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Continue reading →: How Specialty Retailers Can Grow Faster Using Digital PlatformsI’d like to share some thoughts about how specialty retailers can grow faster using digital platforms. From my perspective, very few specialty retailers have proven they understand the digital world and everything it can offer. When employed correctly, digital can greatly increase customer engagement, brand loyalty, and sales. I believe most specialty retailers do…
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Continue reading →: What Phrase Best Describes Your Business Persona?I launched this new blog a couple of weeks ago. I’ve gotten a lot of feedback, mostly positive. However, one thing I got a lot of negative feedback about was the use of the phrase “brutally honest” to describe this blog and my business persona. I’ve learned a lot from this feedback, and if…
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Continue reading →: 11 Tech Innovations I’m Thankful For This Year (and One I’m Not)As we all pause to celebrate Thanksgiving this week, I thought I would share some of the tech innovations that I’m thankful for this year. The services, products, and apps in the list below have helped my work be more productive, efficient, and enjoyable. Hopefully, you’ll find something useful on this list. Do you…
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Continue reading →: Why This Entrepreneur Blog is DifferentListen, I know there are a lot of great entrepreneurial blogs out there, but I think there is still room for an entrepreneur blog that offers a refreshing perspective from someone who has taken a company from raw idea to success. You’ll want to share the post It’s Not a Fucking Democracy after yet…
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Continue reading →: The Importance of a One-Page ResumeI’ve been doing a lot of recruiting and hiring recently. It’s a time-consuming process, and over the years I’ve developed my own methodology for finding candidates that I think will be a good fit at Punchbowl. One important characteristic I look for in potential employees is the ability to express their thoughts concisely. One way I screen for…
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Continue reading →: Why the ‘Best User Experience’ MITX Award Means So MuchLast night at the 2015 MITX awards, Punchbowl won the award for ‘Best User Experience.’ This award meant a lot to me — let me tell you why. On February 25, 2014 (15 months ago, and just days before my second child was born), I held an offsite meeting with key…
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Continue reading →: My First Boss: A Tribute To Ben LenzThis 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. Ben and his wife Pam (and her children) lived down the street from mine in the small town of Sea Cliff, NY. For many people, Ben…
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Continue reading →: How to Kick-off the Year RightLast week, I wrote about how I spent the last few weeks of December working through our strategic plan for FY2015. As I started the new year, I felt prepared and confident about the road ahead. But when you run a company, it’s not good enough for YOU to understand…
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Continue reading →: The Most Wonderful Time of Year (To Work)The past couple of weeks have been busy with Christmas, and New Years Eve holidays. It’s the time of year that lots of people take time away from work, and email inboxes quiet down. Many of the days around the holidays have fewer people in the office, and there are very few…
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Continue reading →: How to Beat Your CompetitionWhen I started Punchbowl, I read a formative book called “Blue Ocean Strategy.” The essence of the book is that when you enter a new market as a startup, you should seek new markets or niche customer segments that you can claim for yourself. If you try and compete head to…
Matt Douglas
Hi, I’m MjD. thanks for stopping by. I’m an entrepreneur, investor and startup advisor with 20+ years of experience in product management, marketing and software development. I’m the Founder and CEO of Sincere Corporation. We’re known for our consumer brands Punchbowl, Timehop, Lovebird, and Memento.
