July 2003
Evening and Weekend Packages
Posted by on Friday, July 25, 2003 in - 1 comment
For twenty bucks a month I can talk an unlimited amount of time on my cell phone after six in the evening and on the weekends. How come I can’t buy a package where I can talk an unlimited amount of time all the time? What is so special about after six and on the weekends? The only reason one could …
Acronyming Away Our Problems
Posted by on Monday, July 21, 2003 in - 4 comments
It’s a bit of a joke at the office that we all have AADD (Adult Attention Deficit Disorder). Some of you might have seen the recent ads on TV telling us that there is a new wonder drug to take care of our AADD. Some of the symptoms of this disease are these really rare behaviours …
President of the Internet
Posted by on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 in - 43 comments
It seems that no one has yet claimed the position of “President of the Internet”. I hereby nominate myself.
Business Myth #5 – People Are Units Of Work
Posted by on Friday, July 11, 2003 in - 5 comments
Over the past few years I’ve bumped into a few business types who treated people as interchangeable widgets. As long as you had enough bodies everything was ok. While this mode of thinking is wrong on so many levels it actually produces the opposite results of what is intended. • When a business …
Business Myth #4 - You Need To Know How To Give The Business
Posted by on Friday, July 4, 2003 in - 7 comments
“Business” has somehow been elevated to this mythical level where only people with MBA’s and a stock portfolio can rightly accomplish it. One of the main things you’ll hear about people starting a business is how much “business” they have to do. Banks, financers, investors, and government …
Business Myth #3 – Other People Know Better
Posted by on Thursday, July 3, 2003 in - 3 comments
(The irony of this post is not lost on me) • When in the starting up phase of a business you receive a lot of advice from other well intentioned business owners, family, friends, consultants, plumbers, pastors, mailmen, barbers, etc. It seems like everyone and their dog has advice for you, the …
Business Myth #2 – Capital Overload
Posted by on Wednesday, July 2, 2003 in - 7 comments
Most of the entrepreneur propaganda one sees is produced by two groups. The first is the well intentioned government organizations who believe (rightly) that entrepreneurial activity is an economic stimulant and should be encouraged. The second group is the banks and financial institutions …
Business Myth #1 – Suit Yourself
Posted by on Wednesday, July 2, 2003 in - 5 comments
The lowest hanging fruit in the business myth category is clothing. The most successful, wealthy, and interesting business owners that I’ve met do not fit with the projected image of an athletic man in a power Armani suit. This is not to say that there are not highly successful people who dress …
Business Fallacies
Posted by on Wednesday, July 2, 2003 in - 2 comments
Over the next few days I will be making a series of posts debunking what I perceive to be the myths of starting and running a business. If you want to contribute please feel free to do so by replying or posting in your own venue and letting me know the link (ala Newly Digital). Enjoy!