On Being Too Soon or Too Late
Fear is indeed a great motivator sometimes. Today, I thought about some of the things we’re trying to do with our business – from hiring 6+ new people in the last couple of months to starting a nonprofit foundation after just being in business for 3.5 years. And I had to ask myself this question:
On Giving Back – Our New Nonprofit Launched This Week
Since even before I started iThemes in my home in 2008, my partners and I were thinking that if at some point our fledgling business succeeds and thrives, we wanted to find ways to give back in various ways. Now going on our fourth year of business, we’ve started to put our money and time
On Communicating Transparently Our Business Plan
Yesterday, I did a State of iThemes presentation to our community in order to unpack our core values, philosophies and business objectives and goals for 2011. I’ve done this before, but in the last 3+ years running a business, especially an online one, I’ve realized how valuable it is to simply communicate transparently who we
My First Book is Out: WordPress All-in-One for Dummies
It’s been a lifelong dream of mine to write a book and thanks to my friend Lisa Sabin-Wilson, I had the privilege of doing so by co-authoring WordPress All-in-One for Dummies (Wiley 2011), which debuted last month. Arguably one of the hardest projects I’ve ever taken on, I couldn’t have done so without the help
Work Shouldn’t Be a Four-Letter Word
Here’s the recording of my IgniteOKC lightning talk on why work shouldn’t be a four-letter word: Here are my slides: Your Work Shouldn't Suck View more presentations from Cory Miller.
How to Ride the Roller Coaster of Entrepreneurship and Not Throw Up
Here’s my recent lightning talk at WordCamp Phoenix called How the Roller Coaster Ride of Entrepreneurship and Not Throw Up:
My Relentless Business Video Interview
My friend Scott Ellis asked me to be on his new vidcast Relentless Business recently and he’s just posted the video interview I did with him.
My Relentless Business Video Interview
My friend Scott Ellis asked me to be on his new vidcast Relentless Business recently and he’s just posted the video interview I did with him.
SlideShare Announces ZipCast For Quick Online Meetings
SlideShare just announced a brand new feature: Zipcast. They say it is the new way to meet online. Free features inlcude: Meeting rooms Streaming live video Group chat Unlimited participants Facebook and twitter integration And you can choose public or private You can also upgrade to a Pro account and get password protection, no advertisements
How to Give a Rockin’ Presentation
A good friend of mine recently asked for some tips on doing a presentation for the first time. And I’ve been giving more and more “talks” and presentations in various formats, I wanted to share some of the tips I’ve picked up doing public speaking. Here are 9 tips for giving rockin’ cool presentations: Be