All our clients asked for the same thing : software that gave them the ability to send email promotions that included graphics, plus an ability to track results … We realized we already had the parts for that. We built the tool with scrap parts from the failed e-greetings site. We even made the logo out of one of our most popular email cards : a smiling, animated monkey.

Ben Chestnut

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I think you just have to work hard for about 10 years before you... by Ben Chestnut

I think you just have to work hard for about 10 years before you know what you’re doing

hard-work years thinking

People want what’s best for them, and they can switch on a dime, because there’s always a new disruptor disrupting the last disruptor. So companies should just strive to keep changing and adapting to their customers’ needs.

dimes people needs

Fearlessness begets happiness, which begets creativity, which begets innovation, which begets profits.

profit innovation creativity

Instead of focusing on the work, you focus on the entropy and the... by Ben Chestnut

Instead of focusing on the work, you focus on the entropy and the chaos and you get a byproduct.

entropy chaos focus

Humans want to create lots of cool stuff, then they want to see other people using that stuff. A lot.

want stuff people

If you say interesting stuff on twitter, people will follow you there. I think Jim Caruso, from MediaFirst, does this well. He’s been at every single technology event I’ve ever attended in Atlanta for the last 10 years. He knows what’s going on. He’s a technology geek at heart... And he’s on twitter, tweeting about local startups, global technology news, and of course, his own clients. I follow him on twitter.

technology heart thinking