
We’ve just arrived in New York for Internet Week. Certainly, it’ll be a fruitful time for us: an MCDM booth at Startup City, a Happy Hour (already near capacity) in collaboration with Shauna Causey and Decide.com, and a tonload of friend-raising on behalf of our graduate program and just-announced Four Peaks Executive Program (June 12, Seattle).…

The March episode of Four Peaks just flowed when we recorded it. This is how we framed it: Creative, intellectual and artistic pursuits lead to a fresh perspective and an entrepreneurial mindset. We’ll talk to renowned photographer Chase Jarvis, whose “Seattle 100” profiled influencers from industries that collectively bring a $13 billion in economic benefit…

The New York Times nails it today: “personal data is the oil of the digital age.” It has a price, and it serves as currency. Except that we’re all expected to give it away in return for services like Facebook or Gmail, which we believe is a fair trade. Or we don’t think about it…

So as I’ve publicly declared, I’ve decided to end my Facebook life, only to rise again, tabula rasa (easier than “Timeline scrubbing” as one of my students put it). It’s not a step that I took lightly. But it was certainly easier than going through five years of updates and media to figure out what…