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Defrag’s registration opens to the public on July 5th, so I wanted to let everyone know a few things: 1. We’re limiting this year’s crowd to 325 people. We’re doing this because last year, when we were over that number, it started to become clear that we

Ahhhh, December - how I love thee. I have this annual tradition in December where I completely suspend work for the last two weeks of the month, and I spend time assessing the past year (how I performed on personal goals; I’m big on writing down goals,

Defrag’s over, and my sense was that it was our best yet. I wanted to share some quick thoughts/reflections, and then come back in a later post (in a few weeks) and share my “here’s where we’re gonna improve” post that I do annually. 1. One of

We’re four days from Defrag, and I wanted to call your attention to the beginnings of a conversation that will take place during and after the show. Our friends at Mainsoft have set up a blog called “Distracted Enterprise” (good stuff), and we’ve asked speakers to begin

Last night, somewhere in the second quarter of the Steelers-Bengals game, I asked a rather loaded question on Twitter: “Does anyone actually believe that e2.0 can overcome human nature?” I forget the specific thing that triggered me to ask the question, but I do know that I

Okay, a bit off topic here (and a little weird, but that’s how my mind works), but hang with me….. I was thinking last night about how much gets written about sales and startups. I consider myself a pretty decent sales guy with the conferences (and I

My long-time business partner, Phil Becker, describes the last four weeks leading up to a conference as being “in the chute.” Which is to say, you’re a bull or bronco rider at a rodeo, you hop on, find your grip, gain your balance, mind-racing, heart-pumping, and give

Sixteen days to Defrag. Do you have your ticket yet? As if the content and sessions and networking wasn’t enough, we’re bringing the new hotness to Defrag. Blekko, which is in the WSJ this morning is coming to speak (and Blekko’s REALLY cool, you should check it