Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Smart Phone. Dumb Parents.
I know it’s tempting, but honestly, so you really want to just shut your kid up at 4 years old so you can focus on your own smartphone?
The Trade Show Truth
When I was running my company Prophet (1992-2005), we did a lot of trade shows. I started Prophet with literally $3,000, and we had built it into a cool little twenty-person outfit with several million dollars per year in sales. Even now I find it hard to believe that I pulled it off.
DeAAd
I’m sorry everyone, but due to the fact that American Airlines has the world’s worst Wi-Fi I am almost completely off-line and it will not be doing any posts for the trading day. The only reason I’m able to leave this post is because I am pathetically using my phone to send this message. Sort of like shoving a piece of paper into a bottle and hoping that somebody gets it. In any case you can count on a ton of posts this weekend, but the crappy Wi-Fi that’s American Airlines has provided has rendered this entire flight a washout.
Of All Days…..
I will be spending the entire trading day airborne, as I travel to Philadelphia (hi, Spock!) for the weekend. Talk amongst yourselves, and I’ll be back once I get settled into flight mode.
