Entrepreneurship

My business coach Michael Smith of iMentorLeaders.com says, “Anger and frustration come from unmet expectations.” It’s solid truth to know as you start or grow a business. Ever since I heard that truth and as I’ve gotten angry or frustrated with something in our business (or heck, my personal life for that matter), I’ve thought…

She’s the object of your obsession. You’ve always wanted to date her. Like since middle school. But you must be committed to her though. She’s demands it because she’s hot, remember?! She’s emotionally unstable and insecure. You must give her all the emotional energy and time you have and then some more. Even when you…

For the past two nights I’ve woken up at 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. respectively with ideas and issues I need to get done with our four-year-old startup at iThemes. I thought after the first couple of years this bad habit would stop, but it hasn’t. I still feel compelled to make sure the business…

One of the most helpful tools we’ve used for our workplace is the Gallup-backed StrengthsFinder.com assessment tool to understand each of our team member’s unique and natural strengths. We use it to find out what they are great at and how we can fit that into the context of our team dynamics and to ensure…

Here’s a followup of my Your Business is Like Software post. It was too long to put there, so here are 8 things I find remarkably similar between business and software development: Assumptions and ideas are like farts in the wind. Do your due diligence. Then test everything. Beta test the big things. Get feedback.…