Companies do not value you as much as you may think
You’re more than a number to the top dogs of an organization, but not much more, sadly. Continue Reading
Revenue
Man, this CEO pledge is some trite bullshit, eh?
Making money — lots of money — is the closest thing most of these guys have to relevance and, honestly, fun. Think a pledge will stop that? LOL. Continue Reading
“Time is money” stresses the hell out of human beings
One of the ultimate bad manager go-to moves is destroying your brain chemistry too. Continue Reading
Dealing with taxes as a freelance writer
Worth hitting this target for a second. Continue Reading
Lead generation was killed by … itself
“We put 2K leads into the pipeline last month!” yelps a middle manager. He neglects to mention that 108 of those people are, in fact, deceased. Continue Reading
A data-backed argument for business failure
Business failure: everyone runs from it and no one wants to be associated with it. But maybe that’s the wrong attitude. Here’s a recent article from Wall Street Journal on the most successful stocks of the past 30 years; Harvard Business Review then invited one of… Continue Reading
How about relationships before revenue?
I’ve worked a lot of different places, and had a lot of different bosses, and observed a lot of different senior management teams (and been friends with quite a few), and most of them focus on revenue (and/or growth) first and foremost. This… Continue Reading
Don’t buy all the hype on Paul Tudor Jones
Start by watching the above. I did last night. I was actually pretty impressed. Paul Tudor Jones is worth about $4 billion, give or take (him personally). He’s at TED basically saying, “You know what? Capitalism has been great to… Continue Reading