I was a devoted sports fan when I was teenager.
The 100 Guy
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Sure, I give presents to friends and family this month – and I make annual donations to my list of nonprofits.
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It’s so easy and affordable to undergo hair transplant surgery to improve your personal appearance, I wrote “Headscape: How a bald guy replanted his hair and restarted his life” to help others address a subject many avoid.
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After leaving newspapers, I started an agency serving developers, architects, financial and legal clients, leading it for nearly two decades.
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A college fraternity brother grabbed the small remaining dollop of my brown forehead hair, proclaiming, “Two Mile Island!”
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Read one man’s journey from bold to bald, and back again. “Headscape” meanders through two marriages, several states and various jobs, ending with revealing his new youthful look.
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When our agency launched a 100-word newsletter in 2013, we hoped we were starting something that had legs.
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As we adjust to the deep structural changes the pandemic has wrought upon industry economics, perhaps none is more of an existential threat than the Great Resignation.
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Lawyers say picking a jury is the most important part of a trial.
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After our Atlanta Braves earned a trip this week to play the Astros in the World Series, my son Thomas texted me, asking if we should buy tickets to see them play in Houston.
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Attendees of the CAPRSA conference awoke to a 7am email re-capping the previous days events with 100-word stories and slide shows as well as a list of that day’s speakers and breakouts.
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One day, when I led an in-house agency for The Charlotte Observer, the publisher decided the newspaper needed a new slogan.
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Need a media placement or want to position your company or client as an industry thought leader? The 100 Companies will manage your newsletter and website platform — now in 29 geographic and industry vertical markets — with our new half-price offering.
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I’ve lived that Jefferson quote since I was a teenager.
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My dad wanted me to be a lawyer or doctor.
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Some of my friends were elated by the Republicans’ $1.9 trillion tax cut in 2017.
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Other than college intramural boxing class or my best friend’s single slug on the second grade playground – I’ve never been in a fistfight.
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A group of lifelong friends gathered outside for a socially distanced dinner to celebrate my birthday last month.
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A favorite moment when I’d meet with business owners (in-person, pre-pandemic) occurred when I’d casually mention I’d sold my business (three years ago this month).
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Amidst pandemic, economic collapse, racial disparity and political warfare, do you wonder how America would be faring if we instead followed what God asked us to do?
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Most major religions share the tradition of making a pilgrimage, a journey to increase knowledge of self, nature and/or God.
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Two years ago, I spotted Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne exiting our plane at DCA. “I never stop celebrities,” I told him, “but in my world of journalism, you’re a rock star!”
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When Pharaoh refused to release the Israelites from slavery, 10 plagues changed his mind.
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What will families remember from this pandemic pause? Tension? Peacefulness? Will a predicted baby boom be confined, as young parents jest, to firstborn?
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When people gather to watch a beautiful sunrise or sunset, they often grow silent, watching the miracle respectfully as another day is dedicated.
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Americans have been divided for much of our history. (See the election of 1800.) Today, with social media and tribal cable channels, it might appear a bit more acute.
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In my 20s, when I was put in charge of a 25-person marketing team spread over two floors at The Charlotte Observer, I observed our biggest weakness was communications. Ironic, since we were in that business.
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For three years, I’ve written the same words on Airbnb’s reservation field that says “tell your host why you’re in town.”
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I hadn’t seen a $2 bill for years when I noticed schoolmate Rip Black tipping with them. Having loved them since attending its 1976 re-introduction, I adopted Rip’s paean to Mr. Jefferson, tipping with them since. I gave one to an Uber driver recently – he stared at it, announcing, “This one’s going in the wallet!”
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Leveraging off The 100 Companies’ success in 20 geographical markets from Denali to Dubai and our launch of The Travel 100, our publishing network expanded last month into a second industry vertical: The Association 100.