Any time we add speed and flexibility there is a simultaneous introduction of new fragility. When we think we’re safe do to all our advancements, it’s helpful to keep this in mind.
Technology, Data, and Organizational Growth
The Blog
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Leaving your bad taste doesn’t help others
A few businesses ago I had an interaction with someone who was new to an organization. They had joined to replace another person that exited (who I also happened to know). One of the things that came up in the conversation was a specific vendor. In this instance I happened to also know the vendor and
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Make Vendors Partners, For Your Sake
How do you communicate with your vendors?
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A few years ago I had a new account manager from a vendor call me. Initially he called because he didn’t have my email address. SMH. How do you not have my email address in your system? I didn’t want to give him the time of day. Especially after that. At one point I told him “If you guys didn’t have the best product on the market for this, I would have kicked you to the curb a long time ago.”
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Learn DNS. It’ll help you.
I try to avoid technical posts these days in lui of financial posts. Not because I don’t understand the tech. Honestly, it’s because I understand it to the point of boredom, cash flow and financials are much more
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Humanlike Beings
I rewatched the video demo of the Figure robot the other day that prompted a thought. The question that arose was less about robots but rather the
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Good Counsel
“For Lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.” -Proverbs 11:14
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I wrote something a few weeks ago and at the -
Assets – Private, Public, and Otherwise
Let’s talk about private equity for a minute. Full disclosure, i’m not an accredited investor. Still, through a myriad of circumstances I’ve been able to hold private assets with other parties as a Limited Partner. There are some times that being an LP or telling someone you’re an LP sounds good. Reality wise, it’s
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Financial Measures and Levers
There are two primary levers that you have in your life for financial measures.
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1) Income
2) Expense
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Vehicles for Growth
Everyone has a wall they hit with growth. The question is what to do once you get there? I’ve found these tools help me a ton as I look for ways to grow.
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High Performers and Self-Feeding
I had a conversation about growth with one of my staff the other day about the fact that he is incredibly smart, talented, and hardworking. That sounds like a good thing and in a vacuum it is. Here’s the thing though, he has currently refused
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