Want to go from the beginning to the end of a project more efficiently? Make sure your team understands what success should look like. If you run a project-based business like mine , you know that there are any number of things that can get between you and the successful end of the project: budget, bureaucracy, poor team dynamics, just to name a few
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Want to go from the beginning to the end of a project more efficiently?
Read More »6 Ways to Measure the Success of Any Project
Want to go from the beginning to the end of a project more efficiently? Make sure your team understands what success should look like. If you run a project-based business like mine , you know that there are any number of things that can get between you and the successful end of the project: budget, bureaucracy, poor team dynamics, just to name a few.
Read More »Why You Want Customers to Complain
If you're looking to improve your own team's skills, you need to ask your clients for ways you can improve.
Read More »All-Hands Meetings: Friend or Foe?
The last thing we need are more meetings, but having a company-wide gathering will allow you to make sure that everyone is marching toward the same goals. I admit it, all-hands meetings are a tough one, especially if you’ve got a larger small business. At my company, VerticalResponse , we were once split between two floors in a building and didn’t have the luxury of space to get everyone together
Read More »8 Reasons To Choose A Startup Over A Corporate Job
Sure, a corporate gig might (initially) pay more than a startup and come with cushy benefits, but there are real, career-defining reasons to heed the siren song of a startup.
Read More »Is Your Workspace Killing You?
Research shows the typical office design is pretty bad for your health. Here are a few tips for creating a healthy space for you and your employees.
Read More »Think Your Business Is Big Enough? Think Again
We struggle every day with the ever-present need to get bigger, then get bigger again, in order to meet our objectives and create a sustainable business.
Read More »How to Lead Without Being There
Growth-oriented leaders make their intent clear and then let the team on the ground make the decisions. Here's how that can work at your company. At some point, every entrepreneur faces a moment of truth: Your company can’t grow if you insist on being present at every important encounter and the “decider” on every decision
Read More »Peyton Manning’s Lessons In Career Strategy
This week, the Indianapolis Colts released four-time MVP quarterback Peyton Manning to look for work with another NFL team.
Read More »Is Your Whole Team in Sync?
Once your start-up grows to more than 10 people, it's hard to maintain a sense of organizational focus. Here's how we did it at IndieGoGo.
Read More »17 Dumb Ways to Mismanage Your Sales Team
Business owners sometimes make these common revenue-killing mistakes.
Read More »Landing a Huge — Wrong — Customer
The effects of a wrong-headed sales strategy, and what to do differently.
Read More »Build Chemistry in Your Leadership Team
Sometimes, being a CEO is a lot like being a major-league coach. That means you need the right mix of playmakers in your locker room. Here's how I do it.
Read More »Social Change Through Social Media: Kip Solutions
By helping organizations trumpet the world's most pressing causes through social media, three college students give back exponentially. With the overwhelming influence social media has on daily life, people are constantly bombarded by tweets and status updates. In the last few years, the use of social media has risen exponentially around the world, creating new communities and outlets for communication—something Patrick Ip, Sonia Chokshi and Kavya Shankar decided was an opportunity to trigger social change.
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