that time again! Time for the 5th annual Small Business Summit which will take place on March 16, 2010 in New York City. How would you like to attend this event? Even better yet, how would you like to attend this event for FREE? The good news is that we [...]

SXSW Interactive Panel: The Broke Diaries is March 12

The panel that I am moderating for SXSW, The Broke Diaries: Blogging and Twittering About Living on the Cheap is March 12 at 2PM. If you will be at SXSW, please come to the panel. I will be joined by a panel of “thrift experts” which are Larry Chiang (Duck9), Hayes Davis (CheapTweet), Emily Farris [...]