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My World Family

by Erica

The world is shrinking. The things that are possible today were not possible 10 or even 5 years ago. Today when I go to visit a city like San Francisco or even Batavia for that matter – I can send out a message to my network and instantly have a dinner date or even a [...]

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Chinquapin – Making A Difference One Student at a Time

by Erica

I never know where life is going to lead me – but what I’ve learned over the past few years is that it’s very wise to answer what Joseph Campbell calls – “The Warrior’s Call”. “The warrior’s approach to life is to say ‘yes’ to it, ‘yea’ to it all”. Recently I put on my [...]

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Jelly Houston – Penthouse Style

by Erica

We’re doing it in Style! This month’s Jelly Houston will be held at the offices of NutshellMail – one of our fabulous clients! If you aren’t familiar with Jelly – it’s a whenever we can – casual co-working event. Here are some pictures of our FANTASTIC Space. If you’d like to come out and join [...]

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Day 12: Why I’d Do SmartLipo Again – Mustaches for Kids – Community

by Erica

Why I’d Do SmartLipo Again A lot of people have been asking me if I’d ever consider doing Smart Lipo Again – and the answer is a resounding YES! But Smart Lipo isn’t for everyone. In fact – I’d say that the most important trait of a good Smart Lipo Candidate would be having Realistic [...]

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Day 8: Swimming with Social Media – Clients, Trees, & Companies – Don’t Forget Community

by Erica

Swimming with Social Media Tonight I went to swim laps at Bally’s. I’m getting to the point where I’m finally starting to build up my endurance. I think I’m swimming about 30 laps in a row – before having to take a break. When I swim I like to reflect on my current projects and [...]

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An Illuminated Federal Budget

by Erica

I’m in Austin today at the LBJ Library where a group of amazing and talented people have gathered together to discuss having an Illuminated Federal Budget. This project was originally entitled the Transparent Federal Budget – but was renamed this morning. The Woman behind this event is the ever so talented Silona Bonewald – who [...]

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Thoughts On Change

by Erica

So here I am – a victim of my own choices (I’ve always wanted an excuse to quote Ally McBeal). I like that phrase – “victim of my own choices”. But in my case – the connotation is all wrong. I might indeed be a “victim” of my own choices – but that’s a very [...]

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Technology Bytes, Kudos, & More

by Erica

I’ll be a guest on Technology Bytes this evening – Tune into KPFT 90.1 tonight from 8-10 PM.  We’ll be talking about BarCamp, StartupWeekend, & more   Thanks to Dwight Silverman for the invite About Last Night… I’ve always wanted to start a sentence that way   Anywho – Ed Schipul from Schipul The Web [...]

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What I Learned in San Francisco

by Erica

Last week, I had the amazing pleasure of interviewing Tim Ferriss in Sunny San Jose California. For those of you who have been living under a rock for the last month – Ferriss is the author of the New York Times Bestselling book The 4-Hour Workweek. I conducted this interview for The Business Makers in [...]

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