Ken Hayes

Rather be a Shark or an Angel?

Ken Hayes — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:35:14 +0000

Amused that ABC thought there was any entertainment value in showing the entrepreneur-investor fund-raising process (yawn!), I checked out the first few episodes of Shark Tank. Actually, it’s pretty entertaining, and my kids and I are now sitting in front of the tube yelling “Take the offer you idiot!” or “Walk away – they’re greedy [...]

Back in the (Blog) Saddle Again

Ken Hayes — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:20:40 +0000

Should I be embarrassed not to have posted a blog entry since February 2008? Maybe not so much, according to a recent article I read in the NY Times, “Blogs Falling in an Empty Forest.” It’s certainly not uncommon, apparently, according to these excerpts: “…many people start blogs with lofty aspirations — to build an audience and [...]

Nami Media Entrepreneurship Award and Interview on socalTECH

Ken Hayes — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:06:08 +0000

A few days ago, we learned that Nami Media had been selected as a Finalist for the PricewaterhouseCoopers Entretech Entrepreneursip Award 2008. Only three finalists made our category of emerging companies with annual revenues of $1-$8 million, and after attending the presentations, I can say that Nami is definitely the company which has come the [...]

Solving the Writers Guild Strike?

Ken Hayes — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:59:40 +0000

That title is definitely presumptuous, but the panel presentation I participated in today was meant to help inform members of the WGA about the Internet advertising industry and to discuss how writers might be able to exploit their creative skills without being dependent on the traditional studio structure. I was the token non-WGA member. In fact, [...]

Explaining the Absence: Full-time at Nami Media

Ken Hayes — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:37:09 +0000

One of the ironies of writing a blog is that the busier I am, the less time I have to write blog articles. Not being a professional writer, or even a paid journalist, I can really only write in my free time, even though I enjoy writing about my industry. Paid work (and kids and [...]