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AHAlife is the online discovery destination where you can learn about—and purchase—the best unique products from around the world, collectively curated by our group of influential tastemakers. I was inspired to start the site when I was the CEO of Casall and living in Stockholm. Stockholm is an amazing city, but I found that I couldn’t access all of the amazing products that I wanted to buy. That’s when the light bulb went on. Why couldn’t there be one trusted destination where you could not just educate yourself about a…

Twitter is a great example of simplicity. A straightforward concept with a clean user interface. It may almost be too simple because I don’t fully “get it” sometimes. That could be that I’m still searching for my purpose on Twitter. As you might guess I have a hard time keeping anything beyond a URL under 140 characters.

On the flip side, Facebook is a growing example of the ultimate end-all be-all social network experience, packed with functionality–plenty of buttons to click and things to do. Thus, the dilemma when embarking on a social network concept. Aim for simplicity, or mash Faceb…

Twitter is a great example of simplicity. A straightforward concept with a clean user interface. It may almost be too simple because I don’t fully “get it” sometimes. That could be that I’m still searching for my purpose on Twitter. As you might guess I have a hard time keeping anything beyond a URL under 140 characters.

On the flip side, Facebook is a growing example of the ultimate end-all be-all social network experience, packed with functionality–plenty of buttons to click and things to do. Thus, the dilemma when embarking on a social network concept. Aim for simplicity, or mash Faceb…

I was drawn to this particular 85 Broads Jam Session as a neophyte to blogging. I decided that 2010 would be the year that I would dibble dabble into social media and use blogging as a way to share my passion about my signature interests (i.e. project management, wine, MBA). My strategy was to just start writing whatever came to my mind, in hopes that fellow bloggers globally would see the depth of my content and be instantly engaged. Boy, was I wrong.

Enter Kevin O’Keefe, blogger extraordinaire and a guy who ROCKS. The one hour that I invested in listening to his Jam Session on bloggin…

“In the realm of social media, there are two kinds of people: women and men.” ~ Tom Peters

I recently had the pleasure of attending a talk with best selling author and leadership visionary Tom Peters, best known for his book In Search of Excellence. If you ever have the opportunity to hear Tom speak, I would highly recommend getting front row tickets. Tom is frequently considered the most important business thinker since Peter Drucker, and his insights into the world of social media will certainly inspire you.

The event was hosted at Baked and Wired, a cozy bakery and coffee shop in the…

Over the past few years, Facebook has been an object of wonder, entertainment, connection, and, more recently, scrutiny. Today, the social media giant claims to have 400 million active users, half of which are logging on to the site on a daily basis. That’s a whole lot of private information stored on a single site. If you’re confused as to what exactly has been going on with Facebook lately and why there are so many privacy concerns popping up, we have broken down some of the recent changes and key points for you below.

Privacy Opens Up
In December 2009, Facebook made a major shift that…

It’s more than 2 years since I first started thinking about rockbands in relation to companies. It started out with a simple blogpost on my company blog entitled: Toothless Tiger is not a business anymore – it’s a rockband

I am a person who has always had a childhood dream of playing in a band. The attention, the stardom but mostly the creativity (I know I might have a very glorified views on rockbands – but hear me out). I have always been craving creativity and freedom. My deceased…

Social Media is here to stay and has revolutionized the way an increasing number of professionals communicate and engage with each other. It is critical for business owners and professionals to understand that this revolution has created a fundamental shift in the way people access information, form opinions about the quality and value of professional services (such as legal and financial services) and process hiring decisions.

The business owners of both large and emerging companies who will be successful in developing new business in the 21st century, will be those who use social me…