Hawkeye from birth

My nephew, Patrick John Hughes. 2 days old and already a Hawkeye!

I'm Not Delutional, I'm an Entrepreneur!

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Before Lady Gaga There Was Grandmaster Melle Mel

Two movies helped shape me more than most growing up and made me want to move to New York City when I was a kid from Iowa: WhildStyle and Beat Street.

Both are packed with many of the same things I still love to this day: graffiti art, breakdancing, and rap.

Here's one of the classic raps from Beat Street. Besides seeing how NYC was a wasteland only 25 years ago, it is hilarious to see the outfits. Lady Gaga has nothing on these guys....

Holiday Family Portrait Circa Back When Dad Cut Our Hair

Gotta love that Tiger prowling in the background...compliments my obvious disdain for the family photo session!

American Psycho Business Card Scene (Video) and Your Business Card is Crap!

I'm a big fan of creating interesting business cards. I'm a fan of personal calling cards, the concept of creating purple cow's, and most of all these two video clips about business cards:

American Psycho - Business Cards
by nightwind23

Here's my other favorite business card clip:

Patrick Swayze and Chris Farley as Chipendale's (Video)

Patrick Swayze - Chippendale
by tressage

RIP Patrick Swayze and Chris Farley! Two greats gone too soon!

Street Art in Seattle

A few paste ups, cool pieces, and random installations I saw when out and about in Seattle last night with my old school Iowa City High friends: Melissa, Mindy, Jean, Emily and new addition Blair....

Boldness, Speed, and Focus

The OrganizedWisdom Process for Hiring Exceptional Talent Everytime: 20 How-To Tips To Building Your A-Team

I've been hiring new team members almost every week this summer at OrganizedWisdom so I thought I'd share my experience with other entrepreneurs. I just published my tips over at The Wisdom Blog in a post titled:

The OrganizedWisdom Process for Hiring Exceptional Talent Everytime: 20 How-To Tips To Building Your A-Team

Take a read and please share any suggestions or ideas of your own.

Cheers!

Documentary Film On Bathroom Graffiti (10 min. video)

I was interviewed for this documentary film about Latrinalia awhile back. Here is the result: a great 10 minute documentary on Bathroom Graffiti. I focused on my thoughts about freedom of expression, street art, and the medium being the message. To learn more about The Bathroom Graffiti Project collaborative arts initiative, click here.

Latrinalia - Toilet Graffiti Documentary from Sam Trowbridge on Vimeo.

Brooklyn Street Art, Graffiti, Pictures

Spent the day in Brooklyn on Mother's Day to visit the Brooklyn Design fair. Here are some pictures of the street art, graffiti paste ups and random sightings. Fun day!

Your Business Card is CRAP! (Video)

"I build crowds guaranteed! What do you do guaranteed?"

This is just too good not to repost:

Esther Dyson's 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs (Video)

Esther Dyson share her wisdom on start-ups, risk-taking and 5 tips for entrepreneurs in this video. Esther is an investor and on the advisory board of OrganizedWisdom.com and continues to be a huge help to us as we grow our business.

Graffiti Street Art in Paris

The Montgomery Flea Market Rap (video)