Noah Kagan's Okdork.com » Humor http://okdork.com A blog about marketing, online communities and other business musings. Come join the fun! Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:13:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Why I threw away your Company Christmas Card http://okdork.com/2008/12/25/why-i-threw-away-your-company-christmas-card/ http://okdork.com/2008/12/25/why-i-threw-away-your-company-christmas-card/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:40:41 +0000 Noah http://okdork.com/?p=1421 Recently I started receiving some holiday cards from companies we’ve worked with and I threw them away right after I opened them. Why you ask? Let’s do a multiple choice test:

a) Cause I am Jew and don’t celebrate Christmas.
b) You didn’t bother to write my name or anything personal to me / the company.
c) You didn’t spend the 2 minutes to know you could have sent me a $5 Chipotle gift card and I would have loved you forever.
d) You didn’t even include a return address or do anything that was handwritten.
e) Your generic message about working together and appreciation, made me gag.
f) All the above.


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Why is it so hard to be genuine? I think companies should just send the other company a lot of money or at least something memorable. Sending a $.35 card with some crap message just makes me think you don’t even care.

In the great words of Little Goat, “Christmas is the time of year when you realize how little people know about you.”

Merry Christmas:)

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Solution: Go to Google and filter out your competitor list…

The person with the funniest comment wins the book Difficult Conversations.

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Bonus: Also, found a cool new positive rap group called Flobots, watch their video. They are big in Denver. Always curious/interested in how artists can spread their music to more people…Does quality naturally spread?

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Register Here (It’s Free & only 30 slots available)

who? Entrepreneurs / Venture Capitalists in the Bay Area
why? Fun times, prizes and the only chance you’ll have to feel better about rejection.
when? April 11th from 3-5pm at Foster City PJCC

Thanks to our sponsors: August Capital , Greylock Partners , Mohr Davidow Ventures , Perkins Coie and Velocity Interactive Group .

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Sidenotes:
Women2 is putting on an event about being an entrepreneur within a large company. Kind of an oxymoron but I guess it happens…

I am speaking at Opportunity Green on Saturday.

Opportunity Green

I am working from LA this week if anyone is around.

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Best caption for this wins a hug when you see me in person.

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PS. Have a great Friday;)

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What did I learn from a nice guy named Brian M who drove me to work today?


You have to ASK

I put my thumb out and walked along the side of the street. Everyone went on their merry way, thinking about what they had to do today, what’s for lunch, what they are doing this weekend, etc…

What this shows me is that no one cares about you. That’s okay. Users aren’t dying/waiting for you. So what do you have to do?

Get in there Fing face. I stopped in the middle of the road and made people notice me. I made them realize I need a ride, I am not “that” sketchy and I am just in need of help.

Luckily, I got Brian’s attention and he was super nice to drop me off at work today. Now I just have to figure out how I am going to get my car fixed…

Moral of the story:

1) You never know unless you ask
2) People don’t notice you, your site, your business…make them
3) Persistence pays off.

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He said, “I like masturbating to online pictures of naked girls.”

Noah said, “That is so web 1.0, haven’t you seen Porno Tube?”

Get it? If you like happiness, jokes and the such, check out my weekly podcast with Devin. You can also listen to it on the side of okdork.com.

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