by Bruce Turkel | Sep 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
When I started my business my father called my action “the confidence of ignorance.” I didn’t really know what I didn’t know so I held my nose and jumped right in. And with some long hours, perseverance, the hard work of lots of great people, and some good luck it...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Has anyone else noticed the recent rash of Millennials hurting themselves or dying preventable deaths falling off of waterfalls, mountains, and bridges? A 26-year old from San Ramon “…hiked with three other people to the peak of Half Dome. She fell 600 feet to her...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
How do you feel about typos? I hate ‘em. The few times I’ve discovered mistakes in my blog posts (or worse, when you’ve discovered a typo and called me on it) I die the death by a thousand cuts. Humiliating and eternally painful, typos are the shorthand indications of...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
In the last few weeks I’ve had a particularly busy travel schedule. I’ve spoken at conferences in Anaheim, San Francisco, New York, Houston, and twice in San Juan. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be visiting Texas, New Jersey, Colorado and Mallorca and even more places...
by Bruce Turkel | Aug 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
I used to think that my father’s generation was the last one to live in two centuries at the same time. Growing up near Poe Park in the Bronx, my dad lived in a community with all the modern technological marvels including refrigerators, televisions, and automobiles....