Design+Dialogue: Thank You!
This post is to thank everyone that has been a part of my life, and of DBI. Today is my 50th birthday and I feel so fortunate to have such a great life, business, and home. Thank you!
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10, 2020
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02, 2019
This February is DBI’s 10th Anniversary!
This February is DBI's 10th anniversary. As I share this post I find it hard to put into words all that has happened since I start making calls from my basement 10 years ago. I have worked with some outstanding recruiters, supported fantastic clients around the globe and have helped [...]
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01, 2017
Round Up – January 6, 2017.
One week down, 51 weeks to go. 2017 is getting off to a great start for DBI. For the new year, DBI is starting a weekly review blog post. We want to post a blog each Friday to share what we learned, what we read, what we are excited about, [...]
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01, 2017
Happy New Year!
2017 is here and if you loved it or hated it, 2016 is gone! As all of us here at DBI settle into the new year, we have some exciting goals ahead. I am not a “resolutions” kind of guy. I like to think of the year as a theme. [...]
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12, 2016
Season’s Greetings from DBI
This marks the eighth holiday I have had since starting DBI. This (somewhat self-serving) proclamation is because I can honestly say that for each day within each of those seven years I have learned something new. Not all lessons have been great ones. There is truth to the adage that [...]
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01, 2015
If Not You, Then Who?
My name is David Brown and I am an entrepreneur. No, I am an Entrepreneur! I have to admit, it took me a long time to realize this truth about myself. Yes, I have been successful working for others, but it was when I started working for myself that [...]
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08, 2013
Lessons In Recruiting From My 1985 Cadillac.
So there she is, my "new" 1985 Cadillac Eldorado. It is a wedding gift from my husband. It is big, blue and in need of a great deal of work. Now I know a little about cars. I was lucky enough to have parents who believed in making me [...]
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07, 2013
You Cannot Dance The Waltz Alone.
Today, I want to talk about partnership. Not partners, as in one or many who hold an ownership stake in your firm, but those you may team with from time to time. To my firm, and to me as a leader and recruiter, these partnerships have become paramount. By partnering [...]
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04, 2013
A Fitting Quote.
I was reading the Puget Sound Business Journal this weekend and came across a quote from Buckminster Fuller. It reads: "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." These are exciting times at DBI. As a [...]
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12, 2011
Is this thing still on?!
Wow, I am blogging again! I know, it has been a while. Bear with me, my reason's are good. I have had a fantastic year! Business is booming and my time is scarce. So what has changed? Why have I dusted off my blog? Business is still great, busier than [...]