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September 27, 2019
Losing Effective Control of Your Firm
Regardless of the circumstances surrounding your firm’s birth, you were drawn to the promise of more control over your business life. You might have been tired of all the effort […]
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: Losing Effective Control of Your Firm
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July 9, 2019
Success Is Not a Straight Line for Creative Entrepreneurs
I think some people read these weekly insight pieces primarily because they feel like someone understands them. We all want to belong to something, which usually requires that we also […]
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: Success Is Not a Straight Line for Creative Entrepreneurs
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May 30, 2019
Entrepreneurs "Undertake" Things in Small Steps
Most of my work life has consisted of many small steps toward an elusive goal. I’m on a greyhound race track and I know I’ll never catch the mechanical rabbit, […]
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: Entrepreneurs “Undertake” Things in Small Steps
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April 11, 2019
What the Present Future Holds
A lot of things have changed in our field, but I’ve never been more optimistic about our future as an industry. Success is here for the taking, my friends. Let’s […]
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: What the Present Future Holds
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April 4, 2019
Masking Rot Just Under the Surface of Your Creative Enterprise
I set my vibrating Apple Watch to go off at 5:00a today. That’s when the local landfill opens, and I wanted to get there before all the huge trucks line […]
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: Masking Rot Just Under the Surface of Your Creative Enterprise
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March 20, 2019
Are You the Kid...or the Adult...in the Boxed Cereal Aisle?
If your young daughter is screaming in the boxed cereal aisle, maybe you can defer the whining until you get to the checkout line in 11 minutes, but good luck […]
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: Are You the Kid…or the Adult…in the Boxed Cereal Aisle?
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March 7, 2019
Transitioning Prospect from Sales Person to Account Manager
The transition from new biz to account management is critical. I’ll explain how and when it should happen and then highlight the three problems you’ll have if it’s not managed […]
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: Transitioning Prospect from Sales Person to Account Manager
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February 22, 2019
How Frequently Should I Publish These Insight Pieces?
I’ve been writing you 2x/week as an experiment. Now I’d like your help in designing the frequency of these emails. Please help me decide how often to send these out: […]
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: How Frequently Should I Publish These Insight Pieces?
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February 12, 2019
Benchmark: Unburdened Compensation Load
Today’s post begins a multi-part series. From time to time I’ll publish a single benchmark that might be useful to you. My work life is focused on helping entrepreneurial experts […]
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: Benchmark: Unburdened Compensation Load
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January 29, 2019
Balancing Money, Impact, Culture, and Enjoying Your Work
When I get a chance to be interviewed, many of these fine folks want to talk about this concept I’ve written about around the notion of whether or not we […]
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: Balancing Money, Impact, Culture, and Enjoying Your Work
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January 25, 2019
Are You A Real Entrepreneur...Or A Franchisee?
This question could be a little offensive, but hear me out. As I’ve tried to picture in the graphic, a franchise entrepreneur operates on a prescribed track. Everything is fairly […]
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: Are You A Real Entrepreneur…Or A Franchisee?
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January 22, 2019
Top Ten Qualities of the Best Project Managers
One of the first things I noticed when I began advising this field in 1994 was the bad rap that project managers had. There was a common refrain that Tony […]
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: Top Ten Qualities of the Best Project Managers
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