Joy Adams, a Senior Researcher with the Association of American Geographers, interviewed Anthony and I about geography career paths. The AAG is showcasing geography career options that are outside of academia. I recorded the interview and uploaded it to SlideShare. Below is a quick overview of what we talked about in each clip. Geography Career [...]
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Starting a GIS Business: 2 Reasons to be the Boss & 4 Steps to Take Now
Last week, I gave a presentation to Texas State University students titled “Starting a GIS Business: 2 Reasons to be the Boss & 4 Steps to Take Now.” While my part of the presentation was just ok, I was thrilled with all of the questions that I got. The fact that the students asked me [...]
2 Ways to get Free Sustainable Business Cards
Do you hate that stack of paper business cards that’s on your desk? I do. It makes me feel guilty every time I look at it. It says “Here are all of the people that you haven’t entered into your contacts yet” and “Look at all of this paper that you’re just going to throw [...]
How to Write a Thank You Note for Start Ups
Today, I sat down to write a thank you note to a recent customer. But all of my rough drafts thank you notes kept reading as like marketing brochures. I wrote things like: “I really appreciate your purchase of a Cubit Planning report.” Uggggh! Frustrated with my inability to speak like a human, I went [...]
Starting a business changes how you…write?
My co-founder once described my writing as having the density of a dictionary but with none of the brevity. In my defense, my previous job was to write and review technical documents. But lately, I have been reading Paul Graham, Jason Fried and the master of get-to-the-point, Seth Godin. Yesterday, I started on a 2,500 [...]
