Daily Archives: September 15, 2009

Entrepreneur Profile: Peter Shankman of HARO

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Terry

In addition to HARO, Peter is the founder and CEO of The Geek Factory, Inc., a boutique Marketing and PR Strategy firm located in New York City, with clients worldwide. His blog, which he launched as a website in 1995, (www.shankman.com) both comments on and generates news and conversation.”

You can listen to my Interview with Peter Shankman of HARO.

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You can also listen here Peter Shankman of Haro on How I Changed Careers

Below are interesting quotes from the interview. Continue reading →

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Some People Just Can’t Believe A Black Man Is President And Will Never Accept It

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Terry

I was sitting at my desk, working on interviews for the blog and book when I came across the article below. Whether you think Obama is the messiah or antichrist (he is neither), most are not willing to accept that there is a very deep resentment of him directly related to his race. Can you follow me on this narrow issue? I’m not talking about abortion. I’m not talking about health care. Nope, not gay marriage either.

Race.

I am talking about race. We don’t like to discuss race in America. We like to pretend that we don’t see color. Continue reading →

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