Top 5 Sexual Analogies for Business

November 6th, 2006 8 Comments noah

For some reason I always think of sexual analogies that relate to business. I think these work…

1- “It’s like having sex with a blow up doll” : This is when you are working with someone who is full of shit.

2- “Why are you going to have sex without an orgasm?”: Why are you going to [...]

Ethos Water is Evil

October 3rd, 2006 30 Comments noah

Lately I have seen more people drinking Ethos water. If you haven’t heard of them they are the exclusive water at Starbucks and claim to donate money to help children around the world to get clean water. Awww, how nice.

In reality they ONLY donate 5 cents of each bottle to the children. Each bottle [...]

Top 5 Things to do at The TechCrunch Party

August 18th, 2006 16 Comments noah

It seems like people are flying, biking and begging to go to the TechCrunch party this Friday. Most of the techy people I know ask about it and are all giggly about attending. I am not going. Why? Because there will be so many people and the really interesting ones will be mobbed. So here [...]

Top 5 Stupid Trends of Marketing 2.0

August 17th, 2006 36 Comments noah

1- Our product is Viral. That is the saying. Is there really a viral aspect of the product? No, it is just a saying that people say to make themselves feel good.
2- Paying $10,000 to advertise on TechCrunch for a month. Don’t get me wrong if I could charge it for this site I would. [...]

The Ultimate List of Eponyms aka Brands that OWN the Market

August 16th, 2006 47 Comments noah

There are so many products where the name of it is what the market calls it. You know like when you say I want a Kleenex. You actually want a Tissue but Kimberly-Clark did a great job getting us to call it Kleenex instead.

This list is incomplete. I want all of us to add [...]

5 Great Questions for Interviewees

August 15th, 2006 6 Comments noah

If you haven’t noticed this week is all about lists. Enjoy.
I love interviewing people and being interviewed. Think about it. When else do you get to talk about yourself so much and not be called conceited? One of the hardest parts of interviews is thinking of thought provoking questions for the interviewer. I will save [...]