Lately, I have been working on my companies overall development schedules. This exercise is to get ready for our upcoming funding round, which we hope to close May 15 th. Trying to fit all of the pieces together is turning out to be a chore. A lot depends on how much money we end … [Read more...]
Banking Crisis
Wells Fargo announced that they will have record profits this quarter due to better and expected earnings from the Wachovia acquisition. This is the same bank that hand significant declines in revenue but was still profitable only a year ago. It's amazing that they can bounce … [Read more...]
Focus On The Product
A lot of people I counsel at SCORE lack focus. For some reason, they tend to make whatever they want to do, more complicated than it needs to be. Focusing on your core product or service is far better than the shot gun approach of doing everything. Focus is an important aspect of … [Read more...]
Public Speaking Skills
It has been said that most, people hate to speak in public. Rarely do you find someone who is good at it. Our last community meeting was no exception. The speakers tended to drag on about seemingly random thoughts. It was bordering on torture to listen too. This is an all too … [Read more...]
Some People You Just Can’t Reach
I often wonder when you should just give up trying to convince someone that your point of view is correct. The case that I am interested in is when the facts are so overwhelming that to not agree is just being stubborn. I know some people enjoy the debate of even an obvious idea … [Read more...]
