Oct 2010
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I’m Starting The Clock on My 15 Minutes of Fame
Here’s a press release we just shared with the world. Oprah, I’m available for interviews. Read More
Here’s a press release we just shared with the world. Oprah, I’m available for interviews. Read More
In the same week that we were celebrating our partnership with PETA (2 million members), we got a really sweet email from a senior center in Baraboo, Wisconsin (210 members). Read More
We continue to focus on schools and we’re meeting some really accomplished people. Read More
Hand in Hand Center is one of our CalendarLink partners and we hope they raise a load of money by selling calendars to their supporters. Read More
One of my friends once said I’m a guy with a passion for improbable causes. In 2001, I started something intended to help teenagers communicate with their parents. Encinitas high school students were assigned to assess the good things in their lives and then write their parents a thank-you note. I did this with my own mom, but much later in life. Read More
By most standards, I’m a successful businessman. I’ve spent nearly 30 years building up Tidelines, and this year we sold 55,000 calendars and 245,000 tide books in 1,100 retail outlets around the world. And now I’m starting CalendarLink.org. Read More
I have a really creative mind. I know this because people call me “quirky.” I try to say “no” to the creativity sometimes, but every now and then, I just have to go with an idea. Read More
Occasional musings from John Conover about some of the people, processes, pains and pleasures of starting a new business.
About:
Hi, I’m John Conover, a longtime So Cal surfer and creator/owner of Tidelines calendars. As I approach the 30th anniversary of Tidelines, I’m starting a new venture called CalendarLink.org, a free fund-raising tool for non-profit groups and charitable organizations. Here are some of the stories of the process, the people, the pains and the pleasures of being the Calendar Guy.
