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I've been writing, blogging and marketing online for more than 15 years.

This page offers snippets of what I find interesting, and what I'm working on.

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Rent my Budapest flat

I'm traveling in Asia through May 2012. You can rent my flat in downtown Budapest while I'm away.

Current projects

TheRealPashmina.com
Hand-woven pashmina (cashmere) shawls, made to order for you in Nepal


SeaGypsyAdventures.com
Blogging my way through Southeast Asia to Nepal


nowEurope.com
Tech entrepreneurship in Central Europe since 1995


Kaskosan.com
Earth's largest Gypsy social networking site


BudapestToastmasters.com
I'm a founder and past president of the club


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Mr Benioff believes that every company should build a corporate culture based on mahalo—the Hawaiian spirit of gratitude and praise. Every salesman at Salesforce who meets his quota gets a three-day trip (with a plus-one) to Maui: typically 65% of the sales team gets to go each year. “Most companies reward only the top 10% to 20% of their sales reps, but that strategy doesn’t yield a very high return. Morale for the top people is sky high, but it is brutally low for the 80% to 90% of people who are not recognised,” he says. (via Business.view: Mystic Marc’s guide to success | The Economist )

Mr Benioff believes that every company should build a corporate culture based on mahalo—the Hawaiian spirit of gratitude and praise. Every salesman at Salesforce who meets his quota gets a three-day trip (with a plus-one) to Maui: typically 65% of the sales team gets to go each year. “Most companies reward only the top 10% to 20% of their sales reps, but that strategy doesn’t yield a very high return. Morale for the top people is sky high, but it is brutally low for the 80% to 90% of people who are not recognised,” he says. (via Business.view: Mystic Marc’s guide to success | The Economist

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