Jake Kilroy

Last week, I was watching The Critic, which I consider to be the lighter and cartoon equivalent of Aaron Sorkin’s Sports Night. Anyway, I noticed that the character of Duke Phillips wasn’t as funny to me as he once was. Phillips, the exceptionally rich and charming megalomaniac owner of his own broadcasting company, just seemed […]

Today is St. Patrick’s Day, and as the son of an American who was the son of an American who was the son of Ireland natives, I thought I’d write something in tribute to the Irish. Also because I asked my father about Irish businessmen and women some months ago, and he had quite a […]

“I know what boys like. I know what guys want.” — The Waitresses, from their album Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful Easter is a co-founder of The Man Registry, along with friends Bobby Horner, 27, and Jimmy Horner, 29. TheManRegistry.com is an online resource for grooms and a specialized wedding registry. And the company started out of […]

A tech press release could read something like: “The T-1000, Skynet’s latest model, is more efficient than the 800 series. Due to its mimetic poly-alloy, it has the ability to change shape, color and texture. Even when shot with a Winchester Model 1901 10ga level-action shotgun, the T-1000 will heal itself and still rid the […]

Part One Sensational Color The Color Marketing Group I saw how a product color or its packaging color could dramatically affect its success in the marketplace. When I learned that was more than just an instinctive idea and that it could be confirmed through pragmatic, tested information, it was like putting the final piece into […]

Admit it: you don’t know what exactly a color strategist does or how they do it. There’s even a part of you that thinks a color strategist just throws darts at brightly colored balloons and chooses the popped ones as market trends. I mean, surely, you can wager a guess, you can speculate, you could […]

entry entry entry Then I realized that I had been exchanging e-mails with a PR person. I felt dirty and used. My diary would hear of this for weeks! My Questions: 1) 2) American Idol 3) Biever’s responses: 1) 2) 3) American Idol that would The promise of the partnership is to provide an easier […]

I have long been in contact with Krista Farmer,a public relations rep for HometownQuotes. Some weeks ago, she made a comment about being “blessed” to work where she did. She added that her bosses, Bob and Hunter, had created the perfect working environment, with an open-door policy and babies in the workplace (lucky). Now, there […]

It’s been a week since our new president took office and there’s already been some changes made. But the changes that everyone seems to be waiting for are new economic policies. We’d like to see what Barack Obama is going to do for business. But since I can’t get an interview with our new president, […]

I’ve been wanting a freakin’ watch phone ever since I was a kid. Ever since I saw Dick Tracy. I’m talking more about the movie adaptation, of course, as the comic’s initial debut was slightly before my time (seeing as how people could read the original comics in “Hoovervilles”). But the movie … oh, what […]

I want a baby. But not in the traditional sense of “bundle of joy.” Instead, I’d like a baby to do my job for me. After failing to find an assistant that I could pay $1 an hour, I gave up hope. I was lost. I did a lot of soul-searching. Needless to say, I […]

What was popular last year? No, seriously, that was a real question. I have no idea. If I had to go by my standards of living as the only research, then Butterfinger and Jameson sales were through the roof for this nation. Instead, I suppose I should rely on Mindy Woolen, public relations for Sageworks, […]

As an employer, you see Christmas parties one of two ways: something you have to do or something you want to do. And the party you throw shows which you believe. I’ve been to both kinds. I’ve had the good food, I’ve had the bad food, I’ve shown up in jeans, I’ve shown up in […]

Two days ago, I wrote a blog about Batman and Ironman. Or at least the businessmen underneath the armor. Who was the better entrepreneur, Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark? Which company was better, Wayne Enterprises or Stark Industries? I wanted to know. So I asked three of my friends to weigh in on Wednesday. Now, […]

Batman and Ironman both saw some wild profits for their name this year, but nobody thinks to ask them for business advice. And it’s a damn shame. When Batman has The Joker by his purple collars, nobody wonders about his employees’ benefit plan. And when Ironman is wrecking hell on MODOK, nobody asks, “What kind […]

I’m not a doctor. “What? Come on, Jake, but you know the remedy for so many things…snake bites…marketing campaigns…zombie apocalypses…” OK, OK, so I am a doctor of sorts. Actually, let’s just say I am a doctor. Let’s say I just saved your life (as you were infected with the virus from the second season […]

I always wonder what entrepreneurs are really like when they’re not talking business. So, I decided to start asking questions that they may prefer to answer (as well as fancy business questions, too). The questions also let them seem a little more real and approachable. This week, Monica Burnett! Now…here are… IMPORTANT QUESTIONS! The Beatles […]

Being a PR rep seems terrifying. Pitching ideas is hard. Pitching people is harder. However, I know what kind of PR rep makes an entrepreneurial client look bad. A couple of weeks ago, while a meeting with me, the research editor here at Entrepreneur, James Park, had a bad phone conversation. The PR rep on […]

I was out drinking recently. “What? Dashingly suave bloggers go out drinking?” some mild-mannered female mumbled to herself after reading the first line. Yes, of course us bloggers do. Not always together though. Sometimes, I party with celebrities and models who want to party with bloggers. While gobbling nachos and making absent-minded observations about the […]

If you’re ever wondering what the Census Bureau does with all of its public information around holidays, you don’t need to wait any longer to find out. I’ll tell you what they do: they compile all of their cute statistics and send them to national business magazines. So, in the spirit of Halloween, here are […]

My restaurant had a name now, “eEvita’s.” [To read about the exhausting naming process and hear some spunky recaps of childhood, check out Why My First Business Succeeded (Part III – Naming The Business)] Now, it was time to hire. This was my business. This was my time to shine. Yes, I was only 6 […]

With my favorite markers in hand, I stood at my easel, ready to write my business plan. It had to be just right, so my parents would accept my proposal and buy all of the groceries for my restaurant. The problem was that I was a 6-year-old hell-bent on being an entrepreneur. I wasn’t even […]

I was an entrepreneur in my younger years. Yes, it’s true. Sure, I’m a blogger now. Sure, you could say that I did the whole thing backwards, I suppose. But I was a businessman once. Long ago, I was very much the creative type: I painted, I danced, I wrote songs. But I still wanted […]

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