Live, learn, love. Be bold, be strong, be brave. Take chances, leave regrets behind. Most of all, be kind and just to others. A quote of mine that people rallied around on my Facebook, so I wanted to share it on my blog, too.
Category: Blog
I'm Back to Blogging (on My Personal Blog)
After a few months of hiatus (and a very broken blog), BenParr.com is (mostly) back, and so am I. Whether because of time or lack of effort to fix my blog (it got hacked), I haven’t maintained it. This weekend though, I got BenParr.com back up and running, and I’m going to take a different… Continue reading I'm Back to Blogging (on My Personal Blog)
Don't Rely on Anecdotal Evidence to Prove Your Point
The definition of Anecdotal Evidence, via Wikipedia: (2) Evidence, which may itself be true and verifiable, used to deduce a conclusion which does not follow from it, usually by generalizing from an insufficient amount of evidence. For example “my grandfather smoked like a chimney and died healthy in a car crash at the age of… Continue reading Don't Rely on Anecdotal Evidence to Prove Your Point
Introducing: The BenParr.com iPhone App!
A few days ago, I wrote on Mashable about a new service called iSites, which lets you create your own, self-branded iPhone and Android app. For $25, you can have your blog, Twitter, and social feeds wrapped up into mobile form. As part of the write-up, iSites was kind enough to help me build my… Continue reading Introducing: The BenParr.com iPhone App!
Why I Don't Make New Year's Resolutions
Making a New Year’s Resolution is admirable: it’s an indication that you strive for self-improvement. It’s noble to want to be more charitable, to become physically fit, to quit smoking, or to make one of thousands of different changes that can make you happier and stronger.
Thanksgiving Appearance on CNN
I appeared on CNN Thanksgiving morning with CNN’s Josh Levs to give some quick pointers on how to manage your Facebook privacy settings. Facebook privacy made headlines again when a woman lost her health benefits due to Facebook. For details about my appearance on CNN, you can check out our Mashable article about it.
Mentorship and Your Startup
It shouldn’t surprise you that the vast majority of the world’s most successful businesses and entrepreneurs didn’t do it alone. Apple’s Steve Jobs had co-founder Steve Wozniak, Microsoft’s Bill Gates had co-founder Paul Allen, and Google was built by two men, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. And any successful startup needs a driven, flexible, intelligent,… Continue reading Mentorship and Your Startup
I Was on CNN (Here's a Video)
Embedded video from CNN Video While this video is a few weeks old, It would be silly for me not to post this awesome video of me on CNN (via phone) on September 26th. The segment actually aired twice that day. I was up at 4:00 AM on a Saturday morning to do it with… Continue reading I Was on CNN (Here's a Video)
There's Only One Metric of Success in Business: PROFIT
Watch the first two minutes of this speech I gave at Northwestern (I’ve tagged the part of the video where I talk about it), and you’ll see how I picked the title of this article: Jason Fried of 37Signals has once again brought down the reality check hammer, about something I keep harping about: profit.… Continue reading There's Only One Metric of Success in Business: PROFIT
Is Scoble Right About a $5 Billion Twitter Valuation? I'd Bet Money on It
I can’t help myself. I need to say something about a post by well-known early adopter Robert Scoble on Twitter being worth $5 Billion. First, let me summarize Scoble’s post. Really simply, it boils down to this: businesses. Twitter has seduced thousands of businesses to use it as their promotional tool, even over Facebook, and… Continue reading Is Scoble Right About a $5 Billion Twitter Valuation? I'd Bet Money on It