Insights / Research Archives - Page 17 of 27

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

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What Collaborative Spaces Mean to a Community

Thursday, 23 August 2012 by Paul O'Brien

Whether a community of entrepreneurs, developers, small business owners, or none of the above, collaborative work spaces are changing the landscape of our workforce and driving economic development for cities. This is no more apparent than in the reaction of the community of Silicon Valley to news that Hacker Dojo was in peril. New York Times Reports: Silicon Valley

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Seth Godin’s Circles of Marketing

Friday, 10 August 2012 by Paul O'Brien

As an SEO, my years and marketing have long been spent trying to convince other marketing professionals, product managers, and executives in a company that the work we do in SEO can not be done in a silo. The success of search engine optimization is DEPENDENT on all other levels of the organization from the

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The Wisdom of YOUR Social Media Crowds

Tuesday, 22 November 2011 by Paul O'Brien

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I’ve had the distinct pleasure of being surrounded by some amazing social media minds. From working relationships to loose affiliations as neighbors, I consider folks like Michael Brito, Dave Evans, Alex Mouldovan, Mike Merrill, and Deb Robison (who is getting older today so wish her a Happy Birthday!) among those who influenced my path towards

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