Last week my good friends @cagarland & @hillarykw inspired me. I haven't blogged in a long time and I couldn't, for the life of me figure out what to write about. I'm doing some cool stuff, but thought so much about making it perfect, that I never ended up writing. So, here it is people...an update on me.
I graduated from Michigan State a few months back, I'm 23 and am starting a few companies for the first time. I hope readers, students especially, learn from this blog and the many mistakes and modest successes I've had. Social Bonfire & remind101 are the companies I've started. remind101 will Beta launch at Michigan State this Monday! Biggest lesson so far? Work with great people who excel at your what you aren't good at. No one is good at everything. More posts to come, if there's anything you'd like me to write about or have ideas please feel free to leave a comment, email @ kopfbret@gmail.com or Tweet me.
1. It's never too late to follow your dreams.
2. People don't want to be sold to. If you are a company and would like to understand how to really benefit from Social Media, start by caring about your customers; Build community. I'd be happy to write a post on how to actually do this if anyone is interested? Just leave a comment!
3. Transparency, value and genuine. Whether you're job searching or prospecting for new clients, ask yourself: how can I provide value to them and be honest! Just be real.
4. The box: This is not my concept. It's something I learned today from a friend and really like it.
