Stepping Down from SOBCon

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This is one of those posts that’s hard to write.

As many of you know, my gorgeous wife Lisa and I were part of the team that founded and put on SOBCon last spring in Chicago along with Liz Strauss, Terry Starbucker, and others.

This past week Lisa and I had a long conversation with the rest of the leadership team of SOBCon. In it we all agreed that the Cree’s would be pulling out of the partnership.

The decision was a very tough one for me to make. We know what a wonderful event SOBCon was last year. And we know how much higher Liz is raising the bar for the experience of all involved this year. Plus, I had a large part in crafting the original idea in the first place.

However, now that Lisa and I are 30 days into the launch of SuccessCREEations, Inc. as a full time venture we are realizing that I had fallen victim of one of the classic business start up blunders: grossly underestimating the amount of time effort and resources it takes to get a new business off the ground. I had this idea that once I left my previous full time employment we’d have lots of extra resources to devote to SOBCon.

I was very mistaken about that. We actually have less. Much less.

So rather than hold SOBCon back we’ve decided to step down from the leadership team.

Liz, Terry & the SOBCon team have a great event planned for everyone. Lisa and I still plan to be there. We just won’t be part of the team that’s running the show.

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Tags: Misc, Liz Strauss, SOBCon, SuccessCREEations, Terry Starbucker

Sunday Morning Goodness - 18 March 2007

Just poking around my feed reader this morning and there is so much great stuff out there you oughtta see. For example,

Ben Yoskovitz is helping out folks just getting started with blogging with his pair of posts, 10 Questions To Ask Before Launching Your Blog and 10 Things To Do After You Launch Your Blog. Great tips for those in the beginning stages of business blogging.

Tom Vander Well celebrated his first blogaversary this week. Check out his take on his first year of business blogging at QAQNA. The results speak for themselves. Tom is officially a fan of business blogging.

Terry Starbucker shares a Classic Case Study in the Ripple Effect. Very timely stuff for us here with all our talk about quality.

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and enjoy!

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Tags: Sunday Morning Goodness, Ben Yoskovitz, Instigator Blog, QAQNA, Ramblings From A Glass Half Full, Terry Starbucker, Tom Vander Well