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Newborn Opportunity: 5 Keys To Startup Survival

7 posts by matt heady

New digs in the heart of Naples

It was 12pm and my wife and I just wrapped up dinner, so I crammed as many mojitos, beer and wine that could be served within 3 hours of being in a restaurant since only one of us was allowed to drink. After all, it was a long week of fulfilling employee contracts for someone […]

I felt like jumping off our 12th floor balcony. Maybe if I was lucky, I could land in the pool below to tell the story how I sank $20,000 into a tech product and watch that be the one to actually fall flat on it’s face in the startup world. It turns out, this lost […]

I decided to make family photos a priority this year because of how important it was for capturing life’s precious moments. But I also was reconnected again with Ryan Droze who is a professional photographer, an amazing person and old friend. Seriously, have a look at his work…because if it wasn’t for Sari this whole […]

I’ve found out that when trying to pitch people on branding, it just doesn’t work. Every time I have read articles and sent replies to media journalists, it’s always the same thing…crickets. Lately I have been working on the concept for helping travelers share vacation homes together with HomeSlice, Stay Social (insert shameless plug here), in […]

The other day I was on my way home from washing my car. It was a beautiful morning, the sun was shining, and after stuffing my face with coffee + croissants at the local car dealership (yes, I’m spoiled and it pays to buy your car from a dealer who gives free washes every weekend) […]

By now I’ve become a huge fan of AMC’s original series The Walking Dead. Both gruesome and uncanny fun, this show had me hooked from episode 1. But after trying to catch up on the latest zombie news while away from my 65″ Sony XBR (spoiled…I know), I loaded up www.amctv.com thinking that it would […]

“Yeaahhhhh….so I’m gonna have to ask you to also come in on Saturday…” For those that are not familiar with that famous saying, and a fan favorite of the movie Office Space with Ron Livingston, it’s the epitome of what has driven me to move beyond the corporate clamor that Corporate America reigns in on […]