Reading Time: < 1 min When I was reading Josh Kaufman’s “The Personal MBA“, he shared this interesting viewpoint about our calendars from Paul Graham. He said: Paul Graham, a venture capitalist, programmer, and essayist, calls this batching strategy “Maker’s Schedule/Manager’s Schedule.” If you’re trying to create something, the worst thing you can possibly do is to try to fit […]
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But how will we track it?
Reading Time: < 1 min I recently saw a popular post on LinkedIn that said “To kill a great marketing idea in six words or less, just ask ‘how will we track it?’“ Initially, it sounds like a valid thought. If you can’t track it, why do it? Tracking can be quite important, and we track all that we can, […]
It doesn’t matter what you think your customers “should” care about
Reading Time: < 1 min Last month I shared a bit about how I feel the web should be these days. As I pointed out in that post, my “should” is irrelevant. I can push toward that better web to a degree, and I’ll continue to, but I also need to spend most of my time dealing with the web […]
Your experience is someone else’s benefit
Reading Time: < 1 min Many of the best businesses in the world were formed to solve a specific problem that the founder had, and then they simply worked to help others solve the the same problem. I still love the quote from Rory Vaden that I shared a few years ago when he said “You’re most powerfully positioned to […]
Strategy lasts longer than tactics
Reading Time: < 1 min In recently reading Alex M H Smith’s “No Bullsh*t Strategy” he shared some interesting thoughts on strategies versus marketing tactics. In essence, his approach is that strategies should be something you set once and run for years, while the specific tactics may change quite often. Specifically, he says: “What you need to get comfortable with […]
Don’t ignore the shady marketers
Reading Time: 2 min I was hanging out with a friend a few weeks ago when they got an unknown call on their cell phone. With a few minutes of free time, I encouraged them to answer it to see what happened. It was a local lawyer that had seen a public record of them being in a recent […]
We think that’s stupid
Reading Time: < 1 min Recently the “Art of Investing” podcast had the guys from the “Acquired” podcast on their show to discuss how Acquired has grown to be what it is (roughly 300,000 downloads per episode). There were a lot of great moments in the show, but one that stood out was when Ben and David were talking about […]
The virtuous cycle of enlightened hospitality
Reading Time: < 1 min Danny Meyer (who I mentioned a few days ago) has a philosophy about who everyone at his restaurants should be focused on. He calls this this the “virtuous cycle of enlightened hospitality”, and it goes in this very specific order. As he shares during a podcast with Adam Grant, this isn’t intended to leave the […]
What can we do to get out of your way?
Reading Time: < 1 min I’ve shared a bit about Danny Meyer (founder of Shake Shack, among other restaurants) before, as he has some amazing insights on leadership. In a recent podcast with Adam Grant, he shared a few more gems. One in particular was a quote about hiring. Danny believes in hiring great people and then allowing them to […]
Never manage people who don’t need to be managed
Reading Time: < 1 min I often see posts on Reddit that follow a similar path: While I certainly appreciate that processes exist for a reason and there are times to square things back up, when people are working hard to get things done it’s often best to stay out of their way. Ideally, employees should be lead, not managed. […]