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Category Archives: Boss
When I started this business my goal was to make $100,000 a year which was the average college dropout salary in Silicon Valley at the time. I never quite expected the company to grow to what it has become and … Continue reading
The easiest thing you’ll ever do in your business life is hire tons of ineffective employees. It’s easier than coming up with blog post titles that have nothing to do with the content of the post! So I’ll keep it … Continue reading
The performance of ExchangeDefender and Shockey Monkey have been a fascination for many of my friends and partners and to be honest I’m the one that’s least surprised by it: which is why I’m always shocked when people ask me … Continue reading
In the few spare minutes a day I get to think about something other than work I like to think about all the business ideas I could pursue if I wasn’t successful. One of them would be a “realist” calendar … Continue reading
As noted last week, over the next few days I will share some background behind what happened between the release of SM2 (January ‘12) and SM3 which will come out in a few days. Please tune in to the webinar, … Continue reading
My role and my responsibilities at Own Web Now, ExchangeDefender, Shockey Monkey, Looks Cloudy and virtually every single thing my little empire touches and does.. will be changing at the end of the year. Going forward, as the CEO, I … Continue reading
Work sucks.. but someone has to do it. The more you care about something, the harder you will have to work. As I mentioned last night on my Facebook: Problem with a lot of good advice is that someone still … Continue reading
Pretty much the only downside to running a business is the sense of responsibility you have to your staff and to your clients. It sucks to fail because when we fail it’s not just something we get to deal with … Continue reading
Building successful partnerships hinges on work done on both sides of the vendor/VAR river. If you ever wonder how some people seem to love working with companies that may have left you with a bad taste, it’s probably because some … Continue reading
Employees spend so much time dealing with the “feedback” (or “blowback”) from their managers that they rarely consider the fact that both sides manage the relationship. This is true in business to business environment between vendors and clients just as … Continue reading