Lawyers & Elevator Speeches

The fine folks at the Colorado Bar Association shared this short clip from my Fuel the Spark: 5 Guiding Values for Success CLE presentation in March with The Learned Lawyer Website.

This clip is really more of a marketing hint than a legal ethics or law practice hint and is worth thinking about no matter what business you happen to conduct.

Elevator Speech for Lawyers from The Learned Lawyer – CBA-CLE on Vimeo.

Protecting your IP in Joel Comm’s TopOne Report

I’m happy to be a guest author in Joel Comm’s TopOne Report on the topic of Innovation this month.  Here’s a copy of my article (PDF) – it’s a very brief primer on intellectual property for your innovative ventures.  You can also click through to Joel’s site and sign up for a free month of the newsletter yourself.

Enjoy.

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“New” Family

Yesterday I had the distinct pleasure to meet my maternal grandmother for the first time. I’m adopted and found my birth mother a couple years ago but had not yet met others in the family in person. One of my Aunts was flying back from Hawaii (where I now have 5 aunts and uncles living – very cool) with Grandma Irene and took a few extra days to spend some time in Colorado.  We had a great afternoon/evening yesterday and will be spending the bulk of today together in Fort Collins this afternoon and evening.  Including attending my daughter Tobin’s dance recital this evening.

Here are a couple pictures from last night.

 

Kevin Houchin & Irene Bosz - April 30, 2009
Kevin Houchin & Irene Bosz - April 30, 2009

 

 

Tobin (mine), Aunt Barb, Kevin Houchin, Grandma Irene, Cousin Chris
Tobin (mine), Aunt Barb, Kevin Houchin, Grandma Irene, Cousin Chris