Coolness Sighting. . .well, kind of . . .

noreply@blogger.com (Ayo D) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:37:00 +0000

Coolness = doing something that nobody else is doing.

Coolness = wearing natural hair when society/culture promotes something else as "beautiful".

There are some cities that encourage natural hair stlyes. . .however, I dont think TX. is one of them. So Big Ups to these fabulous BEAUTIFUL ladies (and all others out there) for being you and reppin' coolness!

It's about time!

noreply@blogger.com (Ayo D) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:20:00 +0000

My first blog. . .whooohoo for me! I never thought that I would ever join one of these things. . but I've finally been motivated!

I've been motivated by this thing called "coolness".

So how did this all start you ask?
Well, I'm in my final quarter of my MBA program and I'm taking a Brand Culture class. This week, our topic of discussion was branding and coolness. And of course with any marketing class, you're reading tons and tons of articles relating to the topic at hand.

**Side note - after this weeks class, I even considered getting my PhD in Business Administartion - might want to do some research in this area - but will have to get back to you on that.**

When I refer to coolness, I'm using a pretty simple definition: Doing something that nobody else is doing.

Eventually, everyone catches on to this coolness thing and when that happens, that which was cool is no longer cool.

Therefore - coolness is short lived and there are a limited amount of cool people.

If you've ever taken a marketing class than you're probably familiar with the following terms:
Innovators - the adventurous ones
Early Adopters - the slightyl larger group that follows the innovators
Early Majority and Late Majority - the deliberate and skeptical masses who don't try anything until the risk factor has been eliminated
Laggards - someone who takes more time than necessary to accept an idea

Coolness comes from the Innovators who also represent a very small percentage of the population.

With all of this being said, I have decided to pursue a new side hustle. I am now a certified coolhunter. :)

Coolhunting is a collectionof spontaneous observations and predictions that differ from one moment to the next and one coolhunter to the next.

Unfortunately I'm not a 24 x 7 jet-setter (at least not yet), so at this time, my coolhunting will be limited to my immediate surroundings.

So come back periodically and see what kind of coolness is out there!