Josh Kaufman

This site is a personal collection of quotes, essays, photographs, and links to interesting reading on the web. I maintain this site in my spare time, whenever I come across something I think is worth saving and sharing. I hope you find it useful.

My Story:

I’m an avid reader, synthesist, and a student of many subjects. A graduate of New London High School in New London, Ohio, I attended the University of Cincinnati for my undergraduate work and received a BBA in Business Information Systems with minors in commercial real estate and philosophy. (Kind of a random DIY liberal arts degree.)

While attending UC, I landed my first job as a co-op student with Procter & Gamble, working on a brand new interactive marketing program. After graduation, I started working for P&G full-time in brand marketing. I worked on Mr. Clean, Swiffer, Dawn, and Cascade. I learned a lot about creating and launching new products, but marketing ultimately wasn’t for me - I missed online technology too much. At present, my job is figuring out how P&G can best use online media in a way that actually makes sense.

I spent the summer after graduation working on the Personal MBA, an entrepreneurial approach to business education. The idea took off, and ultimately was featured in BusinessWeek, which is pretty cool. The PMBA was recently updated in August of 2007 and currently has a blog and an active forum, so please drop by and join the discussions if you’re in the mood to talk business and books.

I’m constantly involved in several personal projects… I like to keep busy and learn by doing. If you subscribe to my RSS feed, you’ll find out about them as soon as they go live.

My wife, Kelsey, and I currently live on the Upper East Side of New York City. If you’re ever in the area, please let me know and I’d be happy to show you around!

Inside My Bald Head: About My Personality and Strengths

• My Genius: “Grasping the Essence”
• PersonalDNA Profile: Respectful Inventor
• MBTI Profile: INTP
• My Strengths: Learner, Intellection, Ideation, Strategic, Maximizer

Personal Accomplishments:

• BBA from the University of Cincinnati College of Business; specialization in Business Information Systems, Real Estate, and Philosophy
• Cincinnatus Scholar, University of Cincinnati
• Norman R. Baker Family Scholar, Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Program, University of Cincinnati College of Business
• All-American Attorney (2000 & 2004), American Mock Trial Association
• Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor (Order of the Arrow), Boy Scouts of America
• Creator of the Personal MBA, a method of teaching yourself advanced business principles, which was featured in featured in BusinessWeek in April of 2006.