The @mopub team is awesome. I believe this is the next big thing on the horizon. Great leadership and talent coupled with a fun environment (check out their facebook page — do I see Mopub promo models?!) is a winning story. Now I must admit that I am pretty close to the management team. I’ve […]
Author: jorge
Great Sales People…
Great sales people are not only hard workers, yet are students of their craft. They are always prepared and understand the process of selling. They focus on understanding why people/teams/companies buy things; and as silly as it sounds, a lot of the time it’s about simply ASKING and then listening. Over time you will be […]
Attributes of a Real Sales Person
Cold Calling skills are essential when your goal is to be a top sales person. We live in a digital age where people consider themselves “salespeople” just because they studied business in college or responded to inbound leads provided by marketing. It is fair to say that technology has evolved the sales process and online […]
MoPub: Rethinking Mobile Monetization
I have recently been chatting alot with Jim Payne CEO of an awesome new start up called MoPub, which is focused on optimizing the way the world views mobile monetization. MoPub is a mobile ads serving platform, built by app developers for app developers. It’s pretty sweet; the thesis behind MoPub is to help publishers […]
Emotional Rollercoaster
One of my best friends just raised a series a round of $1mm for his new mobile ad serving start up. During a recent conversation he began to explain how difficult and emotional is was, yet the pressure has really just begun. Doing a start up is really as emotional or perhaps even more than […]
Successful Leadership – Fear or Inspiration?
I have recently been chatting with some friends who are at an about 5 year old start up whose management just makes you wonder how the heck they ever made it into a leadership position. These recent conversations have also made me better understand how some people are really not fit for leadership and simply […]
Realizing Your Passion, Leading To Your Success – 1
This post is inspired by a fellow yogi friend of mine. The dynamics of being a part of a yoga studio are quite interesting. To many, it’s a place where people seek answers to life’s questions by tapping into their mind and body via this meditative state. I’ve actually been doing yoga for nearly 2 […]
The Owner Mentality
I received a call a few days ago from a good friend of mine in California who took over a business I started a few years back. By the way, she was really the person responsible for making the business a success; I simply provided a platform for her to display her talents. In any […]
Burning the Midnight Oil…or better yet, its 4:59am; yikes.
So it’s interesting (thinking outloud as I prepare to write this post…), I have recently decided to return to the days of fully committing my entire life to building a start up. Now don’t misunderstand, I have been on this entrepreneurial journey for nearly 8 years now, yet many of those years I have had […]
Sent to Me by a Mentor of Mine…M.M
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” “As for the future, your task is not to forsee it, but to enable it.” from The Wisdom of the Sands by Antoine […]