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Utah Book Donation and Worldwide Book Drive
I just want to take a minute to congratulate Worldwide Book Drive and it’s faithful team of book sorters and back-brakers for donating over 100,000 books this year alone! Their contributions will...
View ArticleWhat Can You Take? Reflections of the life of Gordon B. Hinckley
I have rarely, if ever expressed personal sentiments in this blog. I generally reserve those for my private journal and close family and friends. I will deviate today however, in honor of significant...
View ArticleBusiness Ignitor for Grow Utah Ventures– A great event.
I had a great opportunity today to attend a “business ignitor” event hosted by Grow Utah Ventures. I have been so busy working in the trenches lately that I began to feel out of touch with the rich...
View ArticleIt’s All About The Triple Bottom Line
I have spent the last three years of my life working in the growing segment of businesses known as triple-bottom-line companies or social ventures. According to the Skoll Foundation...
View ArticleThe Road Home… A Service Project Worth Remembering
Tuesday, May 27. Salt Lake City, Utah. Business casual and shiny cars drive cautiously to the shelter. The sign says, “Honk for Donations.” In succession the cars drive through the ominous gate. I’ve...
View ArticleL.A. Walk-About
I spent the weekend in L.A. working to develop relationships with USC, UCLA and a number of non-academic book related publishers and programs. Although I’ve been to L.A. a number of times, this is the...
View ArticleUtah Social Entrepreneuship
A friend of mine at Catalyst Humanitarian sent me an email today to let me know a google search of Utah Social Entrepreneuship brings up John Keller as one of the top results on Google. Fun novelty...
View ArticleYou’ve got to take a little to give
A good friend once told me that happiness was as much in taking as it is in giving. This may appear to be a simple justification for looking forward to birthday or holiday gifts. But what I’m really...
View ArticleMore Than Just Fish Stories…
Social Entrepreneurs want things to be different. Is that too much to ask? I think most people would agree that there are plenty of resources in the world. Most people will also agree that the...
View ArticleProscenium: A Monument to Utah Venture Philanthropy
So it looks like Sandy City is on track for the new Proscenium complex to move forward. Perhaps one of the most exciting aspects of the Proscenium project is the significant portion of Venture...
View ArticleCommunity Foundation of Utah and Ernst and Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year
This past Friday, I had the great opportunity to attend the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the year award. It was an inspiring program to see so many talented and driven entrepreneurs who had been...
View ArticleUtah Mentor of the Year
On Tuesday, June 23rd, I had the pleasure and honor of attending the Utah Angel Investor of the year award banquet. It was fun to see and meet with so many of Utah’s active Angel community. It was also...
View ArticlePremier Data Center Coming to Utah
Every business that stores, organizes or shares large amounts of digital information, uses a data center in one form or another. Whether in house, (often found in a retrofitted closet or larger room)...
View ArticleBuilding Utah, 1 Utah Homes at a Time
It’s always refreshing to hear when new businesses are starting in tumultuous markets. There are few industries that have been hammered worse that real estate. While the Utah real estate market hasn’t...
View ArticleBYU Student Entrepreneur Of the Year 2009 (SEOY)
This past week I, (John Keller) had a great opportunity to participate in the BYU Entrepreneur of the Year event. This is the first time in nearly 5 years that I’ve entered a competition like this....
View ArticleTop 3 of 25 Student Entrepreneurs
This past few weeks has been an exciting blur. I recently had the opportunity to participate in the Utah Student 25 Event, where David Kasteler and I placed in Utah’s top 3 student entrepreneurs. Third...
View Article17 Mistakes That Entrepreneurs Make
John Osher in inarguably one of the most successful entrepreneurs of age. What makes him so successful is his ability to replicate his success. In today’s world where we like things packaged and...
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Products Change, but Good Service Rarely Does
I recently reviewed the research work by Parasuraman, Zeithaml and Berry on the Conceptual Model of Service Quality. Their work suggests that regardless of the product or service in question, customers...
View ArticleMY911 LIFE SAVING APP
In today’s fast-paced world of GPS enabled devices, the possibilities for life-saving technologies available for the everyday consumer have never been more accessible. Much like On-star provides...
View ArticleLike an eSilverBullet to the Heart of Online Affiliate CRM
Anyone who has done affiliate marketing can agree that keeping track of online publishers, affiliate networks, and numerous advertisers–across multiple platforms can be a nightmare. Although it’s not...
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