#diychat: The coolest monthly Twitter chat for entrepreneurs everywhere
3 Jan
#diychat was a one-hour Twitter chat designed to connect and engage creative entrepreneurs around the world. #diychat took place monthly from December 2011–March 2012.
Best of #diychat (Archive)
Thursday, March 1
Thinking Big: Where Do Awesome Creative Ideas Come From, and How Do You Actualize Them?
Hosts:
Susan Gregg Koger
Chief Creative Officer of ModCloth, the online retailer selling independent designer fashion and decor with a highly engaged following of millions of female shoppers. Gregg Koger started ModCloth when she was just 17, taking her love of thrifting to start an online business. ModCloth was operated out of dorm rooms and basements for four years, and after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 2006, Gregg Koger and husband/co-founder Eric Koger decided to expand by selling vintage-inspired clothing from talented indie designers around the world. @SusanGKoger | Read more about Susan Gregg Koger here.
Andrew Wagner
Director of Krrb, a fun, friendly and safe place to connect with your neighbors for local and in-person commerce. A member of the DIY Business Association board of advisers, Wagner produces the “What You Make of It” column for The New York Times. Wagner is the former Editor-in-Chief of ReadyMade. Before that, he worked as editor-in-chief of American Craft magazine and before that as the executive editor and founding managing editor of Dwell magazine. Read more about Andrew Wagner here.
Donald DeSantis
Partner at LIFFFT, an app development and product incubation company. In his free time, he works with Startup Weekend organizers around the world to help make their events successful. Writer of “Everything I need to know about startups, I learned from a crime boss” (GigaOm). @donalddesantis
• Official March 1 #diychat post
Thursday, February 2
What are your Next Attainable Action Steps for Accomplishing your #BHAG2012?
Guest Hosts:
Josh Kaufman
Independent business professor, education activist, founder of PersonalMBA.com, curator of a list of the best business books and author of The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business, an international bestseller in the business training category. @joshkaufman@personalmba
Hillary Rettig
Productivity coach, author of The 7 Secrets of the Prolific: The Definitive Guide to Overcoming Procrastination, Perfectionism, and Writer’s Block, and The Lifelong Activist: How to Change the World Without Losing Your Way. @hillaryrettig
Read more about the February 2 #diychat:
Best of #diychat: Highlights & Feed from February 2, 2012
Ready, set…get closer to your #BHAG2012 by setting Next Attainable Action Steps
Prepare in advance: Here are the questions that Moderator Suzanne Chang will ask
January 5, 2012
What’s your #BHAG2012?
Hosts:
Kari Chapin, Author of The Handmade Marketplace (@karichapin), Amazon’s top-selling craft book of 2010
&
Christen Carter, Founder/CEO, Busy Beaver Buttons (@BusyBeaverCC)
Busy Beaver’s long-term BHAG: “A button on every person.”
Christen Carter’s personal, short-term BHAG: “Tour the country to share the history of expression through buttons.”
Christen Carter’s “more idealistic and even larger-vision” BHAG: “People respecting others’ opinions through meaningful interactions.”
Read more about the January 5 #diychat:
• Communal goal-setting: The feed & highlights of #diychat 2
• Top DIY business leaders to co-host #diychat on January 5
• Want Help Setting Your Personal BHAG for 2012? Check Out These Inspirational Examples
December 1, 2011
How Do You Collaborate?
• The Questions we asked
• Recap and feed: #diychat 1 feed (December 1, 2011)
