Erik Hanburg Guest Speaker

Erik Hanburg Guest Speaker Erik Hanburg had some interesting things to say about how to be successful in today's world. He made the statement that in order to reap better returns, one must make the realization that you cannot simply have only one source of income. Being able to manage many smaller things rather than one big thing is essential to a person's individual success. Erik writes books, starts companies, holds elected office, and the list probably continues for a while. Long gone are the ideas that the "nuclear family," or even a one income household for that matter, can survive in today's American economy. And he is absolutely right. His insight into the changing landscape of the way people purchase goods online is very helpful in the way that i have begun to plan my future. He then talked about the impact that the internet has had on the way that authors have been able to bring their books to the public. Amazon, for example, created an incredible avenue for them to be able to release their titles with virtually no risk. That being said, he did say that a bad review, on Amazon in particular, can considerably hobble the chances the book has to be successful. But that seems to be the case with large scale releases as well anyway. Overall, I enjoyed his time with us. He gave us a lot of good information, as well as advice, about how he has been able to be successful, despite the uncertain and volatile nature of the internet.