Many innovators stress that invention is a spark of inspiration followed by long hours of perspiration. Along with perspiration comes the point at which your great new innovation saturates your ability to move forward. For marathon runners, this is hitting the wall. The point at … [Read more...]
Founders Agreement
Alright, you decided to start a business. That's wonderful. You and your best friend, co-worker, Internet buddy or whoever are going to give entrepreneurship a shot. Before you venture off into the wilds of business, you need to figure out what the deal is between you and your … [Read more...]
Three Not So Easy Pieces
Starting a business can be a risky undertaking. They can be full of missteps, starts and stops and disappointments. To ensure that you start off on the right footing, there are three documents that will create your ventures foundation. Without them, it will be hard to be … [Read more...]
The Project Trinity
Projects are multi-dimensional. These dimensions push and pull on each other till the eventually, the project gets done. The trade-offs between features, schedule and budget are always present. Being aggressive on one or two leads to compensation by the third. Being aggressive on … [Read more...]
Paying For Your Time
Over at Words That Work, David Silverman proposes getting paid for your time. He postulates that all of those ridiculous meetings everyone has to attend (like HR training or IT updates), should have a dollar value attached to them. Specifically, we should all get paid for … [Read more...]
