Recent Ventures ...

Neurodiverse.net
Neurodiverse.net embraces atypical neurological development as a powerful tool in research and investigative work. The network connects individuals with alternate intelligence to traditional investigators and researchers working to solve abstract and complex problems. Biodiversity is an accepted phenomenon in the animal kingdom. The concept of neurodiversity in humans was initially embraced by some autistic individuals and people with related conditions. [...]

Contingency Marketing
The Contingency Marketing Organization cultivates new marketing compensation models between marketers and people who need them. Once your marketing goals are aligned with a compensation value, Contingency Marketing professionals direct your marketing efforts while you focus on your unique contribution to the project. Contingency Marketing works much in the same way contingency-based lawyers work. Contingency-based lawyers get paid [...]

23 Club
The 23 Club was an interesting challenge. The club was originally a honky-tonk bar back in the 40s. And, while it has managed to stay in business throughout the years, it was having a sort of identity crisis. After all, it’s 2012. Moreover, the 23 club is located in a small town off the beaten [...]

Beartrack Investigations
Beartrack Investigations is a small private investigation firm with a large footprint. We started with some research that led to the simple and effective “Beartrack” name. Unique enough word combination. Easy to spell. Easy to pronounce. Great SEO potential. And, most importantly, it meant something to the client. As Beartrack originally focused on internal affairs-type cases, [...]

Group Owners Group
The LinkedIn Group Owners Group is a peer network that discusses topics relevant to Linkedin group owners, administrators and moderators including; how to establish group order, how to deal with trolls, how to promote your group, etc. The Group Owners idea came about after some conversations I had with other group owners on LinkedIn. As [...]

Fuse Politics
Fuse Politics is a dynamic media network consisting of broadcast television and social media that works to join people together from any political persuasion on topics they agree upon. By leveraging inexpensive, open-source tools Fuse Politics enables regular people, common folks–to have their voices heard on topics they are passionate about. One of Fuse Politics’ [...]

Target Metreon / Arrow Sign Company
For this project, I started out by featuring my client as the cover story for an international trade magazine. Hot off the presses, I used those magazines, some investigative ingenuity, persistence, organization and attitude to connect with the lead design team at Target. I convinced Arrow to let me take the newest, least experienced sign [...]

CannaBarter.org
Did you happen to notice I’m based out of San Francisco? CannaBarter is one of those beautifully radical ideas that could only come from the Bay Area. The idea is simple; if you grow more than you can smoke or sell to a dispensary, put it up for barter! By bartering cannabis for other goods and [...]

Bay Area Music
Bay Area Music is a Facebook-based network of music fans, musicians and promoters. It began as a research and promotional vehicle for a documentary filmmaker producing a piece on the Bay Area thrash-music scene. After locking down the popular, customized Facebook page Facebook.com/BayAreaMusic and Twitter handle (@BayAreaMusic), Bay Area Music remains a popular Facebook forum [...]