Erik Hanberg

So our class had a guest speaker named Erik Hanberg on 11/24. He owns a business called Mary Holste Design and runs a fund-raising website called The Little Book of Gold. He has written 9 novels but unfortunately, hasn't had much success with them. He told our class about Black Swan opportunities and how blog posts are a lot like Black Swan because you never know who's attention you'll grab. He noted that Black Swan opportunities are nothing but work and parties. He had a good explanation of scalable work and how the internet can be a tool for being successful (if you're lucky). I liked how he gave us examples of people who used the internet for success such as "the wine guy" and the person who basically traded a house for a red paperclip. Interesting stuff.