An Interview With Penny Bauder — Being able to adapt. You’re just generally very aware of the context of the decisions that you’re making in relation to your plan and can communicate that at any given time that just allows you to build the project in a more future proofed way, but also allows other people…

Old “no-out” contracts are outdated — customers want contracts that won’t lock them in with no-outs for years. Today, the way to bring on new customers is to provide easy-out clauses. …

An Interview With Penny Bauder — Build with a team you believe in. It can be incredibly trying to start a company, and if you are unable to trust your team wholeheartedly, you’re setting yourself up for failure. …

An Interview With Penny Bauder — “I believe in you” is something I needed to hear again and again until I believed in myself enough to take the leap of faith into the business world. …

An Interview With Penny Bauder — The most important thing is to know your market. Is your market growing or shrinking? If the customers you’re targeting are becoming fewer, you’ve got to pivot, which may mean offering your solution to a new market or finding a new area of growth as a company. As a part…

An Interview With Penny Bauder — I think in order to create a kinder world, people in higher up positions have to set that example and live it out. I look at so many people in power and just see corruption, selfishness, and ignorance. …

An Interview With Penny Bauder — Your Age Doesn’t Matter: I wish someone told me, despite being 15 at the time of starting my non-profit, that it’s possible to make a social impact no matter your age. When I was contemplating starting my non-profit, there were doubts in the back of my mind telling me that…

An Interview With Penny Bauder — … Let’s create two kinds of electives. Students would start their coursework with “toe-in-the-water” short courses (each of which perhaps would be only a few weeks long), which are intended to inform students about a specific topic or area, giving them some real substance with the goal of allowing them…

An Interview With Penny Bauder — Team — It starts with the founding team but must continue with those that join you. You can lose so much time and resources when hiring the wrong person. I once hired a managing-level position under much pressure, and it was the wrong hire. …