Every year for the last 10 years I’ve used www.futureme.com to write myself a letter outlining my learnings from prior years, as well as establish a set of future goals for myself. With 10 years of experience doing this under my belt, I wanted to draft a post to share…

Many manufacturers woke up to a startling surprise this week. “Amazon is no longer going to be placing purchase orders for your product.” — While this was a shock to many manufacturers, to some it was a “writing on the wall” revelation. Amazon’s 3P marketplace business has been not only a catalyst for its growth over the last number of years but its a much more profitable endeavor. Deep Dive into Amazon’s Q4 Results for Sellers — What’s Cool? $100B (and $200b!!) | ChannelAdvisor On Thursday January 28, 2016 Amazon reported their Q4 2015 earnings. In this blog post we analyze the earnings with an…www.channeladvisor.com

Set a future intention — Birthdays and New Years are a great time to make new resolutions. Common themes include : losing weight, making more money, or setting some intentions around being a better person. However, trying to recast a future vision of yourself without some method of planning and goalkeeping is not a true…

It’s as easy as A,B,C… — One of the most important things you can do as a leader is to make sure that you have the very best team, and your direct reports have the very best teams — and the same on down the line. While there are a lot of different schools of thought…

How I work using GTD and GetFlow.com — As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’m part of a group of company leaders called 10xCEO. 10xCEO is much like a Vistage or YPO group, but no spouses, limited social functions, all focused on becoming a better CEO / Leader. Annually, we have a 2 day summit we call “Galt’s…

The art of the subtle ask — I get pitched all the time to be the lender of last resort for failing companies, or for a million bucks for a new start-up that is going to revolutionize the dance club/social solar/biotech/digital tree trimming/social pet space. Traditionally these pitches go like this: a) I’ve got this brilliant/amazing/revolutionary idea…

Quick synopsis of my life to date… — Christian and Gabrielle Friedland : Weed, CA 1979 1975 I was born Christian Benjamin Mors on December 27, 1975 in Burbank, CA. My father was a actor from the 50s. My sister, Gabrielle, was born in 76. 1977 When my grandparents chose to retire from Half Moon Bay, they decided to take…