McFadden Place

A street in the neighborhood where we talk about entrepreneurship, faith, family, leisure and travel.
By Michael McFadden, 2 years ago

The Society receives some local coverage

Last night 9news ran a story on TheSociety.com. We are running a promotion for Denver/Colorado residents to getaway to the mountains during the DNC. For details on the DNC promotion go to http://thesociety.com/dnc.

By Michael McFadden, 2 years and 3 months ago

Pomona High School class of 96 entreprenuer

IndieGoGoCheck it out. Eric Schell (PHS '96) has recently launched IndieGoGo.com, an «online social marketplace connecting filmmakers and fans to make independent film happen». Eric and I played on the golf team back in the day. Since then Eric has been roaming the world and now has settled down (sort of) in Berekely and founded a company with two other friends. Most recently they were featured on TheAlarmClock, and Eric's partner, Slava gave a great interview.

By Michael McFadden, 2 years and 4 months ago

A Sit-Down with Warren Buffett - Thoughts on Business

Noted from a Q & A at Emory's Goizueta Business School with (according to Forbes) the world's second richest man, Warren Buffett.

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By Michael McFadden, 2 years and 6 months ago

Destination Clubs: Leaders in Luxury

Destination clubs are setting the standard for luxury travel. They are a great example for the vacation rental industry.

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By Michael McFadden, 2 years and 10 months ago

Vacation rentals! Have you utilized one?

Have you looked for or booked a vacation rental in the past 2 years? If so, would you mind taking 4 minutes to fill out a brief survey?

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By Michael McFadden, 2 years and 11 months ago

MBA Concierge. Should we have franchised?

A buddy from grad school, Rob Mittelman just sent me a note regarding a concierge company going to campuses. Well, for any of the MBA students at Oxford in 2005/06, you already know how successful this could be. I still think back and wonder if a group of us should have done our summer project on MBAconcierge and rolled out some franchises around the world. We could have been big! I guess we'll just see have to see how Precious Time of NY does in Syracuse.

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By Michael McFadden, 3 years ago

Tom's Shoes are now Mike's shoes

I just bought my first pair of Tom's Shoes!

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