Yesterday was GivingTuesday, or for those of you less familiar, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving that has been coined the global day of giving. The focus is on doing whatever is in your means to give back, whether that is volunteering, donating, or using your voice to spread awareness about a cause that is important to […]
Grifters gonna grift-the fraud of FTX and over a million customers left hanging. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63624894 Not many people like Zuck’s version of the metaverse. Shocking, I know. But hey, Roblox is rocking over 200 million daily users. https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-cut-more-than-11000-jobs-one-biggest-us-layoffs-this-year-2022-11-09/ The TikTok craze isn’t social – it is entertainment. Between Zuck and Musk, social media nosedives. But some […]
Thanks to the efforts of long-time client Mark Romano, five of the Ideba team were able to join in Hurricane Ian clean-up efforts this past weekend, in Ft. Myers, FL. We were also fortunate to be joined by Stacy Lutz from Syntellis, who showed up with her brother, and a whole bunch of tools. Per […]
With the current state of the stock market, I’ve been thinking a lot more about financial portfolios and my overall understanding of personal finances. Growing up and working part-time jobs, I learned to manage money but on a much smaller scale that focused on short-term goals with very little to no savings. It wasn’t until […]
I often get asked what drives our culture, and it’s a combination of our three guiding principles, and six maxims; developed after being inspired by the Nike Maxims. These have all stood the test of time, in concert with our focus on giving back. Guiding principles Always do the right thing by others – treat […]
“I believe surprises are great when they’re planned ahead of time.” I laughed the other day when this statement popped up during my HIGH5 personality test. I appreciate that “surprises” by definition are spontaneous and therefore not “planned ahead of time” … and yet, let me tell you about THE SPEED with which I dragged […]
“I’ll manage” is a common phrase nowadays; it means an unanticipated or ‘less than ideal’ scenario will be handled with limited resources (things, people, time, etc.). While this response often carries a negative connotation, it prompts one to consider how resources could or should have been managed to yield success moving forward. Management means anticipating, […]
I often hear the phrase, “money can’t buy happiness.” Generally, people who disagree with this statement are likely to define or base their happiness on the quantity/qualities of their material possessions. As someone who dreams of one day being able to afford a mansion in Malibu, I was one of these people. I agreed with […]
It’s been said that if you want people to do something, make it easy. Which is fabulous advice and an effective truth that I try to leverage from day to day. In economic terms, some companies have turned to tracking and creating metrics around the “hassle factor” or “friction costs” of taking up a service. […]
