I got married April 27, 2013, to my beloved wife Julianna. Whew – what an experience. It’s subtle, being married. I feel a sense of calmness, patience, and internal peace. Sanguine. I feel sanguine. Even though nothing in the business has really changed, my outlook definitely changed. I can tell I’m sleeping better, eating better, [...]
My 1st vacation in 3 years…
I’ve been on vacation for two weeks for the first time starting the company with Dominic, back in 2010. Here’s what I’ve learned. 1.) Being on vacation is BUSY Look, my life was this ”get up, work 12-15 hours, and go to bed. Repeat.” The list of “Things I’m going to do when I get [...]
Be Better, Do Better – and what that really means.
Dom and I have a company that grew 100% last year. This year, we’re looking at it growing around 50%, on the conservative side. This rapid growth is happening in ALL directions – costs, revenue, personnel, space, and presence. It’s tremendous. It’s what any business owner would want to happen. Dom and I are unbelievably [...]
Form a confederacy of colleagues
While in London, I met an interesting character in charge of a LARGE corporation’s digital production division. Quick bio: Developer in his early 20′s, in charge of pivoting a legacy team into new technology, without any support or guidance on how to make a new business model (which was theoretical) work. He’s been doing a [...]
What to do when you hire someone better than yourself….
As one of the founders of a company that is entering it’s 4th year, I’ve had the unanticipated pleasure of attracting talent that is excellent. I mean, the caliber of people are super. Frankly, they’re better at my job than I am at my job. Jeff Stewart from Lenddo passed on some wisdom that I [...]
Products vs Services – another thought to it.
I’ve said it in previous posts, but I do prefer people (service) based business better than product based businesses. I don’t get emotionally invested in design specs, user-experience, or technical functionalities. I could care less about product roll-outs, additional feature plans, marketing/packaging, etc. Personally, I’d rather go out to dinner with a client and have [...]
Hi, it’s been awhile…
Hi Friends, It’s been awhile since last I updated the blog. The reason? Stress. I’m buried under tremendous work from all angles. It’s the trials and tribulations of a small business that is growing quickly. I’ve come to realize a few things… Here’s my personal stance in life, for this generation, for the world we [...]
Kickboxing and the paunchy kid
I’m kickboxing in the mornings and I’m damaged goods. My knuckles are bruised, my thighs are sore, and my knees are skinned. In theory, I’ll start losing my paunch. And I’m the paunchy kid. Kicking/Punching a bag is not as therapeutic as I was led to believe. I don’t channel my stress into the bag; [...]
Pride with Extreme Prejudice
I think there’s too much pride, but not enough to be proud of, in a majority of our daily lives. Pride should be a rare commodity. Being proud should be a spiritual goal. I want to make that word and the emotion one feels from having it to have meaning. To be clear: I’m not [...]
Your business card is crap!
I have just been turned on by the magical character that is Joel Bauer. His business card is dice-cut, embossed, has a pop-up in it, and foil-wrapped. It’s a square so you can’t fit it in your pocket, but it looks like a GREAT coaster (super-thick card stock, so I’m assuming great absorption…) Personally, I [...]
