What shasta daisies and full soap dispensers say about a business
With a lot of physical goods (samples of possible Grommets) coming and going in our little offices, it is hard to keep Daily Grommet neat and…
Jonathan Jarvis; Crisis of Credit Visualized (for dummies like me)
Allan MacKinnon sent me this video, as an example of a great visualization. I am sharing it a s public service…I think I did not fully…
Firing on all cylinders
One of the interesting things in a start-up company is knowing (and measuring) what matters, and recognizing when you get it right (or wrong). Given the…
Everywhere I go…
I just came back from my son’s lacrosse team barbeque. One of the player’s dads collared me with a conspiratorial look and said, “I have a…
How does Jason Varitek do his job on the days when he gets no sleep?
Anyone who has survived the early months of a newborn baby at home knows how to push through bone-weary fatigue. You just have to. Same with…
Two–no, now it is three–harbingers of hope
I’m sharing two three heart-warming tidbits to fuel the natural optimism lurking in most of my compatriot’s hearts. Patriot’s Day is alive and well. It’s a…
Another brick in the wall
I’ve written before about the milestones that move Daily Grommet forward. We had one today, in that we launched a new book from a very famous…
Bringing Jesse out from behind the camera….
We’re trying to get out in the field more frequently, in our videos, to show how we test our our Grommets. I like this shaving demonstration…
Not-so-innocent high school video class assignments
So I’m taking a brief break from creating stuff for my blog….my son made a couple videos that I am sharing. The first is a mock…
My improbable hero, Mike Rowe
Mike Rowe, star and executive producer of the Discovery Channel show Dirty Jobs, is one of my living heroes. I’ve given up explaining exactly why…well no,…
Jules Pieri 