As an entrepreneur, don’t be overly impressed with complexity and flash; rather, be impressed by simplification. Consultants tend to make simple concepts complicated – that’s…
You must plan in the real world, with facts, not fiction. In other words, don’t plan “in a vacuum”. I can’t tell you the frequency…
You must break down everything you do, no matter how complex it is, into bite-size, manageable chunks. With all the tasks you have to manage…
Bureaucracy is the “anti-entrepreneur”. Avoid bureaucracy like the plague, in your company for sure, but also in the people and other companies with which you…
Technology is important, but it is not sufficient for a business to succeed. Some businesses hardly use technology at all – in the long run,…
Control your data and manage it well. Many entrepreneurs manage from their gut, which works well for them, particularly when their enterprise is small. In…
As proud, ego-driven perfectionists, many entrepreneurs are loath to make mistakes – or certainly to admit having made them. In my observation and experience, this…
Why reinvent the wheel? You hear this all the time, but do you heed this advice? There’s almost no good reason to do something from…
One common mistake that entrepreneurs make when planning for their business, is assuming that they will be able to perform better (usually in a whole…
Ideas are a dime a dozen. Good and great ideas are a bit harder to come by, but they are out there. What there seems…
