I’m using most of the products on the list (one from each section). Could you add SubIntent (Automated Conversion Rate Optimization) – http://www.subintent.com/ as an option? I guess it would fall under A/B testing although it does a bit more than just test, it actually optimizes the pages for optimal conversion rates.

I guess I would be offended and disappointed as well if I had sat through a half hour of someone telling the “the vast majority of the people in the building you think they’re worthless (or will be, unless they follow your footsteps).”

Obviously you believe that’s what you heard, but that’s not what I said.
The full text of the speech is here.

I said exactly the opposite…
”Many of you are going to take what you learned here, get a good job, get married, buy a house, have a family, be a great parent, serve your community and country, hang with friends and live a good life.
And that’s great. Minnesota is a wonderful place to hunt, fish, canoe, raise kids, and pursue lots of interests other than just your job.

I don’t think saying pursuing lots of interests other than just your job is a great choice is telling the vast majority of the audience I think they’re worthless. I don’t think telling your husband to have a family, be a great parent is telling them they’re worthless.

I went on to say, that … All of you will ultimately make a choice… a choice about whether you “work to live” or you “live to work.” This should be a conscious choice.

I’m not sure if this was the part that offended you, but given you were there supporting your husband I would hope that you would want him to realize that he had a choice as well.

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I contrasted the choice of spending your career inside a company with one outside. I framed it as a “be or do,” saying…
At the end of the day, you can decide whether you want to be an employee with a great attendance record, getting promoted to ever better titles and working on interesting projects—or whether you want to attempt to do something spectacular. This be or do should be a question you never stop asking yourself—for the next 20 years, and beyond. Be? Or Do?
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What I am saying is, “Don’t let a career just happen to you.”…
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You said, “But to imply… no… to come right out and SAY that you’re not DOing anything worthwhile unless you become an Entrepreneur? Offensive.”

The idea that “being” an employee is less worthwhile than “do’ing” as an entrepreneur, is your judgment, not mine.

I said, This be or do should be a question you never stop asking yourself—for the next 20 years. Are you implying that asking yourself that question is somehow demeaning? Are you suggesting you would never want your husband to question his choice of where he works? At any time?
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I followed it up by pointing out that, …U of M Science and Engineering alumni have founded more than 4,000 active companies, employing over ½ million people and generating annual revenues of $90 billion.

Somehow 4,000 graduates, just like your husband, asked the “be or do” question, and they chose to do. I don’t think pointing out to the graduates that this is a path they could choose was offensive. It’s simply a fact – one that the University your husband graduated from celebrates.

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I urge you to read the speech again and think about my comments above. The goal was to challenge engineers just like your husband to recognize that they have a choice in their careers – nothing more.

steve

I agree that the world needs Entrepreneurs, and it’s great to promote it. But to imply… no… to come right out and SAY that you’re not DOing anything worthwhile unless you become an Entrepreneur? Offensive.

Maybe this speech would have sounded great to an audience full of Entrepreneurs, but that’s not what you had. You spent a half hour telling the vast majority of the people in the building you think they’re worthless (or will be, unless they follow your footsteps). Good job.

The irony is my passion is about helping others find out what they want to do while I’m doing what I want to do.

I can’t overstate the importance of your books, blog and talks.

Thanks.

Chris

Uwannadu.com

What a great speech with excellent advice. I hope those engineers listened carefully. Time will tell.

Kent Millington

Much Love and Many Blessings, Ben Rolnik

You don’t get grades for resiliency, curiosity, agility, resourcefulness, pattern recognition
and tenacity.

In Silicon Valley, we have a special word for a failed entrepreneur – it’s called experienced.