Check out this video interview of Seth Godin by David Meerman Scott discussing the concepts of being a Linchpin and an artist based on Seth’s new book “Linchpin: Are you indispensable?”.

Very good presentation by Philippe Starck on why design is important.

Very good talk on how the Internet may not be spoiling human intimacy but in fact help to grow it.

Web 2.0 Expo NY: Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library), Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape

How much time and energy do you spend trying to figure out what your competition is doing? You’ll win buzz word bingo with “competitive analysis” and “benchmarking”, but will you win customers?

The #1 indicator of success is speed of execution. Period. Want to be successful? As Larry the Cable Guy says, “Get ‘er done.”