Business

Focus and Commit

If you’re launching a business or embarking on a new career, it may be tempting to work a second job for a sense of security.

What you really need to do is commit, decide what you want to do and focus on it. You need to give it your full commitment; if you don’t, you can’t…

Take Ownership

Whether you’re a business owner, a team leader or starting your career, you need to put passion, energy and pride into everything you do.

Taking ownership, to me, is more than taking responsibility and being accountable for your actions or lack thereof. You need to constantly…

Do what you love

You spend most of your adult life working so it’s only obvious that you should do what you love and get satisfaction from your career. You should love what you do so much that, if it wasn’t for needing to eat, you’d do it for free.

Hire slow, fire slower

Selecting the right candidates is tricky and many factors come into play.

Academia doesn’t prepare candidates for real world software development so you can’t rely on a degree as an indicator of ability.

Engage your clients carefully

We’ve lost millions in turn over due to scope creep and clients simply not paying us. Make sure your documentation is clear, avoid over committing and if you’re taking on a big project make sure you get a deposit up front.

Sometimes doing work you hate is worth it but mostly it is not

Figure out what you like and what you don’t like. Ideally focus on doing work that you are passionate about but let’s be realistic, sometimes it is really difficult to find work that you enjoy so you need to take on shitty…

Choose partners carefully

It’s easier to go the long distance with a team than it is on your own but don’t just go out looking for a partner and don’t let the lack of a partner prevent you from starting. Partners seem to find each other. It’s all about timing, connecting, looking for opportunities and having…

Want to make money? Disrupt an industry…

If you’re young and still deciding what career to get into, consider accounting, law or even the medical profession.

You may be thinking, but those are pretty old school career moves, why should I do that?

Email is not broken

My social feeds are constantly flooded with people sharing links on how to combat email. Seriously, combat it?

Email is the way clients contact you, it is asynchronous and it is super efficient if you use it properly.