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Swarms, crowd sourcing, and tiger teams. Oh my.
As we grow our businesses, we inevitably run into problems that seem for a time impossible to overcome. Our development team is stumped with a problem; or the marketing organization cannot come up with a theme for the next campaign; … Continue reading
Hire for your core. Partner for the rest.
There is a major trend shaping up that is worldwide, already identified by hundreds of thousands of startup and small business CEOs. By carefully recognizing and focusing upon the very core of the business, these CEOs are allocating their scarce … Continue reading
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The Virtual Manager: It’s all about your performance.
It is hard to hide incompetence behind appearance or personality when you are a virtual manager. In a virtual environment, people measure you mostly by your actions, and remember only the most recent good work you’ve done for them and … Continue reading
Two most powerful words: “Help me.”
Over the years I have heard many stories from entrepreneurs, students, news reporters, even my children, all telling me that they could not get someone’s attention they wanted or needed until they used the words, “Help me.” The simple request … Continue reading
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Learn the science – practice the art of negotiation.
From the time we learn to manipulate our parents from the crib to the present day, we learn to negotiate to obtain our wants and needs. As we grow, we negotiate constantly with our parents, then with our peers. As … Continue reading
Watch out for the gray areas in non-competes.
What if you are the seller of a previous business or shares amounting to more than an insignificant percentage of a previous business? Certainly the buyer’s asset purchase documents included a non-compete clause, usually valid for two years from … Continue reading
What about previous company non-competes?
Entrepreneurs tend to remain in the business arena they came from. Some are alumni from companies that would be a competitor to the enterprise being created or joined. And some are former selling shareholders of just those businesses. What is … Continue reading
Entrepreneurs: Do it your way.
Yes, this is a takeoff from Frank Sinatra’s song, where he did it his way and got away with it. You’re building a company from your vision and a passion, and lots of people are going to tell you that … Continue reading
There is always a bottleneck. Sometimes it is you.
At many board meetings, I can be counted upon to ask, “Where’s the bottleneck this month?” Senior management is usually prepared with an answer, and a good discussion of resource availability and application follows. Sometimes, the bottleneck is not so … Continue reading
Delegate and empower! Regain control of your time.
All of us are pressed for time, always attempting to balance the overwhelming demands of business with the basic wants and needs of family. In earlier insights, we have examined the need for and care of your corporate vision, and … Continue reading
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