Behind The Money: Chris Coyne on ‘red shoes for the rest of us’ and investing beyond the bottom line

If you have been following this blog for the past few weeks you might be familiar with SaberSeven and Dorthy.com. I have known the team at the folks at SaberSeven for the past few months and have been impressed with this team of young, energetic and smart people.

I also had the pleasure of meeting with Chris Coyne, Managing Partner of The Coyne Group and one of the early investors in SaberSeven and their exciting new project dorthy.com Saber Seven’s initial project, Dorthy.com, filters social media and other Internet content based on your aspirations, hopes and dreams. Read more

A (Jewish) Christmas Tradition

By Leah Hochbaum Rosner

from the  Jewish Forward

Wed. Dec 19, 2007
Judaism is a religion that thrives on rituals. We light candles before the Sabbath, recite special prayers before drinking wine and, most inexplicably, eat Chinese food on Christmas. In her book “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food” (to be published by Twelve in March 2008), New York Times reporter Jennifer 8. Lee seeks out the origin of the chosen people’s chow mein mania. Read more

What’s a Woot?

Just wondering if anyone out there is familiar with Woot.com?

A friend recently turned me onto it and I was quite impressed.

According to the website “Woot.com is an online store and community that focuses on selling cool stuff cheap. It started as an employee store slash market-testing type of place for an electronics distributor, but it’s taken on a life of its own. We anticipate profitability by 2043 - by then we should be retired; someone smarter might take over and jack up the prices.” Read more

Here’s the Event to Help You in Tough Economic Times!

An excellent event from our partners at The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Web Prospecting - Low/No Cost Practical Tools to Grow Your Business

(MCC’s Digital Media/Tech Committee Business Solutions Series)

FEATURING:

* Website Optimization Tips: Leo Legaspi, Legaspi & Carlson, LLP

* Effectively Using Social Networking Sites: Paul Burani, ClickSharp Marketing

* Using Library Lists: Ken Johnson, New York Public Library

* Email Marketing: Wendi Caplan-Carroll, Constant Contact

WHEN: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 8-10am. Network/Lite breakfast till 8:30 am — program begins promptly at 8:30 am.
WHERE: The Samsung Experience, 10 Columbus Circle, 3rd Floor, NYC Read more

Exerpt from “Smart Networking” being released today!

People have been telling me for years I’m not enough of a self-promoter (ha), I’m not good at getting myself “out there” (ha), I’m not good at introduing myself to perfect strangers (ha), really not good at connecting people (double ha) and most importantly I am a terrible networker (triple ha).

That said, instead of telling people how wonderful I am I have decided to let others do the talking for me. My dear friend and advisor, Liz Lynch, has just published, “Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person and Online” being released by McGraw-Hill today November 7th. Liz has been kind enough to allow me to share an exerpt with you here on my blog with the understanding that you buy the book or else! Read more

It Happenned in November

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

WHAT HAPPENED IN PAST NOVEMBERS?

compiled by Phyllis Barr
Corporate Culture Marketing
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Time Warner Center: The New Home of SobelMedia

We’ve officially moved and couldn’t be happier! Thanks the the people at The Samsung Experience,  we just finished our second event at the new space and  the response from just about everyone was incredibly positive. While we had a good run at SobelMedia World Headquarters, but it was time for a change…and in the words of my good friend Barry Sarner “Change is Good!” Read more

Chumby for Charity!

If you have been reading our blog and/or attending our events for the past year you know that I am a huge Chumby fan…we raffled a couple of them off, I’ve given them away as gifts and I use mine all the time. I just received word that the folks at Chumby have partnered with eBay to auction off Chumby’s for a good cause.

In case you’re interested,  The chumby lets users select their favorite parts of the Internet and delivers them in a friendly, always-on, always-fresh format. Over 1,000 widgets in 30 different categories, ranging from news and entertainment to videos, music, sports and more are available from high profile media partners such as CBS, MTV Networks, MySpace, New York Times, Pandora, The Weather Channel Interactive, AOL’s SHOUTcast and Scripps Networks. Chumby also offers user generated content as well as thousands of Internet radio stations, the ability to share photos, e-cards and more with family and friends. Read more

John Pizzarelli: A New York Legend!

For those of you who know me, I am a huge John Pizzarelli fan and friend. John has a long history with the Sobel family…dating back to my days at NBC (when I first met John’s sister Anne and later her huband Jeff Hymes now VP/Production at the Golf Channel), John and Bucky performed at my dad’s 65th birthday (17 years ago) and at my brother Cliff’s wedding 20 years ago.

Sheryl and I have been attending Pizzarelli performances and they just seem to get better and better all the time! This year we are in for a treat…John is doing a couple of gigs in NYC…the next few weeks at the Carlyle and in November at Birdland Read more