Author Archives: Rick Turoczy

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About Rick Turoczy

More than mildly obsessed with the Portland startup community. Founder and editor at Silicon Florist. Cofounder and general manager at PIE. Follow me on Twitter: @turoczy

Please leave a message after the beep

Posted on May 9, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Sorry for the lack of posting, as of late. I submit, for your consideration, the following excuses: Amy is on vacation Toby is on site with a client I’m at a tradeshow Hopefully, we’ll get back to posting a bit … Continue reading →

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Making mistakes: Providing too much information

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Sometimes, you can provide too much detail. What? Rick? Mr. Over explain everything? Surely you jest. No, I’m serious. (Re-reading this post, I realize I have committed this sin, yet again.) Let me give you an example. If you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Kumquat, Mistakes | 1 Comment

When work gets in the way

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

There are times–for all of us–when work prevents us from getting things done. It could be personal. It could be professional growth. It could be blogging. Ahem. The fact of the matter is that we will all be underwater at … Continue reading →

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Making mistakes: Budgeting time with smaller teams

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Since I’m in a self-deprecating mood, now seems to be as good of a time as any to write the next entry in our series of mistakes surrounding the development of Kumquat. Kumquat launches on February 14. No really. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Kumquat, Mistakes | 3 Comments

When did the Prides get that divorce?

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

Maybe I’m just getting old. I seem to remember a time–well at least I’m pretty sure I do–when Professional Pride and Personal Pride were married. Inseperable and enamoured of one another. Intertwined as one. Weren’t they? Not just dating. But … Continue reading →

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I, for one, welcome our Gen-Y, Millennial overlords

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

We Gen-X types are a sandwich generation, stuck somewhere between the old and the new. Too young to ignore technology, too old to truly understand its potential Too young to have participated in the greed-rush of the ’80s, too old … Continue reading →

Posted in Change, Corporate Culture | 2 Comments

Making mistakes: Assuming your excitement is infectious

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that I would try to take some time to highlight some of the mistakes we’ve made (and maybe are continuing to make) with Kumquat. Now, there are plenty of mistakes through which to sift, … Continue reading →

Posted in Kumquat, Mistakes | 5 Comments

Hiring decisions, when mistakes keep on giving and giving and giving

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

I was reading Toby’s post, entitled “Influential HR Grows Talent Management, First and Foremost,” preparing to slap a little bit of artwork on to the top of this article when I stumbled across this passage: HR is responsible for Human … Continue reading →

Posted in Branding, Hiring, HR, Human Resources, Perspective | 3 Comments

Dissatisfaction makes the world go round

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

We here at More than a living tend to bemoan the state of the workplace in the United States. It’s what we know, so it’s where we focus our critique. A while back, Toby highlighted the level of dissatisfaction in … Continue reading →

Posted in Corporate Culture, Criticism, Happiness | 2 Comments

Safe is anything but safe

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Rick Turoczy

There’s a great post over on Seth Godin’s blog, today, (shocker, I know) entitled, “Do you have to be anti-change to be pro-business?” In it, Seth talks about how companies tend to resist change, even though change is the one … Continue reading →

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