Robert California is probably one of the most peculiar characters, one that has made me question my most basic principals in the business world and life in general.

When I started the SOMEHOW I MANAGE series it was because Michael Scott really influenced me in my career and in the business world and at times, my personal life. I wanted to capture those thoughts in writing.
This time around i wanted to focus on another business character that REALLY affected my views and guiding philosophies both in the business world and in life.

As in my original post that started this series (which i am turning into a book soon), i will review the character arc of Mr. California chronologically as it was portrayed to us — the viewers, while offering additional perspectives and connecting it all to my and our lives. …

As always, let’s start by trying to define what is business development, since itn the last few years the term has gone a little bit out of control:

A lot of people can say they do business development (biz dev from now on), in fact if we ask 10 different people we’ll get 10 different answers, that are all true in one way or another.

“Business development is sales” — people will say.

“Business development is partnerships” — others will say.

“Business development is hustling” — entrepreneurs will say.

In a way, asking what is biz dev, is like asking a physicist “what is the universe?” — while there are plenty of theories and research proving and disproving this kind of question — can we really ultimately define the universe and the rules in which it operates? …

I’ve been analyzing what makes certain pitches work better than others, i even review 1270+ of them, but i am always fascinated by short and to-the-point pitches, ones that all you need to say is a sentence.

In september 1998 sega released the Sega Dreamcast, a newer, CD-ROM based gaming console to compete with one last chance with the almighty winner of the game console wars — Sony and it’s PlayStation. …

Little known fact about me, I dreamed of becoming a screenwriter when i was in high school.

iIwas dead serious about it, and grew up like the geeky film kid, though my genre and go-to-movies were Horror and psychic thrillers. I loved how Hitchcock controlled his audience by titilating them between which character to love and who is the hero, that was what i wanted to achieve — write the story that will move people.

I even studied screenwriting for film and TV, but after that realized tech is more jam.

Writing is Sharing

You can write everywhere you want, but depends on why you write in the first place, you choose your platform. And dont get me wrong, ANY reason to write is legit — in the eye of the beholder — so i look at the platform of choice to get the intent behind the reason to share. …

Humanity is one huge problem-solving entity by design. i say design as nature designed us, but the human brain does problem solving today for needs that aren't in any animals realm (better or worse — i’ll leave you to judge).

Almost every thing or action we do, is to resolve an issue, from going to the bathroom to making quantum computers work. That is a global truth, we even are able to convince ourselves we have some problems that someone else's invented — like, how you absolutely dont need a fancy watch, but you make it a problem to success in your business circles if you dont have it (nonsense! and one that i am guilty off :-/ ). …

Welcome back to the weekly series where i (we) analyze the business situations encountered by possibly one of the greatest bosses ever.

It’s been a while since i posted, so if you’re new, here’s what you missed:

• SOMEHOW I MANAGE. dot. dot. dot. A review of Michael Scott’s Rules of Business [Series]
• SOMEHOW I MANAGE. dot. dot. dot. Reviewing How Michael Scott Won His Biggest Sale Yet
• SOMEHOW I MANAGE. dot dot dot. Business School Talk by Michael G. Scott
• SOMEHOW I MANAGE. dot. dot. dot. Let’s Mingle! How To Network, by Michael Scott
• Employer Branding: Micheal Scott’s Guide To Company Culture Activities…

It’s been 10 years since the crash of 2008, which created a massive boost to the new generations of startups (tech startups mainly).

Since 2011 — I’ve been a part of 8 seed rounds in 5 different companies. And in the last half of 2018, seed rounds in israel are rare. it’s not that we dont have seed rounds, they just went way up (>$1.5M) …

Welcome back to the weekly series where i (we) analyze the business situations encountered by possibly one of the greatest bosses ever

In the previous post, we covered more challenging aspects of creating a good employer branding and company culture and how with the good comes the bad.

This will we’ll take a look at how to create pride with your employees and make them feel like more that a workplace.

Pride isn't always a good thing, but a little of it now and then can definitely create happier, more connected employees and overall atmosphere in the office.