Originally published on ViralThinking.com, December 23rd, 2008 Nearing the end of 2008, happily self employed, considering expanding my business and plotting new ideas for the year ahead, I find myself reflecting on the journey behind me and start to see the bright side of failure. When I started what could probably be marked as my second business some four and a half years ago, I never thought that it would lead me to where I …
Leading Your Team
Originally published on Oct. 16th, 2009 for ViralThinking.com Employees want to help. One thing that couldn’t have been more apparent in my experience as a manager is that employees inherently want to do better. They want to be a part of a team working towards a common goal. Accomplish a project and acommplish in a better manner than it has been done in the past. While you may not believe it they often time have …
Comments, Take The Good With The Ugly
Originally published at ViralThinking.com on June 02, 2009. Eventually it is going to happen, you are going to receive a comment that doesn’t necessarily fall into the category of a good review. So what do you do with it once it’s there? I think there are a lot of us out there that would react by hitting the delete key without a moments hesitation. But, is this always your best bet? Personally I think you …
Startup Mistake: Pairing your business with the wrong vendors.
Originally published Oct. 13th, 2009 on ViralThinking.com In the early stages of starting a business, no matter what that business may be, you are going to be looking for vendors. It may be manufacturers of products, services to assist your business, software providers etc. Whatever the case may be, you are (I hope) looking for assistance in starting your business, don’t burn yourself out by trying to do it all. That being said it is …
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