Chris Ducker published a great conversation I had with him at Virtual Business Lifestyle last week, all about overcoming the fear to move abroad and creating a lifestyle that supports your adventurous side. Chris lives in Cebu, Philippines, and is on a mission to build himself a completely virtual CEO role so he can live life outside the office.

Last week my friend and colleague Monica O’Brien published her first book, Social Pollination: Escape the Hype of Social Media and Join the Companies Winning At It, a thorough guide to social media marketing for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and PR and marketing folks.

Explosively successful gen-y blogger & NYT best-selling author Ramit Sethi answers some questions about entrepreneurship, experimentation & failure, how he negotiated a book deal & promoted his book to #1 on Amazon, and tells us about his new I Will Teach You To Be Rich Personal Finance Bootcamp.

After six months of development, I’m finally releasing my personal SEO- and social media-optimized design here at Thrilling Heroics as a free, open-source WordPress theme to help you build your own awesome blog!

Social media heavyweight Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book “Crush It!” will teach you how to make a living with your passion with the new social media tools that are available to all of us. Gary gives us an exclusive video about his unconventional advice for how Gen-Y and the non-profit world can Crush It hard!

A short update from my travels in Laos, upcoming Bangkok events for social good, and a note about Greg Rollet’s new Under 30 Rock Star Business Course. Greg and the guys from Under30CEO will be teaching you how to build a successful online brand starting 1 week from today.

A nice bedtime story about the time Cody got royally effed over by a big-name blogger. Rather than ranting about all the perceived misdeeds I’m stressed out about, I try to distill this experience into some useful lessons on community building and how not to treat your True Fans.

Tony Hsieh has crafted Zappos into a place where company culture and customer service are supreme. He takes his employees out for drinks when it’s time for a company meeting and encourages them to be themselves at work. When you are planning your career, factor in the importance of corporate culture.