Posts Tagged ‘management’

Posted on October 14, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Leadership Poem

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So I don’t usually stretch and write poems, but for some reason I was just feeling saucy today. As I sat down to jog up some ideas and write a small post, it just started flowing so i went with it…

Leadership is an art all in of itself
Most lead by example, but the best do it stealth
Know your team’s skills and how they tend to think
This will ensure that there is no weakest link
Pick everyone up when they are down
Hide your emotion, don’t show them your frown
You are the leader, you must hold it together
Be loyal to your team and they will follow forever

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Posted on October 1, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Where to have a meeting

I had a meeting at Starbucks the other day (one of many that have been had there) and I started to think if the places I am meeting at have an effect on the outcome of the meeting itself. Now there have been many things written on this, studies done and tape sets made, but if you are reading this then you are here to get my opinion anyway…so here it is:

If you think it will break the meeting it will. If you go with it, then it probably won’t.

A few things this depends on…

• How comfortable you are in public situations?
• Can you control the meeting with outside distractions?
• Is there enough room for everyone you are with? (big issue in NYC public places)
• Will there be any note taking or paper signing?
• How long will the meeting be?

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Posted on September 10, 2008 - by Jeffrey

If I Could Be Like Mark…

Like Mark, if I could be like Mark… Mark Cuban is the man, I was watching him speak late last night on the techcrunch50 and he is as real as they come. I love when people in business say it how it is and talk about working and playing hard. at one point he says:

I never thought about it as work

He talks about how you have to enjoy life and play it how you want too, your rules. Times when he was broke or getting ripped off. All characteristics of someone who has been in the trenches and learned what it takes to win.

When he got ripped off from an employee for over $80,000 he just said, “time to dig in”. That’s the game we play, can YOU bounce back?

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Posted on September 1, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Can You Take Being in the Spotlight?

Let’s face it… If you are going to do anything in business that ends up being big you’re probably going to get thrown in the spotlight from time to time. Being in the spotlight can take shape in many forms and some will be easier than others. I have been in the spotlight a few times in small business environments and as I am getting older and more successful, these moments are coming more frequently and are bigger.

Everyone wants to be the Guy behind the Guy

In almost every business venture I embark on I always end up being one of the main faces of the company. Why? It’s not because I am smarter per say… It’s just that I am willing to face the heat so to speak. Being the face of a company or project is an important element in business relationships and necessary to satisfy the overall flow. If you can’t take people threatening you with lawsuits and other claims on how they will ruin your life on a regular basis than this may not be for you. Don’t take that last sentence lightly, it will happen more and more depending on how much you play the game.

Business is Dirty

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Posted on July 10, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Regaining your Momentum

Commonly referred to as “Reclaiming the fire”, it is a point we all reach as entrepreneurs where we feel a little stalled. Maybe something you have been working on for a while seems to be dragging on with pointless meetings, or maybe you just read how a potential client of yours just closed a deal with your pseudo competitor on techcrunch..

Whatever that reason may be, it can feel like your going nowhere and loosing ground. This is probably where most people get pressured to go back to (or start) work at a 9 to 5 job living in one of those awesome cubicles. My opinion is that this is the best time to relax and do a lot of thinking, when you don’t know what to do, sometimes the best thing is to just stay still and observe your surroundings.

Even if you have always been that go-getter and never take a minute to rest, maybe this is a good time. I recently had a point where I was feeling stalled. I had just sold my business and took a big cut in my income in exchange for time to do bigger and better things. I figure that if I can make one successful company and then another thereafter, I am a true entrepreneur. If I can’t make another company work, then maybe the first one was just a fluke. Is this being a little hard on myself? Maybe..

Soon after selling my business I started to feel a little stalled. I don’t know if it was the lack of income or not gaining enough momentum on other projects, but it happened. It is very evident that I am in this phase because I always start resorting to the same situations in my head. (more…)

Posted on June 4, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Jack of All Trades, Master of None?

This statement used to make sense to me, but lately I feel it only applies to certain parts of life and business. The basic idea (if it wasn’t obvious) is that if you spend your time trying to learn everything, you will be moderately good at most of the things..but never a master of one of them. I have a different approach to this. My feeling is that if you have a reasonably high IQ and pretty good street smarts, you can be a master of three (3), not just one. Say master one thing, then expand to a new subject while concentrating on the other still, then eventually incorporating a third.

Managing it All

This isn’t an easy process and concentrating on up to three projects at once can get a little “hairy”, but if you are a die hard capitalist then this will probably fit right into your current schedule. I have to stress that when I am working on three (projects, ideas, companies) things at once I usually don’t even think of doing anything else. I may come across a niche idea and do an hour or two of research on it, but it will take a lot of compelling information to make me drop something I am currently working on.

Choosing Your Three “things”

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