Angry Birds is a Success Because…

There was an interesting article in Investor’s Business Daily yesterday (Rovio Targets Disney With ‘Angry Birds’ Space, Deals) that caught my eye.  To start, chief marketing officer, Peter Vesterbacka, was quoted saying that Rovio, maker of Angry Birds, is “an entertainment company, not a game company.” He compared his company… more »

Innovation in the Corner Office…

One of my favorite columns is Corner Office which appears on Sunday in The New York Times,  Adam Bryant interviewed Terry Tietzen, the CEO of Edatanetworks on March 25.  There are many good ponderables in Mr. Tietzen’s responses. On Innovation: Innovation doesn’tt just happen at your desk. It happens in… more »

NessNotes: Going your own way…

Hola, today I wanted to highlight not only an amazing human being but a very neat point about the journey. So I stumbled across this awesome pic on Pinterest, and it led me down a neat path. I don’t know about you, but many times in my life I have… more »

NessNotes: Flying like Hawk…

What can I say about Tony Hawk? Well he is like the “Godfather of Skateboarding.” Not only that, but this guy is still out there touring the world bringing skateboarding to the masses! He is rocking the socks off of people during tours doing off the wall tricks and changing… more »

NessNotes: Having too much fun? Blame Laird…

Greetings and beatings peeps! Here’s another tidbit for NessNotes…. Today’s topic is one of the FJTM interviewees, Laird Hamilton. While poking around on the Web, I came upon an awesome article on Laird, with great pics to boot! We all face a bit of adversity in life.  Many times we… more »