Backup strategies for solo or small firm lawyers
It's a new year and it is time to make good on that resolution to strengthen your law firm's backup strategy (or to get one started)! How to get your back-up plan in order, in case of a hard drive failure, theft or fire, is one of the most important things a solo attorney and small law firm can do -- especially once you go paperless. Then it is all just bits. And you do not want them to go away. Fortunately, it is much easier to copy bits than it is paper … [Continue Reading]
Kill the puppies!!!
I recently came across this post titled "The best editing advice anyone accidentally gave me." It is pretty darned good advice whether you are writing a book, a blog post, or anything else: Sometimes a story has pieces to it that are interesting or well-written or the result of hours of thought and work, but simply — if an editor is being completely honest — don’t belong in that story. Like puppies, those pieces are good things, and you’d never want to part … [Continue Reading]
Magic Marketing Secrets
I love it when people ask me to write up their new business. I mean, when they actually ask me - which means figuring out who I am, what I do, why their business might be of interest to me and my readers, and then actually talking to me while using my name. Of course, I also get a kick when marketers do the opposite and ask me for a personalized recommendation via an email blast, such as the below: Hi, My name is Paul and I'm a startup blogger. About three … [Continue Reading]
Backup strategies for solo or small firm lawyers
It's a new year and it is time to make good on that resolution to strengthen your law firm's backup strategy (or to get one started)! How to get your back-up plan in order, in case of a hard drive failure, theft or fire, is one of the most important things a solo attorney and small law firm can do -- especially once you go paperless. Then it is all just bits. And you do not want them to go away. Fortunately, it is much easier to copy bits than it is paper … [Continue Reading]
$299 iPad on the way?
With the iPad 3 expected to arrive in 2012 (fingers crossed), Apple will have three iPads in the market. So, the question becomes, what will Apple do with the original iPad 1? Apple could, of course, simply drop the iPad 1. As a single core machine, it will be lag even further behind the iPad 2 and the iPad 3. However, Apple has historically liked to have three price points in the marketplace: a high, middle, and low. I would not be surprised to see Apple … [Continue Reading]
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Happiness has nothing to do with logic
Here's an amazing presentation from Rory Sutherland at TEDxAthens on perspective being the key to happiness. This is not only about personal happiness, but … [Continue Reading]
WHISPERS
The Lean Startup
Just as in my firm, many solo and small firm attorneys are blazing their own path; trying to find their way to building a profitable business. However, most of us, never went to business school. So, … [Listen In]
Andrew Solomon: A Time of Hope
This is a fabulous story from Andrew Solomon about his trip to find musicians in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban. I haven't heard anything this beautiful in quite a long time. It's like a … [Listen In]
Transitioning to cradle-to-cradle
Fascinating presentations at the RSA about the bubble we all live in and the unsustainability of simply throwing away garbage. This was the first I have heard about designing manufacturing not only to … [Listen In]
Inside Washington’s Money Machine
Sure, we all know that members of Congress need to raise between $5,000 and $14,000 each and every week for their reelection bid. The Planet Money podcast has an interesting episode … [Listen In]
