The Way I Work: Paul English of Kayak, Page 2

We work really hard for 40 to 45 hours a week, but we believe in people having strong personal lives. Over the past six years, there have been maybe five times I’ve spoken with Steve before 8 a.m., after 5 p.m., or on the weekend. via inc.com It’s so tempting as an entrepreneur to think […]

The Way I Work: Paul English of Kayak, Page 2

We work really hard for 40 to 45 hours a week, but we believe in people having strong personal lives. Over the past six years, there have been maybe five times I’ve spoken with Steve before 8 a.m., after 5 p.m., or on the weekend. via inc.com It’s so tempting as an entrepreneur to think […]

Great quote from Seth Godin

It’s so tempting to start drawing maps for people. It makes them happy and it makes me feel smart. But resisting that temptation is the right thing to do, because once someone does it on their own a few times, they become unstoppable. Watching that change occur is one of the highlights of my professional […]

Great quote from Seth Godin

It’s so tempting to start drawing maps for people. It makes them happy and it makes me feel smart. But resisting that temptation is the right thing to do, because once someone does it on their own a few times, they become unstoppable. Watching that change occur is one of the highlights of my professional […]

Anxiety

Image via Wikipedia There’s been some anxious moments the last few weeks in the startup  I’m working on.  It’s the typical fears that you deal with in this stage of a startup (basically, what if we fail?).  I’ve been deep down this fearful road before, but this time it feels different.  I’ve been able to watch […]

The Monster In Your Head » Board Meetings that Suck

Expand ⇗ Registered jerrycolonna 1 day ago in reply to bijan Wouldn’t it be great if we could stop the biting?😉I think you’re point is right on. I used to tell folks something similar…something like, when you’re raising money (and IF you have a choice), think about the person you want sitting at the board […]