The Past 24 Hours…
The past 24 hours have been pretty insane. Yesterday was the global release of my book, Coloring Outside the Lines and I awoke to a flurry of emails from friends and colleagues all over the world who had purchased the digital copy and started reading it. Overall, the reactions have been extremely positive (and to be honest, a few negative) as many people are saying that they’ve never read a book quite like this. Like I’ve said many times in the past, it’s not a heavy read nor a how-to, but a bunch of experiences linked together and some insights into a changing digital media market.
As an entrepreneur, we all derive inspiration from different places and at a lunch-&-learn yesterday here in the agency, I had the opportunity to introduce John Battelle, someone who I admire greatly (Wired, The Industry Standard, Web 2.0 Expo, Federated Media). We’d been planning his speech for a few weeks now, and yesterday was the day that he was in town to speak to all of us. We exchanged signed copies of our books (he wrote The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture) and he spoke about social media and where everything is headed. In future posts, I’ll be writing in reaction to some of the comments he made during his presentation.
I spent the evening with some of my closest buddies over at Madison Square Garden at the Big East tournament and we had a great time catching up. It was nice to escape everything and spend time talking about everything non-business related.
I also received my sales numbers for the book and have to say I’m extremely impressed! In just one day, we’ve raised hundreds of dollars for entrepreneurs in Africa and Asia and I look forward to sharing the Prosper experience with everyone.
Thank you to everyone who purchased a book, commented on the blog, or contacted me…. you made yesterday a blast…