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KPS3’s banana-loving web and digital media expert Mike McDowell spoke at the last Western Industrial Nevada (WIN) power breakfast and shared his insights about the lessons bananas have to teach us in the world of marketing. He also shared some fun facts about bananas - did you know they are actually classified as a berry!? As I get to know this business more and more, the truth of this metaphor couldn’t be more real. When we peel back the...
My dad was uber pragmatic. Even his hobbies that seemed to pursue beauty (antique crystal collecting, rare coin collecting) had a practical, investment-oriented element to them.
My mother was also practical, but definitely had an eye and a longing for fashion, even as an Iowa 'farm wife.'
She and I would head to a big nearby town for some shopping (yes, there WERE places to shop in Iowa), and often come home with a few shopping...
Radical new concepts or simply a mixture of old ideas? Can a simple argument or an incorrect answer spark more ideas then the fluffy, everyone contributes brainstorm session? Are people who travel inherently more creative? These are the types of situations that Jonah Lehrer examines in his latest book Imagine. A book that...
Am channeling my Dad again today with memories that spill over into life and business lessons to ponder. This one revolves around a memory of me at an early driving age, backing out of the garage, SOOOO very carefully (wouldn't want to scrape the Chrysler). All of a sudden he yells from the passenger seat... "Don't back over the pitcher's mound!!"
Let me explain. My dad loved baseball. But he loved just about any sport either of his...
