Time Bandits
- March 18, 2019
Where does the day go? The time bandits steal them. No, not the ones from the 1981 Terry Gilliam film (a personal fave), where a young boy joins a band of time-travelling dwarves looking for…
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April 20, 2016
When we’re growing our business, friends can serve as a great source of referrals. They know us well, trust us, and have no hesitation about recommending us to others. But what happens when a friend makes a referral . . . and the referral is the friend herself? The dynamics of your friendship can change radically, and often not for the better. [I know — I’ve “been there, done that,” and got the tatters of a couple of friendships to show for it] Here are some inside secrets to making sure that both your business and your personal relationship with this friend stay happy and healthy: Set business expectations. One of the reasons that having friends as clients becomes a disaster is that friends may expect you to handle their work the same way as you handle their friendship. Let’s say that “Janine” is used to your dropping everything to help her in a crisis. She may get upset when you don’t handle her web design project with the same urgency (even if it’s really…
Continue ReadingWhere does the day go? The time bandits steal them. No, not the ones from the 1981 Terry Gilliam film (a personal fave), where a young boy joins a band of time-travelling dwarves looking for…
Read MoreThis tragic story of insufficient planning is just another example from the Department of Not-Beginning-With-The-End-In-Mind. So many entrepreneurs get all “over the moon” about getting launched and off the ground that they ignore thoughts about…
Read MoreIt’s zero five hundred. I’m waiting for a prearranged taxi to chauffeur me to Command Naval Surface Forces Headquarters on Coronado Island, near San Diego. No, I’m not in trouble; just part of the U.S.…
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