Be confident. Right out the gate. This includes dressing well, carrying yourself well and speaking well. If you’re not comfortable in your own skin, with your own product, it’s going to show and it’s going to be a long presentation, for everyone. If you’re a nervous nancy about something you’ve just risked your life savings… Continue reading Pitchin’
Donna Ladd is the editor-in-chief and founder of the Jackson Free Press. Early on she thought she was to be a civil rights attorney, because she has an activist’s spirit. But–as it turns out–what she meant, was to be a journalist. Donna spoke with our class in February and afterwards I asked professor Amy Haimerl… Continue reading ‘Grow tough skin’ and other advice from editor Donna Ladd
RISE is the Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment program at Michigan State University. According to MSU’s RISE website: “RISE may be conceptualized as an interdisciplinary living-learning community for undergraduates at Michigan State University who share a common interest in environmental sustainability.” Students come to RISE from majors various majors. Some come from… Continue reading RISE and Land Grant Goods
Detroit itself could be considered a startup. It’s innovative. It has a business model. It knows its audience. It’s pumping out MVPs. It works hard to find streams of revenue. And it definitely has a few love matches. Love Matches The Farmers Hand is one of these love matches for the city. Rohani Foulkes… Continue reading A Detroit startup experience
In our media innovation class, instructor Amy Haimerl has taught that with a digital startup you want–and need–a potential customer to identify themselves as users of your product. After researching your target audience and target market, you have a good idea of who your ideal customer is, what they like and how your product fits… Continue reading The Bassett Asset (lol)
The Fast Company, New York Times and two NiemanLab articles for our readings this week all had one thing in common: they all discussed how BuzzFeed, the Christian Science Monitor, the New York Times, and New York Magazine are approaching their audience as they readjust in the digital climate. BuzzFeed According to Fast Company, BuzzFeed… Continue reading Media and Audience Shift
Hearing Donna Ladd of the Jackson Free Press speak made me draw some satisfying similarities and also feel encouraged and empowered. Satisfying similarities – Hearing Ladd talk about her humble start in life reminds me of my own. I didn’t grow up in Mississippi in the 60s as she did, but I grew up in Michigan… Continue reading I’m Glad for Donna Ladd
By Nicole Bush In Newsonomics, Ken Doctor discusses how we need to get back to real news with real standards. He lists The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, Mother Jones and The Guardian as organizations that have done this good “visible work” that readers have “responded” to. That… Continue reading News Been Down So Long, It Looks Like… News
Reading the PMARCA Guide to Startups, parts 1 and 4 and combining it with other things I’ve done, read, listened to or generally absorbed leaves me feeling somewhat at home with the life of a startup. For context, something I’ve listened to is Alex Blumberg’s podcast Startup. Blumberg is a legitimate radio journalist and a… Continue reading Startups vs. Athletics
I really like what Paul Graham has to say in his How to Get Startup Ideas. I like it because it’s another source that affirms my own notions on how to generate ideas. I was about to question my own judgement of how to come up with startup ideas, thinking I should or needed to… Continue reading What I Like About You, Disruptions
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