How to know which customers aren’t worth it
At some point in your career you’ve probably found yourself spending countless company resources to please a customer that could not be pleased. The way you measure a customer’s true value to your business is to grade them.
Assume you’ll be pitching to sophisticated investors
With so many types of angel investors, how can a founder ever determine how to prepare for such a motley group of prospects? The answer is to always assume that at some point, you will end up pitching your opportunity to sophisticated investors, and therefore, prepare for it.
Useful feedback that improves company performance
As leaders, do we understand what makes feedback more or less effective in the workplace? Are there active ingredients that make a difference? The answer is yes.
It’s not always about something new, just better
Reimagining the obsolete to make it useful again is something we can all do more of in our organizations.
A trio of historic rock venues for the books
A trio of historic rock music venues: Leo’s Casino, the Agora, Swingos Celebrity Inn
Handling helicopter founders in a family business
Just as parents have trouble letting go of their grown children, founders of a family business often have trouble relinquishing control and taking their hand off the steering wheel of the business. Helicopter parents turn into helicopter founders.
Dublin, Ohio: Where Irish is an attitude
St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner, but in Dublin, Irish is an attitude that lasts the whole year. From food and authentic Irish products to events through the year, there’s a reason why the city, which knows how to pay homage to its namesake, hosts 2.6 million visitors annually.
The way we get things done at work is changing at a rapid pace
What an increasingly mobile world means for you
How leadership and technology relate to each other in 2015
This year Starbucks appointed a new CEO. What’s newsworthy about that? He is a technology industry veteran with 16 years at Microsoft. His appointment is a bellwether of what has happened in business over the past decade: Technology is a factor in determining your company’s success.In today’s world, technology is no longer peripheral to your […]
Three tips to help you construct a strong team that can get things done
Why don’t need A+ talent in every role to succeed