Today the Design and Construction Network will break 1,800 members, our expansion into Philadelphia for the next networking event is already exceeding expectations, and to date over 500 people that have attended our networking events in Washington DC. It leaves me wondering how it is that the network has experienced such incredible growth. Something about [...]
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Return the Favor
Has someone ever helped you to the point that you sat at your desk and tried to think up ways to return the favor? One such time happened for me in 2006 when a friend worked to get me on a team for a major project that resulted in an $800,000 contract from my company. [...]
Twitter’s Fundamental Flaw
A recent Sprint Nextel commercial included a brief glimpse into the world of Twitter. It depicted hundreds of little blue “Twitter birds” with small cell phone shaped text boxes above their heads. Looking at the group you could see that each bird was speaking a message towards their fellow blue friends. As the birds chirped they were creating a flurry of messages, yet each message was the same:
Set your Facebook username now!
It’s official, Facebook just enabled users to set a permanent username. Until now URSs (Uniform Resource Locators) were just a series of random numbers and letters. Now users can have a custom URL. Here is the information from Facebook: Starting at 12:01 a.m. (EDT) on Saturday, June 13, 2009, you will be able to select [...]
Why Help Other People
I believe that the best way to succeed in life, and business, is to help other people. A life built around helping others will yield not
Online Networking and Real Relationships
Back in November, 2008 the Design and Construction Network (DCN) started with a single goal of turning online networking into real relationships. Since that time I have shared with you this ongoing case study through Cofebuz in hopes that we all
