By Guest Blogger, Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter A bit of inspiration for your Friday. NYT: Swimming from Cuba to Key West ...103 miles...without leaving the water...with sharks...at 61. "She is up against the most outlandish, outrageous, unbelievable physical endurance activity of, certainly, my lifetime,” said Steven Munatones, a champion open-water... Read more →
By Guest Blogger, Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter From Harvard Business Review: Defend Your Research: What Makes A Team Smarter? More Women The finding: There’s little correlation between a group’s collective intelligence and the IQs of its individual members. But if a group includes more women, its collective intelligence rises. I... Read more →
By Guest Blogger, Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter Pawlenty aide says Michele Bachmann has sex appeal. Whoa! Get the ropes! Light the torches! Someone dared to say the obvious! About a woman! TOTALLY UN-PC! Probably for the only time ever - I agree with Michele Bachmann. Her reaction to the latest... Read more →
By Guest Blogger, Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter Oh, just shoot me now. In working (and hanging) with entrepreneurs, I hear this more often than I hear "I'll have to ask my husband." Yet, supposedly women are more risk-adverse. Hmmm...could it be that "conventional wisdom" is still relying on outdated stereotypes?... Read more →
By Guest Blogger, Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter I've been an advisor for the TVC equity capital symposium for several years now (teams assist entrepeneurs in presenting to investors). I've done it so often, I pretty much know everyone; only the presenters change. And, I have a personal prejudice against name... Read more →
By Guest Blogger, Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter "I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow." " ...after all, tomorrow is another day." Over the years, I've watched Gone With The Wind many times. Read the book at least ten. And,... Read more →
By Guest Blogger, Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter NYT: As Consumers Cut Spending, ‘Green’ Products Lose Allure Since it's Earth Day, and time for my Lip-sticking post...and most household products are still purchased by women...the above headline immediately caught my attention. "While farmers’ markets and Prius sales are humming along now,... Read more →
By Guest Blogger Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter This week a friend and I crashed – ur – visited the Whole Foods vendor show. Lots of local and small vendors pitching their passion. Everything from vegan seafood (yes, vegan) to salsa. Such events make me smile – and not only because... Read more →
By Guest Blogger, Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter Talk about: My hometown Star Trek, Star Wars, Torchwood, vampires, werewolves or zombies (EEK! Geek Alert!) Military history Vintage cars Classic rock, jazz or R&B Talk about things about which I care. Of course, that means knowing something about me - beyond my... Read more →
By Guest Blogger, Mary Schmidt, Marketing Troubleshooter Because once you find THE answer, you often stop looking. Which explains a lot - from the failure of hugely successful businesses to women who haven't changed their hairstyle since 1963. Yes, we still have beehives in Albuquerque. :)... and they're not making... Read more →