Last night, Sherri threw me a surprise 30th birthday party. It was phenomenal as she brought all my best friends that I grew up with together. We live all over now but people traveled from out of town and it really was a special evening. I was thinking how I wanted to write a 30th [...]
Category: Darren Herman
There’s a lot of talk about job creation in the USA. Well, we’re certainly doing our part here at the agency. Here at The Media Kitchen, we are riding a new business win streak and are staffing up at all levels. At kbs+ Ventures, our portfolio companies are pretty much all hiring too. Today, we’re [...]
I was fortunate to be asked back to my alma matter, Skidmore College, to judge a business plan competition that was open to all students at the college. I drove up last Thursday eve and spent all day Friday with alumni judges and students. It was phenomenal and blew away my expectations. The students had [...]
I met my wife on an airplane. I met one of my best friends and former co-founders on Craigslist. I met a good friend on a boat cruise. I met a mentor & boss when he was a client. You never know where or when you are going to meet someone. Opportunities are everywhere. Make [...]
If you play a sport, you don’t take the field, court, pitch or ice without a specific plan of action. If you sit on the board of a company, then your board meetings are time to evaluate plans. Each day when you wake up, do you create a (daily) game plan? For someone who has [...]
From time to time, I pursue what I call pet projects which keep me fresh. These projects range from digital thru non-digital and I mostly invest my own capital into them. Most of the time, the projects fade into oblivion, but the end point is not what I’m seeking, it’s the journey – as I [...]
I have a simple rule for introductions: please only introduce someone to me if you’ve cleared it with me beforehand. The result is a much better introduction (pre-warmed the oven so to speak) and it avoids any kind of awkward situations. If you’ve made an introduction to me, you know I follow this rule as [...]
A few weeks back, I took my family on vacation as I needed to reset. It was a short but sweet 6 day excursion but I was able to tune out enough to reset my body. However, I already feel like I need another vacation. I shouldn’t feel this way, so I’ve begun to explore [...]
Yesterday was a big day for me. I’ve been a loyal iPhone/AT&T user since 2007 but it was time to change. I didn’t change because the iPhone was bad or I didn’t enjoy it, but I switched to Android/Verizon because I was naturally curious about the entire Android ecosystem and Verizon’s network and my contract [...]
