Climbing the Bumps
What are you proud of? All things being equal it’s been a year of challenges and triumphs. I’ve watched many of you grow over the last year, myself included. I read a book when I was a kid named “The bumps are what you climb on”. The premise being that challenging yourself and enduring challenging […]
Maybe So
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein My mentor at Microsoft used to share this Chinese proverb occasionally as a reminder that things are not always as they appear to be… more to follow after you read the proverb. One day in late summer, an old farmer was working in his field […]
Fearless
Hi Everyone, I hope you had a great week, I certainly had an exhilarating one. There were some big highs this week and some real lows, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I was chatting with someone about Tahzoo and they asked me, “How do you keep going and how do you have the […]
Tahzoo 2017 Strategic Direction
“Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary a qualification for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.” – H.G. Wells A few weeks ago, I wrote out our mission for 2017 in the Desk of Brad. I thought I’d send it out as a reminder and a pretext for our focus going […]
Digital Innovation
I spoke this week at the Digital Innovation Summit in Utrecht. It was a wonderful event with over 100 attendees, including customers, prospects, and partners. My speech focused on the experience economy and how the quality and shareability of experience is a hallmark of good marketing. In the experience economy, it’s not about how much […]
Why Tahzoo
I spent the week driving across the United States visiting BBQ restaurants and meeting people. I am always fascinated to hear the stories about how the restaurant was started and to feel the passion of the pitmaster. One thing strikes me about BBQ, nobody gets into the business for the money, maybe the fame but […]
Making Tahzoo Great
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton You know every week I end my letter to the company with Let’s go be great – I really mean that in fact I really want that for each of you and myself. We all have a choice; we can work […]
Drive for June
Team Tahzoo, This month’s theme is DRIVE. For me, drive is very personal. I am constantly pushing myself to learn more, do more, and excel. The folks in DC probably picked up on this when I was addressing them last Friday and shared that Tahzoo’s year-over-year growth sits at 80% and while that is superior […]