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Matt Douglas, Founder and CEO of Sincere Corporation

First Make a Relationship, Then Do Business

Several years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Jim McCann, the founder and CEO of 1-800-Flowers. When Jim first came into the room he…

7 Lessons Learned from our Partnership with Nickelodeon

Today, Punchbowl announced the 2016 ‘Characters Kids Love’ collection. You can read the full press release here. I thought I would take a few minutes…

My First Boss: A Tribute To Ben Lenz

This past weekend, I learned the sad news of the passing of Ben Lenz, a life-long family friend. Ben was the step-father to my brother’s friend Robert….

Just Pick Up the F*#@ing Phone

Like most people, I send dozens of emails a day. Pretty much anything that I work on can be dealt with using email. But is…

NDAs Are Stupid (Mostly)

A few weeks ago, I asked our System Operation Manager to get a quote from a new service provider. To get a quote, we would…

Six Things I Want to Teach My Dog About Work

Dharmesh Shah recently wrote a blog post about the lessons of entrepreneurship that he wants to teach his son called “12 Things I Want to Teach my…

It Took Me 25 Years to Meet Mickey Mouse

By now, hopefully you have heard the news — Punchbowl has been named the exclusive provider of digital invitations featuring Disney characters. To say I’m…