READ I had a vivid dream one night last week where I was interviewing a prospective employee, things were going well. He was down to the final round of interviews with myself and some co-workers at Data Driven Design. I remember, I loved him. I thought, “this is it! This guy is going to come…
Read MoreREAD On Thanksgiving 2018, I received a text from a great friend of mine (I’ve know him since middle school and high school basketball), asking me about my first internship with the Detroit Pistons and how it’s helped me in my current role as a business owner, entrepreneur and strategist. He’s a super hard worker,…
Read MoreREAD One of my amazingly talented co-workers recently asked me a great question. He phrased it “Why have we chosen to be defined by data?” The context is that we’re preparing for an upcoming presentation called “Designing With Data” at a community event in Nashville called Nashville Design Week. The reasons we’ve chosen to be defined…
Read MoreWATCH READ Building a digital strategy business that focuses on using data to design websites, digital marketing strategies, content marketing now custom software has been an amazing journey as we head into year three at Data Driven Design. When I first started the company, it was just me, as the business development, operations and project…
Read MoreWATCH READ Real talk, I’ve been working really hard since I was about 15 years old. That’s when I first realized I could make money as a turntableist / (DJ), spinning records. Yep, spinning hip-hop records at parties. I invested in my own set-up, as a high school junior, I bought turntables, a mixer,…
Read MoreREAD Heading into Year Three of Data Driven Design, I’m thinking back to when I started the company, and how different my mindset was then than it is now. If 2018 (almost 2019) Paul told 2016 Paul that he’d have a team of 8-10 solid full time employees spanning the skill sets of custom software…
Read MoreREAD About a year ago I started realizing I didn’t need “that much.” My family, my laptop. My phone. A pair of socks and running shoes. That’s pretty much it. The family for the people I love. The phone to keep in touch with the rest of the people I love, and the laptop to…
Read MoreREAD Attention Digital Agency Owners, Web Design and Development Company CEOs, Custom Software Chiefs and those that run Digital Marketing Companies – have you ever fired a client? I’m not talking about “pricing yourself out of a job,” or petering out of an engagement that isn’t lucrative for you. I know you’ve all done that.…
Read MoreREAD This morning I woke up at 2:45 a.m. local time to partake in the 14th annual dynasty fantasy football draft in The Crew Fantasy Football League with nine of my best friends. It was 8 p.m. local time for them, but I wouldn’t miss this thing. I’ve build a dynasty team that has competed…
Read MoreREAD I recently got some positive feedback on a few of my recent blog posts that have mixed personal with professional, rather than focus on digital marketing and web design tips, and to me it all goes together in a weird way anyway so I’m happy to offer up more of my personal reflections in…
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