Posts Tagged ‘Taylor Davidson’

SXSW #3 – THIS IS THE GUY

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Taylor Davidson (www.unstructuredventures.com) is one of a small group of evolved network business strategists with whom I have an ongoing dialogue.  He’s been traveling cross-country for something like six months and predicts that he’ll probably stay on the road – Asia’s next — for another year.  During the conference, our paths cross many times, always by serendipity.  On the first day of the conference, he and I run into each other for the first time.  We are are sitting at a table talking when Leora Israel (www.speaklike.com), comes up behind Taylor and gives him a huge hug.  When he turns around, they realize they don’t know one another.  Embarrassed, she says, “Oh, I thought you were Nick O’Neill, the back of your head looks like his.”  A couple of days later, in a seminar on Entrepreneurship, Taylor and I meet Nick O’Neill himself (www.socialtimes.com), who’s one of the moderators.  Taylor introduces Nick to me by telling me,  “This is the guy who that girl thought the back of my head looked like his.”

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GameChanger of the Month – December 2008

Monday, January 5th, 2009

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Taylor Davidson had a good job as a product developer and strategist for one of the large financial services institutions that didn’t get swamped by the ‘Butchers in Crazy Town’ scene that characterized many such companies in 2008. His employer did everything in its power to get him to stay. Flex time. More money. They gave him the license to work from anywhere he wanted. But finally, he knew he had to hit the road. There were too many conversations, too many sights and inspirations that he would not experience if he confined himself to the role he was playing. So in November, with no particular route in mind, and a general idea of arriving on the West Coast, Taylor changed the game. He left the safety net of Richmond, Virginia, for the uncertainty of gallivanting cross-country. (more…)