Success & Motivation:Scatterbrained and in College

Got this email today, and decided to share it and my response as a message to college kids out there that are pretty much the same as I was. Here you go: Mark, I was in the group  that listened to you speak at the XXXX.  And I need some guidance, dude. I don’t know…

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Should the FCC Reclaim Broadcast Spectrum ?

The premise is very simple.  Over the air broadcasters, the people who bring you TV that you can get with rabbit ears, pay nothing to the government for the allocated digital spectrum over which tv is delivered. Not only do they pay nothing to the government for that spectrum, they are no longer only using…

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The Sport of Business

I can’t go more than a week without shooting baskets. There is something about the feel of the ball coming off my hand, and the sound of the ball going through the net. It just feels good. If I’m just standing in the gym, I can shoot pretty well. Playing in a game. Well it’s…

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Success & Motivation: What Will You Remember When You are 90 ?

Unique opportunities. How many of them will you have in your life ? 1 ? None ? 100s ? The thing about life is that its impossible to know. You never know when something you never even considered could happen, will happen. As something you has been incredibly blessed, let me just tell you that…

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So Where is AdSense for Newspapers ?

Google is unquestionably the best at selling advertising on line.  They can sell Text, Display, Video at a level that is unparalleled anywhere.  True ? The Newspaper industry obviously sucks at doing the same. Eric Schmidt said so in his editorial in the Wall Street Journal. So why isn’t Google taking advantage of this unique…

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Limiting Free to .edu

Free ain’t what it used to be. It costs a lot of money. Keeping content free can be very expensive. Just look at the decision process that Hulu is going through. On one hand, the site is an unquestionable success measured in visitors. People want the content. On the other hand, it doesn’t generate a…

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