Forbes.com covered a piece on RightNow Technologies. I work for RightNow. We are a software company headquartered in the least likely of places – Bozeman, Montana. We have 700+ employees worldwide.
Greg Gianforte, my CEO, does an excellent job of communicating why rural America is a great place to start a company. RightNow proves it is possible [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 31, 2008
Success in Rural America
July 30, 2008
Wildthings and Humanity
I was reminded not once but twice in the last 24 hours just how wild Montana remains. My two oldest kids were rambling on last night about a mountain lion sighting in our neighborhood. This has happened several times in the last five years and we obviously take the sightings seriously. We have a series [...]
July 28, 2008
Solitude
Do you ever feel like you strain to find a bit of time to yourself?
As dads, I think we experience this problem but in a much different way than stay at home moms. We fall victim to the rush of moving from one very different activity to another. AM with the kids -> Off to [...]
July 26, 2008
Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors
Pink bubblegum ice cream. That’s my oldest son’s favorite. Like thousands of kids before him, he can’t possibly understand why there would be any OTHER choice for ice cream.
Today’s outing to the ice cream store got me wondering about Baskin-Robbin’s original 31 flavors from 1945. Have they changed? Yes. And quite a few on this [...]
July 25, 2008
Craftsmanship and Your Career
Business is tough and competitive. Even small niche products compete for a limited number of interested customers. If anything, carving out a successful product in a niche category can be even more difficult.
What if you had a 5 year backlog for your product? Sounds like nirvana right? Vanilla Cycles does. Sacha White of Vanilla Cycles makes handmade steel bicycles. [...]
July 23, 2008
You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned
Kirk Weisler compiled a handful of thoughtful quotes around the concept.
“The problem isn’t getting the new ideas in, it’s getting the old ones out.” – Tom Peters
Good advice for fathers…and mothers.
July 22, 2008
Life Is What Happens After You Plan
You’ve probably heard the saying, “Life is what happens after you plan.”
I propose a much needed update. “Life is what happens after you have kids.” Amen.
July 21, 2008
Your Car = Your Life Phase
There is much truth to this statement. When I think back on my previous cars, they really did define who I was at the time.
I can remember the car I had when I was in college and got married. I can remember the car my wife and I had when we relocated across the country [...]
July 18, 2008
The Magic of the Cardboard Box
My wife’s recent post on kids and cardboard boxes has to be a child truism, about as rock solid as Newton’s Three Laws of Motion.
July 16, 2008
A Betty Crocker Block Party
Block Party and Betty Crocker. What a fabulous combination of Midwest American goodness.
My wife and I were discussing block parties the other night. I remember block parties growing up in Billings, Montana. I remember running all over the place with the neighborhood kids. Wow, what a good time.
Block parties have to be on the decline [...]
