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Maintain a prioritized list of projects

Do you have a lot of meetings? Does the end product not meet your requirements or expecations? Do Projects regularly take longer then expected? These are symptoms of problems within your process. Causes can range wildly but generally caused by resources being spread too thin, poor communication between team members, milestones aren’t clear, success criteria [...]

MBAs vs. Entrepreneurs

http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/may2009/ca2009055_933788.htm offers good insight into the the difference between MBAs and Entrepreneurs. It fails to mention how much the MBA curriculum accounts for these differences. During my MBA experience the curriculum focused on measurement, planning, and forecasting. You were given a specific goal and had to come up with the best way to achieve that [...]

Transparency, Trust, Authenticity

Being transparent with your customers is important for success. It is simple but sometimes overlooked. Honesty, integrity, transparency. But at times transparency can be dangerous. It’s important that your customers trust your actions, and believe you are acting in their best interest. That can only be done by building trust through a history of transparency [...]