2 AM Thoughts on Startup Life

Since when did public enemy number one equal “the man”? Maybe this is a product of the recession or maybe the fact that I just have adventurous friends, but it seems to me like these days, everyone is in start-up mode.

As someone who’s been at it now for officially 3 months, I can only conclude [...]

The Dilemma of Personal Branding

I wrote my last post for fun, but it sparked a few thoughts that I believe have some serious implications for those interested in personal branding.  If you take a look at the most well known blogs out there, it’s easy to identify what type of category they fall under.  There’s a certain audience they’re [...]

What kind of blogger are you?

In a recent guest post from Michelle Minch on Social Media 101, she wrote about tips that advise bloggers to avoid getting caught up in the theme game.  She had some great advice that includes the following:

Simple is better – WP is an amazing platform that has many customization options built right in. I can [...]

Getting Started on Wordpress

Getting started on a self-hosted Wordpress blog is literally like shopping for the perfect outfit or maybe even as extreme as a highly detailed car.  You can literally spend hours searching for what you want, and a life time accessorizing, collecting, and maintaining.  In order to get going, there are a series of questions that [...]

The Right to Earn A Living: Why I Don’t Believe in Unpaid Internships

We all know that the professional world is changing.  Brands are on Facebook, executives are blogging, and young professionals like myself can find jobs using Twitter.  However, some things will always stay the same… or so I hope.
In the early 80’s, my mom came to America as an immigrant from the Philippines.  She believed that [...]

Be the Change

I came to Mzinga last June looking to understand the business behind the social media industry.  In the process, I found myself deeply changed.
Working side by side with Barry Libert, I learned about the trials and triumphs of entrepreneurship, the unpredictable outcomes of risk-taking, and  the one fundamental lesson that will stay with me throughout [...]

The Digital Parent’s Terms Of Service

My friend Jim Storer brought up a really great topic of conversation on his blog recently about online transparency and whether lifestreaming presents offline threats to those who frequently disclose their whereabouts.  While I could go into a number of ways that I could easily stalk a stranger (use of IP addresses, public records, physical [...]

The ROI of an Email

These days, everyone talks about the power of Twitter or Facebook, the wonders of Web 2.0 and its ability to connect the masses.  However, what most people don’t realize is that the tools don’t do anything unless people have the guts to use them.  More importantly, connections mean nothing unless you have the heart to [...]

Thoughts on A Successful Life

In my last post, I blogged about a rocky start to what has been an intense past two weeks.  Luckily, I’m still alive so you know that I was neither fired nor beaten to a pulp as a result of my mishap the other week.  There are tons of things that I could write about [...]

Messing Up and Moving On

Today I felt like the biggest fail whale ever.  
As much as I want to say mistakes happen, I have a very hard time processing disappointment (This is in reference to my mistakes by the way, not other people’s).  I easily forgive and forget, but when it comes to myself, I am my harshest [...]