The customer is not always right. That would assume that all people are rational. And, from mere observation, you can see how irrational the world is. The customer is right a lot, but here’s one scenario as a business person that should be handled with truth more than nostalgic rhetoric: When you have results andContinue reading “On Retaining Clients”
Author Archives: Don Dalrymple
Remove Complexity
When you remove the complexity, even the slightest effort can move what matters forward. – Greg McKeown When we are enterprising and building a business, there’s a lot of work in process that can clutter the field. Operations, processes and tools can be laying everywhere. Soon, before we know it, we have complexity that impedesContinue reading “Remove Complexity”
Founders and Proof of Concept
Here’s a tip on starting new ventures – prove the concept and partner with talented founders that have this special skill. Proving your concept has a few steps I think are, like many things, process-oriented and here are my steps: Pictures – Get clear on the idea and outline what the concept for bring valueContinue reading “Founders and Proof of Concept”
Entrepreneurship by Thinking, Writing and Speaking
Technology has made the world faster and more complicated. I still think the three mega-skills Mark Ford wrote about a decade ago, thinking, speaking and writing well are critical for entrepreneurship. They open doors to opportunity and money-making by moving the technology and resources available to us today into a form of clarity and money-making.Continue reading “Entrepreneurship by Thinking, Writing and Speaking”
A Healthy Identity and Positive Habits
Forget the New Year’s resolutions which have a 92% failure rate. It’s an unnatural approach, as a human, to talk about the things you are going to do. My friend, Chad Brooks, shared this content about a more potent, focused approach built around your daily habits and your identity. It’s more human and set upContinue reading “A Healthy Identity and Positive Habits”
Protected: Enterprising and Freedom
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What Really Happens in Success
I just got out of a team meeting where our development team’s last quarter of hard work, under the surface, got to be displayed and communicated. The whole team was able to see what was happening in the background and the many hours of thinking, hard work and testing that produced new features ready forContinue reading “What Really Happens in Success”
Teams and Lanes
Anyone scaling businesses knows that building teams is highly challenging. You can have the best laid plans but the wrong people in the wrong seats will make any of your intentions elusive, much less achievable. We are working on defining the lanes individuals run in using a matrixed approach around responsibility. It can get confusingContinue reading “Teams and Lanes”
It’s All About Content
Revisit the strategy of using your blog as the way to share content when: … someone asks you for advice, write it up … you are working through an idea … you are positioning for customers You can also use the following strategies for making content count: Shoot Loom videos of what you are thinkingContinue reading “It’s All About Content”
Empire Building and Diminishing Returns
The law of diminishing returns is critical to think about for empire builders and deal makers. I think about this concept a lot because you can overstay your contribution. There are people that work on the first part of the curve well. They visioneer, design, set up and create strategy, systems, structure and opportunity. WhenContinue reading “Empire Building and Diminishing Returns”
