{"id":1825,"date":"2010-02-28T20:36:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T03:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.12sided.com\/blog\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2010-02-28T20:36:25","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T03:36:25","slug":"business-advice-from-van-halen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/?p=1825","title":{"rendered":"Business Advice From Van Halen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a big fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1400064287?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=12sidedcom-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1400064287\" target=\"_blank\">Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=12sidedcom-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1400064287\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> by Chip and Dan Heath. It is engaging and practical and a worthwhile read. I have found myself recommending it lately. Great resources on <a href=\"http:\/\/heathbrothers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">their website<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>I am looking forward to digging into their new book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0385528752?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=12sidedcom-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0385528752\" target=\"_blank\">Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=12sidedcom-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0385528752\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>. As part of the inevitable book launch, they have been producing articles and blog posts fast and furious. I came across this one on Van Halen from Heather Hamilton and her excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/heatherleigh\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">One Louder<\/a> blog. Turns out that the brown M&#038;M&#8217;s were used as a signal to make sure their contracts were read and understood.<\/p>\n<p>I never did get to see Van Halen in their prime (pre-Hagar). Since I grew up in Chicago, we will always have that summer of 1984, Jump and the Chicago Cubs. I did get a chance to catch DLR at the House of Blues in Hollywood for a New Year&#8217;s Eve bash a few years ago. No doubt DLR is a party. Great time and great show. I still truly think that &#8220;Panama&#8221; should be the national anthem of Panama.<\/p>\n<p>Fast Company: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/magazine\/143\/made-to-stick-the-telltale-brown-mampm.html\" target=\"_blank\">Business Advice From Van Halen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heather Hamilton: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/heatherleigh\/archive\/2010\/02\/24\/as-suspected-david-lee-roth-is-a-business-genius.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">As suspected, David Lee Roth is a business genius.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a big fan of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip and Dan Heath. It is engaging and practical and a worthwhile read. I have found myself recommending it lately. Great resources on their website as well. I am looking forward to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[77,103,124,401,366],"class_list":["post-1825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reads","category-thoughts","tag-chip-and-dan-heath","tag-david-lee-roth","tag-fastcompany","tag-reads","tag-van-halen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3390,"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions\/3390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}