Getting in front of a camera can be scary. All those questions going through your head: Does my hair look right? Will I stutter? Relax, that’s perfectly normal and you will do fine. But why go in front of the camera in the first place?
300 million people have watched TED talks on video. Chris Anderson, curator of the TED conference, gave a talk about this phenomenon that is very much worth watching. Anderson claims “what Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press did for writing, online video can now do for face-to-face communication.”
Does the prospect of being on video make you nervous? Relax, you have nothing to worry about. No one is expecting you to look like Angelina Jolie or George Clooney. You don’t need an acting coach, expensive props or special TV makeup to look your best on video. If you follow these simple rules you’ll do just fine:
Startups are very risky operations with a high likelihood of failure. While lives are rarely at stake, livelihoods often are. As I sit and watch the Chilean mine rescue I can’t help drawing lessons for my startup life from this inspiring rescue.
I'm 10 years into learning the craft of being a business owner and I'm still struggling with the "delegation trap". Every day, I try to improve my skills in delegating tasks and training people to execute them well. As a business owner, have you ever thought: "Do I have to do everything myself if I want it done right?" or maybe "Wouldn't my company run much better if I could just clone myself?"
We’re a Mac shop here at Pixability so when one of our favorite local startups OfficeDrop approached us about creating a video for Macintosh legend and startup guru Guy Kawasaki we couldn’t resist.
In 1988, Guy wrote a seminal book about the launch of the Apple Macintosh called The Macintosh Way. The book is a classic for technology marketers and Apple geeks. Especially the chapter on ‘How to Give Good Demo’ is a seminal blueprint for tech companies.
