Improving Company Focus with Rocks

Have you ever had a week where you look back on Friday, and you just can’t remember what you’ve done all week? Sure, you’ve been busy, but somehow you don’t…

How to delegate responsibly

So you’ve decided to delegate some of your responsibilities. Great! I’d love to tell you that this is the end of your issues, but that really isn’t the case. HOW…

Delegate or Die – Where to Start

Entrepreneurs often spend their time doing a million and one things that happened to end up on their plate. You’ve done it before, you know how you want it done,…

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Five Common Strategy Mistakes

Michael Porter is generally considered to be one of the foremost experts on the topic of strategy. In an interview in Joan Magretta’s book Understanding Michael Porter, he touches on…

Navigating the Founder’s Dilemma

If you started your own company, there’s a good chance you did so for two reasons: you wanted to build something of your own, and potentially make a lot of…

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Why And How To Use A Company Scorecard

When your company is just starting out, there’s a good chance you’re acutely aware of most of the things going on inside of it. The team is still small, and…

Annual Review 2021

2021 has been a year of small steps. One page at a time, I’ve read more books than I have in any year I can remember. Week after week, I’ve…

My favorite things of 2021

Another year has come and gone, and I’ve compiled another list of the some of the books, articles, movies, games and songs that meant the most to me this year.…

Mental Model: Product/Distribution

Running a business is hard. In order to understand what’s going on and make effective decisions, you have to be able to wear many different hats, and take into account…