by lisafernow | Apr 29, 2020 | Entrepreneurial Marketing, General Posts, Innovation, Macro Trends, Startups
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to speak with Jenn Smith, Program Director for Grow-NY. This organization is leading a very exciting competition to bring next generation food and agriculture innovation to the upstate NY region. Please spread the word. Calling All...
by lisafernow | Mar 2, 2020 | Collaboration, COVID-19 Marketing, General Posts, Startups
For those of you remotely collaborating during Coronavirus I wanted to share a new innovation with you. Vibe digital whiteboard. This past January I was at WeWork Labs to present to a group of maritime startups. Just before I stood up to speak, my sponsor Elizabeth...
by lisafernow | Jan 20, 2020 | Collaboration, General Posts, Innovation, Startups
What do the following have in common? Marine biology program. Emergency physician practice. Technology to extract contaminants. Data and insights platform. Trucking app and online platform. Fishing gear recycling program. Least-cost ballast water treatment...
by lisafernow | Jan 7, 2018 | Collaboration, General Posts, Innovation, Startups
Hal Conick wrote an enlightening and useful article, How Marketing Can Make Mergers and Acquisitions Easy, in which he referenced the AOL / Time Warner merger. According to Conick, Time Warner executive Ted Turner said the transaction was “better than sex.” We now...
by lisafernow | Nov 4, 2017 | General Posts, Innovation, Startups
I nearly laughed myself sick when I saw this invitation. According to the organizers, FuckUp Nights is the fastest growing global movement of entrepreneurial people who come together to publicly share failure stories. Thousands of people attend FuckUp Nights each...
by lisafernow | Dec 21, 2016 | Collaboration, General Posts, Innovation, Startups
The other day I was listening to a colleague describing the difficulties one of his portfolio company CEOs was having with their board. The CEO wanted to go one way. The board wanted to go another way. If they didn’t resolve their differences the CEO would have to go....
