So, I’m reading the second book of The Maze Runner series. I’m a writer and I like learning about other writers, so I did some research on the creator of the series, James Dashner. I came across something really fascinating last night. He was documenting his author journey in a blogspot blog he called “The…
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How the Steve Ells’s Vision for Chipotle Evolved
Steve Ells started Chipotle as a way to fund his dream to open an upscale restaurant. He kept the menu and the process simple. He found a model that worked and brought it to Denver. He got a loan from his dad and opened the first Chipotle in 1993. Chipotle took off. It is now…
The Perfect Use of Twitter
Twitter is getting a lot of criticism these days and starting to experiment with some changes to attract more users. Twitter has always been my favorite social network. You can communicate with anyone. You can make connections with people in your field that you would have never met otherwise. It has the potential to lead…
William Shakespeare: Artist or Entrepreneur?
Thriving artists are entrepreneurs. This isn’t something new that is made possible only by the Internet. Looking closely at the most well-known artists today, you start to realize they were not the lone geniuses sitting in a studio creating their masterpieces. In reading Jeff Goins’s Real Artists Don’t Starve, you start to see example after…
Reducing Churn Rate: A Key Question to Ask Your Customers
What is the most important question to ask recurring users of your product to make sure they stay? (In other words, how do you reduce the churn rate of users of your product?) Sean Ellis revealed the most important question you can ask your customers to reduce churn on a recent interview with Mitch Joel…
