Celebrating 10 Years: A Decade of Upright Position Communications Ten years ago, I had a modest, but (what I thought would be an) achievable goal: Create a small boutique PR firm in the Bay Area that focused on travel and tourism. So that part of Upright’s history...
Upright CEO Paul Wilke pulled some thoughts and advice together on the recent United Airlines crisis, highlighting what all companies can do in times of trouble. Read it...
Sometimes we’re our own worst enemies. Ryan Lochte managed to prove that single-handedly earlier this week in Rio, when he combined bad boy behavior with tall tales and a very questionable approach of being forth-coming with the media. For nearly three days, the...
Activision Blizzard made a bold acquisition in purchasing King Digital Entertainment for $5.9 billion. A leading video game company buying the maker of a groundbreaking game like Candy Crush is significant news. As we know, big news gets lots of media coverage. I was...
On August 24, 2014 at 3:20am, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Napa, California and the surrounding area. This was the largest earthquake to hit the SF bay area since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. As the middle of the night turned into day, those of us in the area...
