The movie Mary Poppins was the pinnacle of Walt Disney’s movie career. He did all of his magical tricks that had made him famous in this one film. After the movie’s successful debut, Walt said “Maybe the employees will now have a feeling that I know what I’m doing.”
In the movie there […]
Posted on March 30th, 2008 by admin
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I have been a “domainer” (someone who buys and sells Internet domain names) since 1996. Back then Network Solutions was the only domain name registrar and they charged $100 to register each name. They allowed domain names to be registered without paying up front, and then they billed the registrant who had about […]
Posted on March 30th, 2008 by admin
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The More Good Foundation has produced “badges” (see example above), which are graphical icons that can be added to a website, a blog or a social networking page to do online missionary work. People who click on the image are sent to LDS.net. Visit this page to see samples […]
Posted on March 27th, 2008 by admin
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Marissa Mayer is the Vice President of Search Products and User Experience at Google. FastCompany recently published an article titled Marissa Mayer’s 9 Principles of Innovation detailing the strategies which have given the Internet’ innovation leader its edge. The following is a summary of the 9 principles:
(1) INNOVATION IS THE GOAL, NOT PERFECTION
Some programmers prefer […]
Posted on March 27th, 2008 by admin
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I’ve had the privilege to lead very talented teams in the creation of several of online communities, such as Families.com, Adoption.com, FertilityCommunity.com, and most recently LDS.net. On many occasions people have told me that online communities don’t make money, because the communities are made up in large part of the same people who come […]
Posted on March 27th, 2008 by admin
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Disneyland and Disneyworld are the most famous and successful theme parks in the world. The Walt Disney Company is now the third largest entertainment company in the world with 133,000 employees and $60 Billion in revenue. According to Fortune magazine, in 2007, Disney is America’s most admired entertainment company.
According to Newsweek, the Disney brand is […]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by admin
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At the end of this beautiful Easter day, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ about 1974 years ago, I add my witness to millions of others about Jesus Christ. I know He atoned for our sins in Gethsemane and on the cross at Calvary where he was crucified. He overcame the […]
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by admin
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On this beautiful Easter when we celebrate the resurrection of the Savior, I remember a gospel doctrine lesson I taught over a year ago about the symbols at the birth of Christ. Most of the members of the class had heard and read the story of the birth of Christ many times and knew […]
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by admin
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What did small businesses do without Google? In this blog entry I’m not referring to the Goolge search functionality, although that has revolutionized the accessibility of information. I am instead referring to the lesser known tools that Google has made available to small businesses. Nearly all of these tools are available for free, […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by admin
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This month Fortune magazine released their “Most Admired Company” rankings. This year Apple is at the top, and never, in the 26 year history of this award has the winning company so closely resembled a one-man show.
Steve Jobs was the charismatic boy wonder who started Apple in 1976 in his garage. By age […]
Posted on March 21st, 2008 by admin
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