Guest Post: Don’t Let it Die on the Vine

I organized a lunch this summer for 8 or 9 people that needed to meet each other. They all have similar targets that they were trying to meet, so I figured why not help them to help themselves. The lunch was low key, no official presentation, just getting to know each...

Guest Post: The Retro Candy Store

This past summer my kids discovered this really cool, retro candy store that opened in the plaza down the street from us. Every other day they would walk down the street with their friends and discover one of the unique candies that many of us grew up with. Candy...

7 Ways to Prevent Your Network from Ripping You Off

“When you’re in the position I’m in, you have two options: you can either shut yourself off from everybody, from the world, and not live a full life. Or you welcome everybody into your life and occasionally somebody will try to take advantage.”...

7 Ways to Become a Networking Weightlifter

“If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.” ~ Tom Stoppard Look around at the people that surround you throughout the day. Imagine them as children. Imagine their laughter, their play, their boisterous energy. Do they still radiate that...

Who Do You Call When You Are Lost?

“There’s nothing scarier than just having a moment where you looked away and lost your child.” ~ Rosemarie DeWitt “Where’s your sister?” When you ask that question at home, it’s nothing out of the ordinary and nothing to be concerned about. When you...