Notes From The Field: An Important, Crucial, Potentially Life-Changing Update
by William Weiss
I just got back from the most amazing fun trip to the Zappos.com warehouse in Kentucky and I will be sharing my fine adventure with you all tomorrow!! For now, I have to say that I can’t believe how many times Vibram Five Fingers have been a subject of Will’s writings. I think he is bit obsessed…Nice to know that we can trust Will to honestly convey the pros and cons of things he loves, which is the trait of…
Notes From the Field: To Have And To Make, To Give And To Take
by William Weiss
Somehow Will must have had an inside scoop on my life. While I am a little pissed at him for NOT making the time for little ole Shoebizness lately, I am very pleased with his topic of choice. I am a living breathing examply of someone who has sacrificed and worked my little tush off to “take” opportunites that allow me to do what I love. The reward of not feeling like I am working when I am working is very much wort…
Notes From The Field – Imma Be…Wat?
by William Weiss
So funny! Okay so I was born right on the cusp of the generation that Will refers to in the below “rant” (Sheena will be proud!) and I cannot fully commit to the misspelling of words in texts although, from time to time I find myself conforming. Why?? Well, for me being 30 years old, I find myself right smack dab in the middle of the Will Weiss’s of the world who have distain for text talk and the younger ge…
Notes From The Field – A Revelation in the Kentucky Bluegrass…Catching the Long Tail
by William Weiss
Two weeks back to back! Will’s on a roll and with this article comes a point that I totally agree with. Sometimes we can get all wrapped up thinking about the glamor factor to our businesses and who and where we are seen, but at the end of the day, that’s not what pays the bills and not only that, but in the big city markets, people can be jaded and very hard to impress. I was actually just having this conversation w…
Notes From the Field: NOT My First Job in the Shoe Industry
by William Weiss
Ha! This is true….either that or each time I seem to get close, someone moves it back a few miles! This is quite interesting what our dear William writes as the moral to this story and oddly it is a statement that I literally just made to Ken in a conversation we had about his article for tomorrow….I won’t give away too much but read the last line that Will writes and apply that to Ken’s article tomo…
Notes from the Field…but is it Art?
by William Weiss
This week has been a little funky, so I apologize….I will blame it on the holiday, two new interns and a fashion show if that’s an acceptable excuse!! So it’s Friday and instead of Sheena you get Will. I have to say, Will always gets me thinking and I like it. It took me a second to get where he was going with this one, but once I got it I liked it. From my point of view, passion is art no matter what the passion…
Notes From The Field; The Teachings of Keith Richards, by William Weiss
by William Weiss
Wow, I say this all the time, but this might be William’s best article yet! Magic and so true. Sticking to the core and growing from there is so important. I am learning that myself right now. In a small way I have seen the reprecussions of spreading ones self too thin and losing sight of what keeps you the strongest. I am going to take this advise for sure and if Keith Richard’s knew his cracked out life taught…
Notes From The Field
by William Weiss
Notes From The Field – Fraternity…Shoes…Strategy….and Lots Of Liquor There’s nothing sexier than a 6AM flight out of Grand Rapids. And nothing more conducive to deep reflection than the mescaline-like haze of a hangover (I stole that line from Lester Bangs; if you have to ask, then we can’t be friends). Lucky for me, I found myself in this exact position this morning, and it allowed me to consider the past week of my l…
Notes from the Field
by William Weiss
How true, how true William. It’s easy to point fingers and accuse people, but let’s not forget they are people just the same, growing and learning like the rest of us. Thank you for flipping the coin and showing us the opposing side of the argument! Notes From The Field: From “I Can’t Believe My Stupid Sales Manager” to “I Can’t Believe My Stupid Salesperson” In Just A Few Easy Steps So I have been reading al…
