The cheap chocolate system

The first step in building a successful and elegant strategy is to see the systems that are part of our lives. October is a fine month to take a moment to look closely at one: the system that brings us cheap chocolate. Like most systems, it’s largely invisible. The people in it don’t mean to…

My Advice for People of Color Looking to Break Into Tech

Welcome to Breaking the Blueprint — a blog series that dives into the unique business challenges and opportunities of underrepresented business owners and entrepreneurs. Learn how they’ve grown or scaled their businesses, explored entrepreneurial ventures within their companies, or created side hustles, and how their stories can inspire and inform your own success. Switching careers…

How to Create a Complete Marketing Strategy in 2025 [Data + Expert Tips]

We marketers know that creating a marketing strategy is essential to effectively nurture our customers, improve our business’s bottom line, and increase the ROI of our efforts. A marketing strategy is especially critical if you want to use the highest ROI trends we’ve seen in 2024: short-form video and AI. To get powerful results, you…