Take the Leap, a Step-by-Step Process Wrapup

On March 26, 2014, I presented to a room full of entrepreneurial souls interested in my story from my corporate position to self-employment. The event was part of Vault Co-working's Startup School. This was a great chance for me take a moment, consider how and why I had come to my current place in life, and [...]

Join me for Taking The Leap & WordPress Security talks this Wednesday!

On March 26, 2014 I'll be presenting two - yes count them two -  free talks sharing a bit of my knowledge on entrepreneurialism and web development.  You still have time to join me and my fellow Creative Corridorians at the events (see signups/info below). Vault Startup School: Lunch w/ Joshua McNary [Beta]: Take the Leap, [...]

Follow The Creative Corridor Twitter List

Last week David Tominsky cornered Sarah Binder and I at Vault Co-working asking about who in the Eastern Iowa business community were the movers and shakers to watch on Twitter. We made a list on a whiteboard and it started to balloon. I noted I'd make a Twitter List version for us all to gain [...]

Startup Weekend: What if life & business were always this way?

Expectations & Surprises Going into Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids 2014, I only had a few clear expectations as to my personal involvement: * I knew I would be surrounded by amazing people, some of which I knew and others which I wanted to get to know. * I expected I would learn from and help [...]

Iowa’s Business Innovation Summit: EntreFEST 2014

Do you want to join me and hundreds of fellow Iowans, business people, entrepreneurs, and go-getters at an amazing event which is quickly growing to be a gold standard event for innovative business ideas and inspiration in Iowa? You do? I mean who wouldn’t? Well, this is the last week to get the best price […]

Join me at Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids this weekend!

Have you heard about Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids this weekend? I am participating and you should as well! Startup Weekend is a grassroots movement of entrepreneurs learning the basics of founding startups & launching ventures. Come to the Cedar Rapids edition on February to March 2 to share ideas, form teams, & launch startups. Be part of […]

Inserting Images [& Media] into WordPress Posts/Pages (Video Tip)

Adding media, such as inserting images, into WordPress is pretty easy, but some folks need some guidance the first time they attempt to do so.  This video should help get you on the right track. Hopefully you'll find this video helpful if you are new to WordPress and want to "see" how to insert media. The [...]

Marketing, Sales, & Productivity: Presentation Double Dip

Image above via Nick Palatiello and @MAPPSorg. Last week at the 2014 MAPPS Winter Conference at the beautiful Lodge at Torrey Pines along the Pacific Ocean, I had the honor to present two talks to the leaders of numerous geospatial mapping firms.  I was pleased to attend and represent my friends at Aerial Services. It was [...]

Updating Your WordPress Installation (Video Tip)

Updating your WordPress installation is an important task to complete regularly to make sure your site is secure and working well for your visitors.  In this quick video above (or here) tip you can learn the basics as to how to update your WordPress Core, Plugin, and Theme files and get  some tips as to how [...]

Basic Theme Customization in WordPress (Video Tip)

WordPress has a nice builtin tool which allows even novice users to quickly customize the default (and select other) themes right from the friendly WordPress admin interface.  See the video above (or here) for a quick course on how you can use this feature to complete basic theme customization as soon as you install WordPress. What [...]