Blog Category: Impression Technique

The last time I had seen her she was doing crack, trying to offer me some, and rambling to an imaginary dead brother through a broken television screen in the hotel room I had just paid for. She had beautiful brown curls and dreadlocks going down half her body. I was debating what I could […]

WHEN I HIT BOTTOM Corey Mays ‏@coreyisamaysing: What was one of the most important things you learned from failing at a start up? Answer: I called my parents to borrow a few hundred dollars. Two years earlier I had $15 milllion cash in the bank. Now I had $0 in the bank. ZERO. I had […]

I was the idiot at a networking dinner the other night. You ever go to a dinner with lots of smart people and everyone is talking about “globalization” or “localization” or “mobilization” (and then throw in “monetization”, which is a curse word) and you have nothing to say although you’re supposed to say something? You […]

I’m going to the dentist on Tuesday and he’s going to tell me I have an infection, I have gum disease, I need a cleaning, and I probably need a tooth removed. Then later in the week I’m going to see my accountant. He’s going to tell me I need to make a trust, I […]

[Some questions and answers from my recent Twitter Q&A] EXTRA-MARITAL DATING SITES Hamzah ‏@Hamzah81: Whats the reason for the rise in extra-marital dating sites? Is our society decaying and losing it’s morals? Answer: The Parker Meridien is a prestigious 5 star hotel in Manhattan. The restaurant, Norma’s is one of the best breakfast places in […]

I used to think Mark was an idiot. He was a former managing director at CS First Boston and then we were partners at  venture capital fund from 2000-2001. We were horrible, maybe the worst investors in history. I can’t blame it on market conditions (the Internet Bubble collapsed) although I often do. I’m going […]

I was scared when I left the corporate job for the first time. I was even more scared when I was thrown out of graduate school and had to explain why to my parents. When I was first separated and then divorced I was ashamed to tell people about it. When I lost all my […]