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As Goes the Web, So Goes, well… Everything

Wednesday, 01 May 2013 by Paul O'Brien

There is a great school of thought, an interesting debate really, loosely related to the idea that we just started talking about here within the concept of architecture and it’s role in business. That is, that as technology becomes more pervasive in everything we do, so too is that the case in business. CFOs, CMOs,

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Architecting Growth

Wednesday, 24 April 2013 by Paul O'Brien

About a decade ago, I was standing at the top of the Empire State building when someone nearby asked why New York City seems to have two distinct areas with sky scrapers. Have you ever noticed? Have you ever wondered? The answer is what I’ve concluded to be one of the most important considerations with

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Startup Marketing

Tuesday, 01 January 2013 by Paul O'Brien

Not long ago, I had the distinct pleasure of joining an incredible group of Austin entrepreneurs through AUSOME (Austin Online Marketing for Entrepreneurs) for a discussion of the Art of Startup Marketing. Thanks to David Vogelpohl, founder of Marketing Clique and Tapfire Mobile, I finally took a few minutes to put pen to powerpoint to

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Does your Internet Service Provider Suck?

Thursday, 20 December 2012 by Paul O'Brien

Not long ago, a friend in the community where I lived posted a question in our online community. How good is AT&T U-Verse because Time Warner stinks? I was moved to put pen to paper and thought I’d share the thoughts more publicly: Since I work on the internet, the fact that internet service stinks

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Changing Education

Tuesday, 23 October 2012 by Paul O'Brien

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of learning from Editor at Large ofThe Chronicle of Higher Education and Author of College (Un)Bound, Jeff Selingo. He has spent the past 15 years immersed in higher education reporting and has been a featured speaker before dozens of national higher-education groups and appears regularly on NPR, PBS, ABC,

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How to Network with (and meet) Entrepreneurs

Tuesday, 11 September 2012 by Paul O'Brien

There was a great question posed to the Quora community, “How do I meet other young entrepreneurs/startup-oriented people?” Met with the usual answers about hackathons, startup events, and even online networking, I took a different tack and whipped up my own experience getting to know entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and Austin. While the trendy tech and

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The Dark Ages of Employment

Tuesday, 28 August 2012 by Paul O'Brien

I’ve recently had the pleasure of being a part of many conversations about (un)employment, millennials, outsourcing, coworking, generation x, baby boomers, education, entrepreneurship, health care, corporations, and government. Bear with me, there’s a common thread here and I think it’s one that results in a revolution. Why We Work Of late, a common discussion over