Before I started working with Jeff full time on Increo, I used to go over to his place with all my ideas. I would literally open up my little red notebook and explain how we were going to build a network to connect ideas with resources, or spark creativity in small businesses by delivering boxes of inspiration. We would toss ideas back and forth, good ones, bad ones, and some terrible enough that they still inspire laughs at Increo headquarters.

I have found that it is extremely important to have people surrounding me who can provide feedback on my ideas and initiatives from many different angles. Generally, I look for some optimists and some pessimists, and people who thoroughly understand the feasibility of many different technologies and models. By asking people with different perspectives, my initiatives get that much better.