Every so often you’ll run into a person with his nose shoved so far up someone’s ass he can sneeze into the person’s ear. When you ask this guy, “What’s with all the cheerleading?”, his response is typically something like “Well, so-and-so gave me my first big break” or “He believed in me” or “I owe it to him because [insert asinine reason here].”...

Last week I read an article by Daniel Lyons about how some websites we all enjoy (Twitter, Facebook) ought not be free anymore.  Interesting idea, but his example of a site that was making money because of its subscription service, Paltalk, was one that I had never even heard of.  It’d be like saying, “Hey, this is Omar, the most popular team roper in all of Saudi Arabia” and the rest of...

Yesterday Jason and I went into a non-Apple store to look at iPhones. The mobile department manager was there to answer some questions we had, and in the span of a few short minutes she succeeded in immediately leaving a negative impression. Below are 6 ways you, much like the salesperson we talked to, can alienate a potential client or customer. Think of it as a handy “what not to do” list the next...

I’m starting a new blogging series at Fresh Edge, and it’s called Douchey Business Tactics. Success in business requires a lot of hard work and tenacity, and along the way you can accidentally pick up some traits that I can only describe as douchey. Nobody likes doing business with a douchebag, so I’ll do my best to share the douchiest tactics I’ve encountered (and continue to encounter)...