At our last EOK meeting, I asked everyone to help build a quick website for our friend, Ron Carlson.  The response was pretty amazing.  Imagine, if we did a little work like this for every member...

I'm sure if we wanted to go further, we could build a nice twitter page, facebook page, and more.

Crowd-sourcing to kickstart a member's online marketing, physical marketing, book outline, RFP, etc could be a very powerful tool.  Take a look at the latest effort and feel free to help with design or content.

To help with Ron's website, just login with the credentials…

Business Records in both paper and digital formats are a major entrepreneurial asset for all organizations – large or small. Being organized so information is accessible and making sure you retain records needed for the future is critical to any business. Let's see if EOK members are aware of what they may be missing when it comes to managing their business information!

I have posted a survey on Zoomerang that can be used to identify areas where information management can be a problem for anyone.…

1. Kickstarter.com is a great funding site where entrepreneurs take a crowdsourcing approach to funding. 75% of kickstarter projects have made funding according to Mitch Joel.

2. Don't try to contain social media in one department. Make it part of your company's culture and make everyone responsible for integrating it into the plan.

3. Videos don't have to be expensive productions to serve a purpose. Make your own short video (a few minutes at most) and get your message out.

4. Linkedin has added an updates tab where you can search for mentions of a word or phrase, It can also be accessed directly by going to http://linkedin.com/signals.

5. One of the biggest dangers developing with the use of social media is the propogation of erroneous data. Don't believe, share, or act on data simply because it was posted somewhere. Ask the right questions.

6. Cusomers are willing to give up some privacy in exchange for…

I had the fortune of hearing Mark Kelly, Captain of the last Endeavor space flight and husband to Congress-woman Gabriel Gifford, speak today at a national conference.  Watching his opening video was inspirational to say the least. 

The biggest item I took away from Captain Kelly’s speech was how life can change in an instance, and how it is the smallest of adjustments to our plans that can make all the difference. 

Captain Kelly shared story after story of the risks his career holds.  From having missiles fired at his Navy bomber to piloting a spacecraft with 7.5 million pounds of thrust behind it, risk has been part of his life.  He talked at length how he had decided early on that he and his NASA team would avoid making small mistakes.  It was his opinion that it is the small mistakes and the “unknown unknowns” that could be the most costly.

An example he gave was based around re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.  As many of you know, spaceship Columbia…