1. Is this going to make me happier? Make sure this is what you want, not just what you think you want or a way to escape your current job. Many people suffer silently in their job, but before you go out to be your own boss, you have to believe you are going to…
Initiating a project, a blog, a business, an article, even a unique family journey. Initiating something particularly when you are not putatively in charge. We avoid these acts because we have been trained to avoid them. At the same time, almost all people believe they are capable of editing, giving feedback, or merely criticising. The…
...then having a tool isn't much of an advantage. The old economy, the economy of scarcity, depended in part on the advantages that came with owning tools others didn't own. Time for a new advantage. It might be your network, the connections that trust you. And it might be your expertise. But most of all,…
The hard stuff is measurable, quantifiable and easy to put into a spreadsheet. This concrete stuff gives you an easy way to demand a bonus or track progress. The soft stuff is merely essential, the real reason you do what you do. Ironically, then, hard is easy and soft is difficult. According to Seth Godin:…
Do you have a business challenge/problem? - Are you an entrepreneur? - Do you often find running your business a lonely journey? - Do you want to grow your business but don’t know how or where to start? - Do you need advice, mentorship, coaching from experienced entrepreneurs and professional? - Are you experiencing a…
All true entrepreneurs operate off a set of tenets that are built into their psyche, or drilled into them from training and mentors. These are represented by sayings like “You never get anywhere unless you take a chance” and “Passion and persistence is the key to success.” Unfortunately, there are still other old, reliable tenets…
- Banks should close at 3pm - Books should be 200 pages long - CEO should go to university - You should wait until you are older and more experienced before you start your first business - Board of Directors should be old and senior executives - You should get a secured job after your…
All innovation, as we have seen, brings something new into the world, but that newness cannot remain, or there would be no room for more innovation. Newness fades. New cars come with new technology, but after a while that new technology fades and has to make way for new improved technology. It’s new for now. That’s…
The definition of a revolution: it destroys the perfect and enables the impossible. The music business was perfect. Radio, record label companies, music stores, limited access to recording studios, the replaceable nature of the LP, the baby boomers... it all added up to a business that seemed perfect, one that could run for ever and…
By their nature, dreams are evanescent. They flicker long before they shine brightly. And when they’re flickering, it’s not particularly difficult for a parent or a teacher or peers to snuff them out. Creating dreams is more difficult. They’re often related to where we grow up, who our parents are, and whether or not the…
A number of successful businesses were started in partnerships, Microsoft [Bill Gates and Paul Allen], Apple [the two Steves: Jobs and Wozniak], Mugg and Bean, Deloitte and Touche, Harley Davidson, Google etc. Partnerships/alliances have multiple advantages: range of different skills when brought together in one business can have exponential growth in the business, the 1+1=11…
