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September 22, 2020
Years ago I tagged along with my wife Shelley to a business/personal development conference in the mountains of Colorado. I was skeptical at first about taking five days away from my work to attend, but Shelley had been to this conference a couple of […]
September 10, 2020
I recently finished reading Eric Ries’ book The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. Although I am a little late to the game on this book (it was first published in 2011) and the title is almost […]
August 27, 2020
In this article I’ll share a great tool that helps simplify the process of hiring the right people for the right seats in your business, and of evaluating them consistently to make sure they continue to be the right people in the right seats. […]
August 20, 2020
This week I attended the 2nd annual Founders Forum hosted by Planet Hatch in Fredericton. It was so great to be back at an in-person conference (yes, with all public health protocols in place) for the first time in what seems like forever. Founders […]
July 30, 2020
There is a concept I have learned from some mentors over the years called the “Be-Do-Have” mindset. All business owners should keep this concept in mind as they strive to create profit, impact, and joy in their business. In the last article I argued that […]
July 23, 2020
In the last article I wrote about the three most important measures of business success: profit, impact, and joy. Which of the three comes first? If you can only tackle one at a time, where should you start? The answer? It depends. (Did you know […]
July 15, 2020
I believe that the three most important measures of business success are profit, impact, and joy. All businesses should strive to be profitable, to make a positive impact in the world, and to create happiness (joy) for the owners and for all stakeholders of […]
July 7, 2020
Measure What Matters is a great business book by venture capitalist John Doerr. It is about how the disciplined use of objectives and key results (OKRs) has helped companies like Google and Intel excel. (Thank you, SF, for giving me the book!) Doerr brought […]
July 2, 2020
I write often about the four parts of any business, which I call the 4Ps: purpose, planning, people, and processes. Purpose + planning = the strategy of your business, that is, what you’re setting out to do and how you’re going to do it. […]