Nathan Hangen

Social Media Has Become a Virus

I’ve got a serious problem with social media, and after reading Chris Brogan’s blog this morning, I can’t hide it any more. Chris Brogan, much like Gary Vaynerchuk, is a man that gave far too much for far too long. He’s blogged for free for 11 years, and is one of the most accessible big [...]

Podcast: Don’t be First, be the Best

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  Technology is moving fast. Media is moving fast. Flipboard just came out and changed the game. I’m already predicting the move from blogging to aggregation, so what’s next, and who’s going to give it to us? In Seth Godin’s post, he talks about a few of these issues, but I want to go deeper. [...]

Entrepreneurship: Jobs are Riskier than Building an Empire

One of the major problems our society has is the inability to take responsibility. I don’t say this as criticism because I’m just as guilty of it as the next person – it’s just a fact. When faced with responsibility, we tend to chicken out and run the other way. We try to take the [...]

Why I Left Beyond Blogging

First let me start by saying that you shouldn’t be surprised if this is the first you’ve heard of this. Although this decision was made weeks ago, and the details have already been hashed out, Mike and I waited until today to talk about it so that we could get it all out in the [...]

Podcast: The GPL is Marxist

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In today’s podcast, I dive into the Open Source / GPL vs Thesis debate. I’ll explain why Matt Mullenweg is anti-capitalist, why the GPL is a communist ideology, and why I’m moving away from WordPress if I can help it. Let’s face it, premium plugin and theme developers drive WordPress. Without them, WP would be [...]

The Secret Sauce to Building an Empire – Girl Style

Be Careful what You Wish for… So, I know Nathan likes to talk a lot about “Empire” building, and use testosterone filled words like “Sword,” “Sacrifice,” and “Redemption”… so I figured it was about time to talk about a little empire building myself… Girl style. I thought he needed a bit of a woman’s touch [...]