5 Things I’m Thankful For in 2013
There’s plenty to be grateful, but I’ll just hit the top 10 #5 – Married to someone who works out. I seriously would be an horrible shape were it not for Julie. My wife works out 4-5x a week, and is an inspiration to keep in good health and shape. If it weren’t for her, […]
We got some work to do…
Heard a great quote today. Bill Withers “I’m doing the best I can, to improve my lineage and my species. So I got some responsibilities…” That’s a 75 year old blue legend, saying he still owes the world and himself more, after a lifetime of greatness. If you don’t know Bill Withers, please feel free […]
The Heart and Soul of a Company
I recently came back from an all too infrequent trip to the West Coast. Folks, if you’re in America, and you’re in Tech, and you live anywhere other than the West Coast, go to the West Coast more often. I don’t buy into a lot of the hype of Silicon Valley/Redwood/LA, but I do think […]
Know when you’re ready to manage…
KNOWING WHEN YOU ARE READY TO MANAGE. I find this is a deep problem in the start-up community. But before we talk about management of employees, let’s talk about the operations of a business. It’s my belief that that #1 operational goal of a company is to create stability and reliability in its processes and […]
Got Married!
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 […]