I’m not talking about acai, crush, or consumer scams. This post is about how to avoid the most common form of business failure. The moral of the story- “In God we trust… All others pay cash.” A designer I know is a nice fellow. Great design skills, and great intentions. Yet we paid him $6,000 […]
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We fire a lot of people in our company. I’ve noticed that those who have risked to most to join us are the ones most likely to succeed. Ironic, since you’d think that people who take the “safe” route– work part-time to hold their current job or not move out to Colorado– have less risk.
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It’s 3:42 am on a Saturday morning and I’m almost done with my work. These techniques may or may not work for you, but I’ll share anyway: Don’t go to bed until you’re done: Why? In the morning, you won’t remember. New things will come up. Knowing you must get your work done before sleeping
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We get several unsolicited resumes a day. Most go straight into the round file (the trash). I got one today that was so bad that I just had to blog about it, as it has all the classic no-hire reasons: serves as the interface between executive management and engineering resume has every technology and language
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If you have a tripod, which of the legs is most important? Of course, they are all equally important– if you take any one of them away, the item being supported collapses. The same is true in hiring. Do you want smart folks, trustworthy folks, or hard-working folks? How about hiring an absolute genius who
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How about making a resolution to not make any more resolutions? Seriously, when you example instances of when people fail versus succeed, a few key traits stand out. I’ll explain at the end of the article– but first… I read a study where patients were told by their doctors that if they didn’t stop smoking
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Perhaps a pessimistic title— I’ve had my fair share of failure, so I thought I’d share my understanding of what causes that to happen in companies and projects that I’ve worked on. The main reason? Not starting. Yes, it really is that simple. People have all kinds of reasons why they don’t start— they need
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