March 31st, 2010 | 
There are no simple ways to determine if you’re hiring the right person for a job and, in my experience, complex approaches to hiring fail almost as frequently as winging it. OK, that’s a little extreme, but you get my point. Those who have used regimented hiring methodologies created by behavioral scientists and [...]
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Being a software guy myself, I often find that I dig a little deeper into the successes and failures of the software-oriented startups that I work with than I do with the non-software oriented ones. When I do, I suppose that I shouldn’t be surprised, although I routinely am, at how often I [...] I seem to be running into more and more people who have fallen in love with their idea for a new or improved product or service. That is, they appear to be so infatuated with it that they think it stands alone and deserves merit because of its strength and uniqueness. That’s nice [...] When beginners attend auto racing or high performance driving school, they are taught that drivers tend to go where they’re looking and, where they look is usually only 10-15 feet in front of their vehicle. I see this all the time as I’m riding my bike. While cycling on the right side of [...] [Danger: football analogies used with abandon in this post.] As the 2009 NFL season opened, Michael Vick, ex-Atlanta Falcons star quarterback and infamous dog torturer/killer, was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles after spending a short time (too short) in prison. In my opinion, this situation is proof, once again, that truth is far [...] I’ve been getting involved with more raw startups lately and I’m being reminded daily about the difficulty many teams have in establishing any form of decision-making hierarchy. “We’re equal partners in this enterprise.” “We started it together, we’re going to run it together.” “We both [all] provide equal value so should have equal [...] I’m always surprised and a bit taken aback when I hear an employee of any company use the term "they" instead of "we" when referring to the company they work for. It makes me wonder exactly what it is about the relationship between the company and the employee that prevents that employee from [...] Image via Wikipedia A “deadfoot” driver is one who keeps the accelerator pedal at the same position regardless of the slope or condition of the road they are on. As such, they often climb hills at 40mph and descend them at 80mph. They also tend to be the people lying [...] I’ve discussed how critical accurately forecasting sales is to a company’s success before. In short, I think that companies that have the skill to accurately predict how much they will sell and from where those sales will come have a substantial advantage over those that don’t – they can grow faster and often [...] [Update: Mr. Gullible once again ignored the old adage - when it's too good to be true, it probably is. Thanks to Ron and John who pointed out that this was, in fact, an ad for Gatorade that was never televised. It's still very cool. I wonder why it never got airtime outside [...] |
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