Want to get things done? Help your team be productive. Eliminate fear from your environment. Using intimidation tactics on your team won’t increase productivity. This is a false narrative, that in order to have a successful team your employees need to be afraid of you. Not only does this not increase productivity, but it also […]

Learn to fail, and do it fast. Don’t dwell on your failures. Learn from them. Find value in them. When you spend time on these problems, it’s time and energy that could be used on finding the solution. When I ran an early launch, I quickly learned that the business at the time was failing. […]

Throughout my four years of work, I have learned that my greatest weakness, the thing that has held me back from making the greatest impact, has been fear. The fear of not knowing if people are going to take me serious because of my age, the fear of not being knowledgeable enough to make deals, […]

When to own your company’s mistakes? ALWAYS Every mistake that occurs in my company happens because of me. It is up to me to fix these mistakes. My team members help me achieve the company’s goals, but at the end of the day, all mistakes happen because of me. No one else. This mentality helps […]

Many times, in business, we focus on what the business owner next to us is doing. This isn’t the most effective perspective. Focus on what’s in front of you, your customers. They’re the ones that drive your business. Everything else is a distraction. Focusing on keeping your customers happy will help you block out the […]

Incentives Creating a start-up has given me different views of doing business. I started by thinking that because I have a great idea that everyone would be willing to help right from the start. Great ideas don’t move people. Value and appreciation do. It wasn’t enough to make people fall in love with my concepts, […]